The nominations for the Ballon D’or roll out, the nominations for the best goalkeeper have also been released. Softfootball understands that winners of these awards and the Ballon D’or will be announced in September.
10 goalkeepers from the whole Europe were nominated for the Yashin award which the special award for the goalkeepers. This year’s nominations are goalkeepers who proved a point last season between sticks and also helped their team achieve success.
The nominations was posted on the official verified X handle of the Ballon D’or. There were nominations for other awards as well on the handle.
For the Yashin, PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma is tipped to be the winner as he was instrumental to what PSG achieved last season especially winning the UEFA Champions League for the first time.
The Italian is joined by Alisson Becker who helped Liverpool win another Premier League title. Yann Sommer who had very stand out season with Inter Milan is also on the list.
The Yashin award was first created in 2019. Alisson Becker was the first goalkeeper to win the award. Gianluigi Donnarumma was the second goalkeeper to win it followed by Real Madrid’s Courtois.
Aston Villa and Argentina’s man Emiliano Martinez is the only goalkeeper to win it back to back and is the current holder of the award. He is also nominated for this year’s award.
If Martinez wins the award again, he becomes the first man to win it three times. Gianluigi Donnarumma has a very high to win this year however, if he does, he will equal Martinez record of winning it twice.
The award is named after former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and the winner is selected by football journalists. Only Liverpool, Real Madrid, Aston Villa and PSG have seen their goalkeepers win it.
Here is the full nomination:
Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)
Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal and Morocco)
Lucas Chevalier (Lille and France)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG and Italy)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa and Argentina)
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia)
David Raya (Arsenal and Spain)
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest and Belgium)
Yann Sommer (Inter Milan).
