Giráldez could defend the award against the other candidates: the American national team coach and former Chelsea coach, Emma Hayes; the England manager, Sarina Wiegman; Benfica coach Filipa Patao; Brazilian coach and former Corinthians player Arthur Elias; and the former coach of Olympique Lyon and current Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor.
In addition, Barça will also be fighting for the award for best club, with Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, New York Gotham and Olympique Lyon as rivals.
The 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or are:
– Aitana Bonmatí (FC Barcelona)
– Barbra Banda (Shanghai RCB-Orlando Pride)
– Barbra Tarciane (Corinthians-Houston Dash)
– Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
– Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
– Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon)
– Manuela Giugliano (AS Roma)
– Mallory Swamnson (Chicago Red Stars)
– Glodis Viggosdottir (Bayern Munich)
– Mariona Caldentey (FC Barcelona-Arsenal)
– Lauren James (Chelsea)
– Lea Schüller (Bayern Munich)
– Patricia Guijarro (FC Barcelona)
– Gabi Portilho (Corinthians)
– Tabinha Chawinga (PSG-Olympique Lyon)
– Caroline Graham Hansen (FC Barcelona)
– Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon)
– Sjoeke Nüsken (Chelsea)
– Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
– Lucy Bronze (FC Barcelona-Manchester City)
– Salma Paralluelo (FC Barcelona)
– Giulia Gwinn (Bayern Munich)
– Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)
– Grace Geyoro (PSG)
– Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona)
– Sphia Smith (Portland Thorns)
– Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg-Barcelona)
– Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
– Mayra Ramirez (Levante-Chelsea)
– Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
2024-09-05 03:50:32
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