Victor Osimhen missing from 2025 Ballon d'Or Nominees
AFNEWS reporter
Aug 08, 2025
Victor Osimhen missing from 2025 Ballon d'Or Nominees
No Nigerian, including Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen, is on the 2025 Ballon d'Or list of nominees.
Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen is a notably omission from the nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or.
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The official Ballon d'Or account revealed the nominees for the award on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
Victor Osimhen missing from 2025 Ballon d'Or Nominees
The Nigerian striker currently plying his trade with Galatasaray was a notable absence from the list.
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Osimhen, a former Serie A champion with Napoli was widely expected by many fans to feature on the list.
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On loan from Napoli last season, Osimhen propelled Galatasaray that made them make a massive move for him.
He led Galatasaray to win the Turkish League and Cup in his debut season as they won in style.
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Despite these individual and team achievements, the Ballon d'Or selection selected players from Europe's top five leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1).
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Reigning Champions League winners PSG have eight players, Barcelona have four same as Liverpool.
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There are three African players on the list Achraf Hakimi, Mohammed Salah and Serhou Guirassy.
This comes after Super Falcons boss Justine Madugu was nominated for the Women's Coach of the Year award.
2025 Ballon d'Or Nominees
Jude Bellingham, Ousmane Demb├®l├®, Gianluigi Donnarumma, D├®sir├® Dou├®, Deniz Dumfr├¡es, Serhou Guirassy, Viktor Gy├keres, Erling Haaland, Achraf Hakimi and Harry Kane.
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Robert Lewandowski, Alexis Mac Allister, Lautaro Mart├¡nez, Kylian Mbapp├®, Scott McTominay, Nuno Mendes, Jo├úo Neves and Michael Olise.
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Others are Cole Palmer, Pedri, Raphinha, Declan Rice, Fabián Ruiz, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Vinícius Jr, Vitinha, Florian Wirtz and Lamine Yamal.
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— AFNEWS reporter