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Cristiano Ronaldo has finished 6th in this year’s Ballon d’Or

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Cristiano Ronaldo has fallen out of reckoning in this year’s Ballon d’Or contest as he finished sixth. The Portuguese forward scored 29 Serie A goals at Juventus last season and has continued to produce the goods since his move to Manchester United on deadline day, scoring 10 goals in all competitions this term.

Mohamed Salah has finished 7th in this year’s Ballon d’Or.

The Liverpool forward was widely expected to challenge for the award after a blistering start to the season, scoring 17 goals in all competitions.

Gianluigi Donnarumma has won the Yashin Trophy, the award for best goalkeeper.

The Italian claims the prize after finishing 10th in the Ballon d’Or.

The five finallists are: Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski and Lionel

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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