The organizers announced on Monday that the Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year, with the awards for women and men set to be awarded for the first time.
The list was updated this year for the ceremony held at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris, according to France Football magazine and UEFA, and awards for best female goalkeeper, best young female player, and best female player in a club or national team have been added.
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That means there will be six prizes, including the Socrates Award, for actions that promote solidarity, which are open to either men or women, along with six for male players and six for female players.
In the first week of August, the nominees will be revealed.
After Real Madrid learned that their Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior had not won the best men’s player award, which went to Rodri of Manchester City, the ceremony was overshadowed by a boycott of the previous year’s awards ceremony.
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