MOSCOW, Oct 17 Manchester City and Norway forward football Erling Haaland took 10th place in the voting for the owner of the «Golden Ball» — the award given to the best football player of the season according to the French magazine France Football, according to the microblog of the award on Twitter. Salah.Holand is nominated for the Ballon d'Or for the second time. In June, the 22-year-old striker moved from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City. Salah is on the list for the fourth time in his career. Previously, five-time Ballon d'Or winner Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo finished 20th in voting for the 2021/22 award.The following voting places were also announced: 5. Salah, 6. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), 7. Thibault Courtois (Real Madrid), 8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), 9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid), 10. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City), 11. Son Heung-min (Tottenham), 12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), 13. Sebastian Allais (Ajax/Borussia Dortmund)14. Rafael Lean (Milan), Fabinho (Liverpool). The Ballon d'Or was established by France Football in 1956 as a prize for the best player of the year in Europe (based on the opinions of a group of sports journalists). In 2010, FIFA and France Football announced the merger of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Player of the Year awards (determined based on the vote of the captains and coaches of the national teams). In September 2016, France Football announced the end of its partnership with FIFA and returned to the original system for determining the best player of the year.
