This year’s Ballon d’Or has now come and gone with Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bomati scooping the top prizes on another night of the stars.
SCORENigeria Publisher, Samm Audu, again cast his votes in the prestigious annual awards to celebrate the best of world football.
This is how he voted:
Ballon d’Or (Men)
1 – Ousmane Dembélé
2 – Lamine Yamal
3 – Mohamed Salah
4 – Achraf Hakimi
5 – Vitinha
6 – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
7 – Serhou Guirassy
8 – Robert Lewandowski
9 – Gianluigi Donnarumma
10 – Viktor Gyökeres
Best Goalkeeper
1 – Gianluigi Donnarumma
2 – Thibaut Courtois
3 – Alisson Becker
Coach of the Season (Men)
1 – Enzo Maresca
2 – Luis Enrique
Club of Season (Men)
1 – Chelsea
2 – Paris Saint-Germain
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