{"id":146132,"date":"2023-10-25T22:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=146132"},"modified":"2023-10-25T23:31:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:31:42","slug":"osimhen-makes-ballon-dor-claim-haaland-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/osimhen-makes-ballon-dor-claim-haaland-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Osimhen thinks Man City star can rival Messi for Ballon d’Or 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Napoli and Nigeria Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen<\/a> has made an honest claim ahead of the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony later this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Striker, who had a fabulous year with Napoli by leading them to the Serie A title<\/a> for the first time in 33 years, was nominated alongside Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland for the prestigious award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a personal note, Osimhen is aiming to finish higher than Kanu Nwankwo did \u2013 13th in 1999 – on the Ballon d\u2019Or rankings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a first-time recognition for the 24-year-old striker, he is not considered as one of the hot favourites to take home the award but he has decided to make an honest claim before the event next Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haaland and Messi both deserve the Ballon d'Or – Victor Osimhen<\/h2>\n

Victor Osimhen granted an interview to TV Play and he had this to say on the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaaland and Messi both deserve the Ballon d'Or, they both had a fabulous season but I don't want to give a preference.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf it arrives for me too it will be fabulous, but it's not an obsession, for me already being a player at this level is a dream. I feel very comfortable in Naples: scoring is always a thrill, doing it at Maradona even more so,” he concluded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Osimhen, Haaland, Messi: 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or 30-man shortlist<\/h2>\n

France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d\u2019Or award, could not ignore Victor Osimhen\u2019s achievements with Napoli in the past year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Asides winning the Italian league with Napoli, Victor Osimhen claimed the Serie A Best Striker 2022\u201323, Capocannoniere 2022\u201323, and was named in the Serie A Team of the Season 2022\u201323.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lagos-born forward is the first Nigerian to be nominated for the award since Kanu Nwankwo in 1999 and just the seventh Nigerian to be nominated after Daniel Amokachi, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Finidi Geroge, Victor Ikpeba, Sunday Oliseh and Kanu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The full list of nominees is below:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)
\nAndr\u00e9 Onana (Manchester United)
\nKarim Benzema (Al Ittihad)
\nJamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
\nMohamed Salah (Liverpool)
\nJude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
\nBukayo Saka (Arsenal)
\nRandal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain)
\nKevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
\nBernardo Silva (Manchester City)
\nKhvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
\nEmiliano Mart\u00ednez (Aston Villa)
\nR\u00faben Dias (Manchester City)
\nNicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
\nErling Haaland (Manchester City)
\nYassine Bounou (Al Hilal)
\nMartin \u00d8degaard (Arsenal)
\nJuli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez (Manchester City)
\nIlkay G\u00fcndogan (Barcelona)
\nVinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
\nRobert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
\nAntoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
\nLautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
\nLionel Messi (Inter Miami)
\nRodri (Manchester City)
\nKylian Mbapp\u00e9 (Paris Saint-Germain)
\nKim Min-Jae (Bayern Munich)
\nVictor Osimhen (Napoli)
\nLuka Modric (Real Madrid)
\nHarry Kane (Bayern Munich)<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports: Lionel Messi chosen as 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or winner<\/h2>\n

According to several trusted sources, Lionel Messi has been chosen<\/a> as the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or winner, beating Victor Osimhen, Erling Haaland, and others to the award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Messi, who is a seven-time winner of the most prestigious individual prize in football, is to be presented with the award for the eighth time after another excellent year of football especially with Argentina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Barcelona great led Argentina to their third-ever FIFA World Cup title at the 2022 edition of the global showpiece in Qatar last December. An achievement many believe is the ultimate decider for the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or winner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Where and when is the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or?<\/h2>\n

The Ballon d\u2019Or 2023 ceremony will be held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Monday, 30th October.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Napoli and Nigeria Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has made an honest claim ahead of the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony later this month. The Striker, who had a fabulous year with Napoli by leading them to the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years, was nominated alongside Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":146133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[25436,1],"tags":[29907,14591,11578],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Daniel Kolade","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146143,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146132\/revisions\/146143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146132"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=146132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}