France Football have finalised the rankings of Manchester City's nominees for the 2022 Ballon D'Or award.
The 2022 Ballon d'Or will be the 66th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2021/22 season.
Premier League champions Manchester City received a total of six nominations at the awards this year, and now the players' final rankings have been released on Monday.
Beginning in 25th place, Joao Cancelo.
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The Manchester City defender was equally ranked alongside five other professionals:
- Darwin Nunez, Benfica/Liverpool
- Christopher Nkunku, RB Leipzig
- Antonio Rudiger, Chelsea/Real Madrid
- Mike Maignan, AC Milan
- Joshua Kimmich, Bayern Munich
Moving on to Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden, and the Manchester City duo have been ranked in 22nd place.
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The pair equally ranked alongside one other professional:
- Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool
Intermediate rankings:
- 21st - Harry Kane, Tottenham
- 20th - Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus/Manchester United
- 17th - Luis Diaz, FC Porto/Liverpool
- 17th - Dusan Vlahovic, Fiorentina/Juventus
- 17th - Casemiro, Real Madrid
- 16th - Virgil Van Dijk, Liverpool
- 14th - Rafael Leao, AC Milan
- 14th - Fabinho, Liverpool
- 13th - Sebastien Haller, Ajax/Borussia Dortmund
The came another Manchester City ranking, as Riyad Mahrez was placed in 12th.
Intermediate rankings:
- 11th - Son Heung-Min, Tottenham
Erling Haaland then received his place, coming in at 10th in this year's Ballon D'Or - leaving Kevin De Bruyne as the final player to receive their ranking in the 2022 edition.
Intermediate rankings:
- 9th - Luka Modric, Real Madrid
- 8th - Vinicius Jr, Real Madrid
- 7th - Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid
- 6th - Kylian Mbappe, PSG
- 5th - Mohamed Salah, Liverpool
- 4th - Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich/Barcelona
Kevin De Bruyne ranked in third at this year's ceremony, behind just Sadio Mane and Karim Benzema - who was crowned winner.
Elsewhere on the evening, Manchester City's Ederson was placed in 3rd for the Yachine Trophy.
Perhaps Manchester City's biggest prize however, came as they were crowned 2022 Club of the Year for the first time.
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Speaking on the achievement, City CEO Ferran Soriano said, "This is a proud day for Manchester City. To be named Club of the Year is an honour and further underlines the strength of this club across both men’s and women’s football."
“We pride ourselves on playing beautiful football and winning matches. We are proud of the quality of the players and all the staff behind the scenes who help make us successful. This award is recognition of the hard work and dedication found in every department of our organisation.
“We will continue to strive for success but today I want everyone connected to Manchester City Football Club to take a step back and feel proud of all we achieved last season."
Topics: Manchester City, Premier League, Football, Joao Cancelo
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