FRANCE Footballer and Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon d’or award.
The Ballon d’Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists.
Benzema was awarded this evening at the 66th ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet, Paris.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won 12 of the last 13 Ballon d’Ors – with Real Madrid’s Luka Modric winning as the sole outlier in 2018. However, Messi was not nominated for this year’s award.
Benzema beat nine other contenders nominated for the 2022 award.
The French footballer fought the likes of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane, Paris Saint German’s Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to get the award.
Benzema was awarded for his iconic performance last season where he scored 44 goals in 46 appearances during the 2021-2022 season, including finishing with 15…
