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France Football magazine annually awards the Ballon d'Or awards to the best players and coaches in the world of football.
The French magazine "France Football" announced, on Tuesday, the nominees to win the 2026 Ballon d'Or awards.
Egyptian Mohamed Salah was not among the candidates for the Best Player award, while Moroccan Achraf Hakimi was present.
Below we review the award nominees:
Best player
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembélé, Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, Mark Cucurella, Luis Diaz, Pau Kuparsi, Bruno Fernandes, Achraf Hakimi, Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal, Kvaratskhelia, Gabriel Magalhaes, Sadio Mane, Marquinhos, Lautaro Martinez, Nuno Mendes, Michael Olise, Willian Pacho, Julian Quiñones, Declan Rice, Rodri, Ferran Torres, Fabian Ruiz, William Saliba, Vinicius Junior, Upamecano, Vitinha, Joao Neves.
Best coach for men's team
Luis de la Fuente (Spain national team), Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, England), Unai Emery (Aston Villa, England), Luis Enrique (Pars Saint-Germain, France), Vincent Kompany (Bayern Munich, Germany).
Best coach/coach for the women’s team
Jonathan Geraldes (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Andrei Weigelertz (Manchester City, England), Nils Nielsen (Japan national team), Perry Romeu (Barcelona, Spain), Elena Sadiko (PK Hacken, Sweden).
Best young player
Moroccan Ayoub Bouadi, Algerian Ibrahim Maza, Spaniard Lamine Yamal and his compatriot Pau Kuparsi, Frenchman Warren Zaire Emery and his compatriot Elie Junior Karroubi, Swiss Johan Manzambi, Ivorian Yann Diomande, Bosnian Karim Alajbegovic, and German Lennart Karl.
Best young player
Dutchwoman Fairlie Buurman, Spanish Vicky Lopez and her compatriot Clara Cerajordi, American Lily Johannes, and Swedish Felicia Schroeder.
Best men's team
Arsenal of England, Bayern Munich of Germany, Paris Saint-Germain of France, Bodo Glimt of Norway, and Flamengo of Brazil.

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