Golden Ball .. Get to know the most lucky star to win the award for the best player in the world

The Paris Saint -Germain star Othman Dembele appears to be the fortunate to become the sixth French award for the Golden Ball award annually awarded “France Football” for the best player, thanks to the role he played in leading his team to the local trio and winning the Champions League for the first time in its history.
The award ceremony takes place on Monday at the Shatuliya Theater in central Paris, where the host country appears to be a candidate for the award for the best player for men for the seventh time in its history, since Michel Platini alone won the golden ball three times (1983, 1984 and 1985), in addition to Raymond Cuba (1958), Jean Bayar Baban (1991), Zain El Din Zidan (1998) and Karim Benzema (2022).
After the two Argentine stars Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo took over this award for a decade and a half of time, where they won 13 times between 2008 and 2023 (8 times for the first and 5 for the second), the rotation of its obtaining has become completely open since the first transfer to Inter Miami and the second to the Saudi victory.
The award went last season to the Spanish international in the ranks of Manchester City, Rodri, but it is outside the accounts of this version due to the injury that kept him away from the stadiums for a long time, which made the competition actually confined between Dembele and the young Barcelona star Lamine Jamal, with an advantage for the French.
As a result of his local trio and his historical victory in the Champions League title after his concept Inter Italian 5-0 in the final, seven other players from Saint-Germain were present in the list of thirty players for the award candidates, who are Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi, Diziri Doui, Georgian, Hatza, Kfarata, Portuguese, Nuno Mandish, Joao Nevish, Vitina, Spain, Fabian Royce, and the Italian goalkeeper. Gianluigi Donnaroma, who moved this summer to Manchester City.
But Dembele is the best without dispute after he succeeded in filling the void left by Killian Mbappe, who is moving to Real Madrid, with 35 goals.
The 28-year-old succeeded in his new role and his transformation from playing on the wing to be the spearhead, offering a great performance that was the best for him, by a large difference from his distinguished season with Barcelona in 2018-2019 when he scored 14 goals.
“It is a beautiful thing after a wonderful season with Paris Saint -Germain,” Lu Monde said in response to a question about the meaning of being one of the most prominent candidates to win the award.
Besides Dembele, Jamal seems the most competitive after the 18 -year -old presented a great performance with Barcelona, ​​which made him a candidate to be the successor of the legend Messi in the Catalan club.
Last year, the Cuba Cup was crowned for the best under -21 player after he contributed to the leadership of Spain to win the European Cup.
The Moroccan origin scored 18 goals in 55 games last season in all competitions, contributing to his team’s three local titles, the League, Cup and Super Cup, but the Catalan club in the Champions League ended at the semi -finals.

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The Golden Ball award is now voting based on achievements during the season instead of the evaluation year, unlike what was happening previously.
On the list of candidates, the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, after he led Liverpool for the English Premier League title for the twentieth time in its history, is equivalent to the record recorded in the name of Manchester United, as he reached the League Cup final (lost to Newcastle 1-2).
The list also includes Mbappe for the eighth time in his career, after he crowned his first season with Real Madrid by winning the Golden Boot Award for the best European top scorer.
The district of Real, who came out of empty -handed without any title last season, overwhelmed the awards last year after the Royal Club learned in advance that its Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior, who nominated again this year, did not win this year, along with his teammate, English midfielder Joud Bellingham.
Among the other prominent Swedish candidates Victor Yukiris (Arsenal is currently English), Norwegian Erling Halland (Manchester City), English Harry Cain (Bayern Munich), English Cole Palmer (Chelsea), and Dutch Virgil van Dyck (Liverpool).
The Golden Ball Award is voted by a committee of journalists, by one of each country classified among the best in the International Federation Classification (FIFA).
As for the Women’s Award, the best 50 classified countries will vote for it, and the conflict appears wide open.
Barcelona and Spanish national team, Itana Bounemati, hopes to win the prize for the third time in a row after she led her country to the final of the last edition of the European Cup, where she won the title of best player.
Bonnamati is competing with her teammate Alexia Potias, who is crowned in 2021 and 2022, along with 5 players from England who won Spain in the European Cup final this summer.
The Brazilian veteran attack emerged from among the candidates by winning the Copa America competition, which is the oldest player in this list, with a 39 -year -old.