Ballon d’Or: what you need to know about the coveted trophy and award worthy of the football profession

• Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante has won the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or.
• Rodri is the third player to win the coveted trophy after the famous Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi since 2008.
• Footballers compete every year for this glittering and valuable award as they strive to make a mark in their profession.

TUKO.co.ke journalist Wycliffe Musalia has more than five years of experience in financial, businessand technology reports, and offers in-depth insight into Kenyan and global economic trends.

Rodri is the recipient of the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or Award, announced on October 28, 2024 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.

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Professional football players compete for the coveted trophy, which is organized and awarded annually by France Football.

Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante became the third player to receive won the coveted trophy except the famous Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi since 2008.

Messi and Ronaldo won 13 of the 15 Ballon d’Ors between 2008 and 2023.

What is the value of the Ballon d’Or and its material value?

According to Target.comThe Golden Ball is valued at approximately $2,920 (KSh376,534) based on the raw materials used to create the masterpiece.

Despite its fame, the Ballon d’Or does not directly benefit France Football’s winners.

However, winning a trophy in a footballer’s career can attract some seven-figure deals.

New York Times wrote that the Ballon d’Or serves as a definitive endorsement, a surefire way to take a player’s image to the next level in terms of sponsorship deals.

This means that Rodri could receive other endorsement deals once the value of his football career increases. Commercial companies that will subscribe to the best player in world most likely they will pay more.

Below are the great deals and deals that Ballon d’Or winners will receive:

Download offers for the highest level players

Companies that sign top players can include a clause in their contracts that if they win the Ballon d’Or they will receive a large bonus.

Memorial compositions

Football memorabilia means that anything a footballer touched or wore during a match can be categorized and listed.

This means that the Ballon d’Or winner will receive all the items that are often reminiscent of past moments of Premier League glory. Fun living room wrote.

Commercial transactions

According to sports and entertainment Marketing experts, the Ballon d’Or makes a big commercial statement about the winner.

The New York Times reported that the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup (in the US, Canada and Mexico) will be big commercially, and the 2024 Ballon d’Or is an early indicator of that.

How the Ballon d’Or winners are chosen

The debate surrounding Rodri’s victory has renewed the conversation about what exactly voters are looking at. 100 journalists from FIFA’s top 100 countries selected the top 10 winners from a list of 30 nominees.

According to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the ten selected players receive 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively.

The points are then added up and the player with the most points receives the reward.

A journalist from a particular country can easily ignore the favorites and vote for his compatriot.

TUKO.co.ke broke the steps and what voters are looking for when choosing the winners of the Ballon d’Or.

Source: TUKO.co.ke