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Oshoala, 29 others nominated for Women 2023 Ballon d’Or

September 7, 2023 2 min read

Super Falcon’s forward, Asisat Oshoala, has been nominated alongside 29 others for the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or.

The 30-player nomination list for the award handed out by French magazine France Football was revealed Wednesday.

The Barcelona star was shortlisted following her heroic performance at the recently concluded Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and a fantastic season with her club.

Also making the list are Chelsea and Australia star, Sam Karr and Manchester City star, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, among others.

The Ballon d’Or event is scheduled to take place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France on October 30, during which the recipients of the Ballon d’Or 2023 will be unveiled.

Check the full list below.

Daphne Van Domselaar (Twente and Aston Villa)
Lena Oberdorf (Vfl Wolfsburg)
Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Hayley Raso (Manchester City and Real Madrid)
Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal)
Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
Alba Redondo (Levante)
Lina Caicedo (Real Madrid)
Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Ewa Pajor (Vfl Wolfsburg)
Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Debinha (North Carlina Courage and Kansas City Current)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Alexandra Popp (Vfl Wolfsburg)
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
Jill Roord (Vfl Wolfsburg and Manchester City)
Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Mary Earps (Manchester United)
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (Manchester City)
Mapi Leon (Barcelona)