The first after Shevchenko! Ukrainian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball

Ukrainian striker of the Italian "Roma" Artem Dovbyk was included in the list of 30 nominees for the "Golden Ball", which was presented by the magazine France Football. As an argument, the achievements of the last season, which Artem spent in the Spanish "Girona", were taken into account for inclusion in the top 30

The 27-year-old native of Cherkasy became the first Ukrainian in 18 years to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or. The last Ukrainian to be nominated was Andriy Shevchenko. In 2006, Andriy had a tremendous season at AC Milan, scoring 28 goals in 40 matches in all competitions.

It's worth noting that neither Messi nor Ronaldo were among the contenders for the first time since 2003.

The full list is as follows:

Jude Bellingham (p, England; Real Madrid, Spain)

Ruben Dias (c, Portugal; Manchester City, England)

Phil Foden (p, England; Manchester City, England)

Federico Valverde (p, Uruguay; Real Madrid, Spain)

Emiliano Martinez (c, Argentina; Aston Villa, England)

Erling Holland (N, Norway; Manchester City, England)

Nico Williams (n, Spain; Athletic, Bilbao, Spain)

Granit Xhaka (p, Switzerland; BayerLeverkusen, Germany)

Artem Dovbyk (n, Ukraine; Girona, Spain / Roma, Italy)

Toni Kroos (p, Germany; Real Madrid, Spain)

Vinicius Junior (n, Brazil; Real Madrid, Spain)

Dani Olmo (p, Spain; Leipzig, Germany / Barcelona, Spain)

Florian Wirtz (p, Germany; Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)

Martin Edegor (p, Norway; Arsenal, England)

Mats Hummels (g, Germany; Borussia Dortmund, Germany / Roma, Italy)

Rodri (p, Spain; Manchester City, England)

Harry Kane (n, England; Bayern Munich, Germany)

Declan Rice (p, Italy; Arsenal, England)

Vitinha (p, Portugal; Paris Saint-Germain, France)

Cole Palmer (D, England; Chelsea, England)

Dani Carvajal (G, Spain; Real Madrid, Spain)

Lamin Yamal (n, Spain; Barcelona, Spain)

Bukayo Saka (n, England; Arsenal, England)

Hakan Calhanoglu (p, Turkey; Inter Milan, Italy)

William Saliba (g, France; Arsenal, England)

Kylian Mbappe (n, France; Paris Saint-Germain, France / Real Madrid, Spain)

Lautaro Martinez (n, Argentina; Inter, Milan, Italy)

Ademola Lookman (b, Nigeria; Atalanta, Italy)

Antonio Rüdiger (c, Germany; Real Madrid, Italy)

Alex Grimaldo (h, Spain; Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)

The Golden Ball award ceremony for the 2023/24 season will take place on October 28.

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