Ballon d’Or 2019 nominees in full as Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk head 30-man shortlist

Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi lead the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d’Or. Men's Ballon d'Or nominees:  Sadio Mane, Sergio Aguero, Dusan Tadic, Hugo Lloris, Frenkie de Jong, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Kylian Mbappe, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Donny van de Beek, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Karim Benzema, Georginio Wijnaldum, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alisson and Matthijs de Ligt, Virgil van Dijk, Heung-min Son, Robert Lewandowski, Roberto Firmino, Bernardo Silva, Lionel Messi, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Kalidou Koulibaly, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, Mohamed Salah, Marquinhos, Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling. Women's Ballon d'Or nominees:  Kosovare Asllani, Sarah Bouhaddi, Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Pernille Harder, Ada Hegerberg, Tobin Heath, Amandine Henry, Sofia Jakobsson, Sam Kerr, Rose Lavelle, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Marta, Lieke Martens, Viviane Miedema, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Wendie Renard, Sari van Veenendal, Ellen White. Yachine Award shortlist: Alisson, Ederson, Samir Handanovic, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Hugo Lloris, Manuel Neuer, Jan Oblak, Andre Onana, Wojciech Szczesny, Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Kopa Trophy shortlist: Vinicius Jr, Matthijs de Ligt, Matteo Guendouzi, Kai Havertz and Andrei Lunin, Joao Felix, Jadon Sancho, Moise Kean, Samuel Chukwueze and Kang-in Lee

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