Ballon d'Or: Karim Benzema wins award as best player in world football for first time

Benzema is the first Real Madrid player to win the Ballon d'Or.

Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 games in order to help Real win two titles.

They had won the award on 12 of the 13 times.

The Women's Ballon d'Or is given to the best female footballer of the year.

Beth Mead was the second runner up.

The club of the year award went to Manchester City who had six nominees.

The winner of the Ballon d'Or is determined by their performance over the course of the season.

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First Frenchman to win prize since 1998

The Ballon d'Or trophy was presented to French F1 driver Esteban Ocon at a ceremony in Paris.

Benzema is the first Frenchman to win the award in a long time. The man was presented with the prize by the man.

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Benzema was the clear favorite to win the award.

He scored three times in 17 second-half minutes against Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Championship.

He scored three more goals in the semi- final against Manchester City.

He is expected to play a key role for France at the World Cup in November.

100 journalists vote for the Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d'Or results

This is the first thing. Benzema is from France.

There are two There is a footballer named Sadio Mane who plays forBayern Munich.

There are three. De Bruyne is from Manchester City.

There are four. Robert Lewandowski is a football player in Poland.

There are five. The player is from Egypt.

There are six. KylianMbappe is from Paris St-Germain.

There are seven. Courtois is a player for Real Madrid.

There are eight. The Vinicius Junior is from Brazil.

There are nine. Luka Modric is a player from Croatia.

There are ten. Erling Haaland is a city in Norway.

There is a new date for the 11th. South Korea's Son Heung-min is a player for Spurs.

RIYAD MAHRE is from Algeria.

13th The man is from theIvory Coast.

The 14th. Fabinho and Leao were tied.

A new date has been added. The man is from the Netherlands.

17th They were tied with Casemiro of Manchester United and Dusan Vlahovich ofJuventus.

A new date. The man is from Manchester United.

A new day has arrived. Harry Kane is from england.

There is a new date for this event. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden are both from England.

The following is a list of 25. Joao Cancelo is tied with Joshua Kimmich, Mike Maignan, Antonio Rudiger, Darwin Nunez, and Christopher Nkunku.