Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, player of the English club Liverpool, ranked fifth in the list of 30 nominees to win the Ballon d’Or award, for the best football player in 2022, presented by the French magazine “Firas Football” .
The Ballon d’Or award ceremony was held on Monday evening at the Theater du Chatelet in the French capital, Paris, and the Egyptian striker came in fifth place, behind French Karim Benzema, who won the award, then Senegalese Sadio Mane, Belgian Kevin de Bruyne and Poland’s Robert Lewandowski. .
The Algerian Riyad Mahrez, player of Manchester City, ranked 12th, and had ranked 20th in the last edition of 2021.
The Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, player of Manchester United, ranked 20, and this position is the worst for him since 2005, as he has never been in the past 15 years, and he has been in late positions, but has won the award 5 times, during the years: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
The Argentine Lionel Messi, the French player of Paris Saint-Germain, was not among the nominees for the award, although he is the most decorated “Ballon d’Or” player 7 times.
The ranking of the top ten players is as follows:
1- French Karim Benzema.
2- Senegalese Sadio Mane.
3- Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.
4- Poland’s Robert Lewandowski.
5-Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
6- Frenchman Kylian Mbappe.
7- The Belgian Thibaut Courtois.
8-Brazilian Vinicius Jr.
9- Croatian Luka Modric.
10- The Norwegian Erling Haaland.