.Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both left off the listing of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or honor, denoting the very first time not either celebrity was nominated since 2003. Tape eight-time champion Messi, and his longtime rivalrous Ronaldo, who has five Ballon d'Ors to his title, did certainly not feature Wednesday in a list of 30 players in the running for this year's award, which will definitely exist Oct. 28. Publisher's Picks1 RelatedVinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappu00e9, Erling Haaland and also Harry Kane are actually among the names nominated.Teammates Vinicius as well as Bellingham assisted Genuine Madrid gain LaLiga and also the club's 16th Champions Organization headline final season, while Haaland led the Premier League in goals scored and Kane carried out the same for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.Earlier this summer, Mbappu00e9 finally closed his expected transfer to Madrid after spending six seasons at PSG.Messi, who is operating his in the past coming from injury with club side Inter Miami, won the award last year.Messi, 37, won his 1st Ballon d'Or in 2009-- the start of a four-year streak of taking the top prize. He was 1st chosen in 2006. Ronaldo and also Messi switched the competition right into a nearly two-way contest throughout the height of their occupations-- winning it a combined 13 opportunities coming from 2008. Ronaldo's first nomination was 2004. On the females's side, 5 USA superstars created the checklist of nominees, featuring captain and also midfielder Lindsey Horan, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and ahead Triad Rodman, Sophia Johnson and Mallory Swanson, a couple of weeks after helping the Americans win the 2024 Olympic gold medal in ladies's soccer.Aitana Bonmatu00ed, Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro, Salma Paralluelo and also Alexia Putellas are actually the five Spanish players chosen for the honor. Spain ended up fourth at the Olympics, one year after gaining the Planet Mug. The award has actually visited Spanish gamers in each of the past 3 years, two times to Putellas and in 2014 to Bonmatu00ed.England, beaten through Spain in the 2023 Globe Cup last, has three candidates-- Lauren Hemp, Lauren James and Lucy Bronze.Information coming from The Associated Press supported this document.