Karim Benzema was honored with the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the best footballer of the year - for the first time.
Posted 2 years ago
Real Madrid's France forward Karim Benzema has been honored with the 2022 Ballon d'Or award- awarded to the best footballer of the year. Karim Benzema has won the award for the first time in his career.
The Frenchman, Karim Benzema becomes only the second player aside from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award since 2008. Benzema's Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric won the prize in 2018.
Benzema beat Poland's Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne after Argentina's Lionel Messi won the award for a record seventh time last year.
Sadio Mane, who moved from Liverpool to Bayern Munich last summer, came second while Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne finished in third.
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