The thirty nominees for the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’or have been revealed, with winners to be announced at a ceremony on 30 October.
In alphabetical order, the nominees are as follows;
1) Aitana Bonmati – Spanish. 25 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Midfielder.
2) Millie Bright – English. 30 years old. Club: Chelsea. Defender.
3) Linda Caicedo – Colombian. 18 years old. Club: Real Madrid. Forward.
4) Olga Carmona – Spanish.23 years old. Club: Real Madrid. Full back.
5) Rachel Daly – English. 31 years old. Club: Aston Villa. Forward.
6) Debinha – Brazilian. 31 years old. Clubs: North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current. Forward.
7) Kadidiatou Diani – French. 28 years old. Clubs: Paris-SG, Lyon. Forward.
8) Mary Earps – English. 30 years old. Club: Manchester United. Goalkeeper.
9) Patricia Guijarro – Spanish. 25 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Midfielder.
10) Yui Hasegawa – Japanese. 26 years old. Club: Manchester City. Midfielder.
11) Amanda Ilestedt – Swedish. 30 years old. Clubs: Paris-SG, Arsenal. Defender.
12) Sam Kerr – Australian. 29 years old. Club: Chelsea. Forward.
13) Mapi Leon – Spanish. 28 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Defender.
14) Katie McCabe – Irish. 27 years old. Club: Arsenal. Full Back.
15) Hinata Miyazawa – Japanese. 23 years old. Club: MyNavi Sendai. Forward.
16) Lena Oberdorf – German. 21 years old. Club: Wolfsburg. Midfielder.
17) Asisat Oshoala – Nigerian. 28 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Forward.
18) Ewa Pajor – Polish. 26 years old. Club: Wolfsburg. Forward.
19) Salma Paralluelo – Spanish. 19 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Forward.
20) Alexandra Popp – German. 32 years old. Club: Wolfsburg. Forward.
21) Hayley Raso – Australian. 29 years old. Clubs: Manchester City, Real Madrid. Forward.
22) Alba Redondo – Spanish. 27 years old. Club: Levante. Forward.
23) Guro Reiten – Norwegian. 29 years old. Club: Chelsea. Midfielder.
24) Wendie Renard – French. 33 years old. Club: Lyon. Defender.
25) Fridolina Rolfö – Swedish. 29 years old. Club: FC Barcelona. Full back, forward.
26) Jill Roord – Dutch. 26 years old. Clubs: Wolfsburg, Manchester City. Midfielder.
27) Khadija Shaw – Jamaican. 26 years old. Club: Manchester City. Forward.
28) Sophia Smith – American. 23 years old. Club: Portland Thorns. Forward.
29) Georgia Stanway – English. 24 years old. Club: Bayern Munich. Midfielder.
30) Daphne van Domselaar – Dutch. 23 years old. Clubs: Twente, Aston Villa. Goalkeeper.
The Women’s Ballon d’Or® is elected by jurors representing the top 50 countries in the FIFA Women’s ranking. Each country is represented by a juror and all jurors are Women’s football journalists.
