{"id":241887,"date":"2024-10-30T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/rodri-wins-ballon-dor-ghanaian-times\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:31:13","slug":"rodri-wins-ballon-dor-ghanaian-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/rodri-wins-ballon-dor-ghanaian-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodri wins Ballon d&#8217;Or &#8211; Ghanaian Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Spain and Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, won the Ballon d\u2019Or award for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Brazil\u2019s Vinicius Jr and England\u2019s Jude Bellingham, both of Real Madrid, to the prestigious prize.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Spain midfielder, Aitana Bonmati, won the wom\u00aden\u2019s award for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri, a first-time winner of the award, was instrumental in helping his team win an unprece\u00addented fourth successive Premier League trophy last season. He was also named best player at this year\u2019s European Cham\u00adpionship after Spain lifted a record-extending fourth title.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Madrid native is the first defen\u00adsive midfielder to win the Ballon d\u2019Or since Lothar Matthaus in 1990 and the third Spaniard to claim the prize after Alfredo Di Stefano (1957 and 1959) and Luis Suarez (1960).<\/p>\n<p>While the award has been dominated by Spanish league players, no Spaniard had won since Barcelona great Luis Suarez more than 60 years ago, despite Spain\u2019s \u201cgolden generation\u201d that won the 2010 World Cup, the 2008 and 2012 Euros.<\/p>\n<p>But Rodri, the player City coach Pep Guar\u00addiola said is \u201cthe best midfielder in the world\u201d, finally ended that run with a unique skillset that has made his club the dominant force in England and helped Spain rule Europe again.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri became the third person not named Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award since 2008. It was the first time since 2003 in which neither Messi nor Ronaldo made the final 30-man list of nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal\u2019s Ronaldo, who has won the award five times and was the last Premier League player to win it in 2008, also failed to receive a nomination last year after moving to Saudi Arabia. Messi, who won for a record eighth time in 2023, missed out despite Argentina\u2019s Copa America triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri has only lost a match once in the past 18 months \u2014 City\u2019s surprise FA Cup final defeat by Manchester United last season.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Rodri\u2019s national teammate Lamine Yamal won the Kopa Tro\u00adphy for the best Under-21 player by helping Spain to a perfect Euro 2024 campaign, winning all seven games en route to lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Bonmati won the women\u2019s Bal\u00adlon d\u2019Or for the second consecu\u00adtive year while compatriot Jennifer Hermoso was awarded the Socra\u00adtes Award for her role in the fight for women\u2019s rights in football and her courageous stance against sexism in sport.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid had decided to boycott the ceremony in anticipa\u00adtion of Vinicius not winning the men\u2019s award.<\/p>\n<p>No-one from the club was present when they won the men\u2019s club of the year award, and their manager Carlo Ancelotti was named men\u2019s coach of the year while Barcelona grabbed the trophy for women\u2019s best club after both teams won the European and Spanish league double last season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Spain and Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, won the Ballon d\u2019Or award for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Brazil\u2019s Vinicius Jr and England\u2019s Jude Bellingham, both of Real Madrid, to the prestigious prize. 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