09 October 2018
Today, France Football, the organiser of the Ballon d'Or award has released its selection of players for the 2018 prize, which will be announced on 3 December.
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Mandzukic were two of the players listed amongst the 30 nominees.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Sergio Agüero (ARG / Manchester City)Alisson (BRA / Liverpool)Gareth Bale (WAL / Real Madrid)Karim Benzema (FRA / Real Madrid)Edinson Cavani (URU / PSG)Thibaut Courtois (BEL / Chelsea)Cristiano Ronaldo (POR / Juventus)Kevin De Bruyne (BEL / Manchester City)Roberto Firmino (BRA / Liverpool)Diego Godin (URU / Atlético Madrid)Antoine Griezmann (FRA / Atlético Madrid)Eden Hazard (BEL / Chelsea)Isco (ESP / Real Madrid)Harry Kane (ENG / Tottenham)N'Golo Kanté (FRA / Chelsea)Hugo Lloris (FRA / Tottenham)Mario Mandzukic (CRO / Juventus)Sadio Mané (SEN / Liverpool)Marcelo (BRA / Real Madrid)Kylian Mbappé (FRA / PSG)Lionel Messi (ARG / Barcelona)Luka Modric (CRO / Real Madrid)Neymar (BRA / PSG)Jan Oblak (SLO / Atlético Madrid)Paul Pogba (FRA / Manchester United)Ivan Rakitic (CRO / Barcelona)Sergio Ramos (SPA / Real Madrid)Mohamed Salah (EGY / Liverpool)Luis Suarez (URU / Barcelona)Raphaël Varane (FRA / Real Madrid)
