Argentine and Inter forward Lautaro Martinez presents the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or 2024 ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, 28 October 2024. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday evening saw five Serie A representatives finish in the top 30 for the flagship award, including two from Inter, two from Roma and one from Atalanta, as well as two nominated Italian tacticians on the Coach of the Year shortlist.
Here is how the Italy and Serie A representatives got on at the 2024 Ballon d’Or.
Where every Italy and Serie A player finished in Ballon d’Or rankings
There were no Italy internationals on the final shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, but there were five Serie A representatives in Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Artem Dovbyk (Roma) and Mats Hummels (Roma).
Martinez finished as the highest of the bunch, in seventh place overall, after a year that saw him win the Serie A title by 19 points, finish the season as the Serie A Capocannoniere with 24 goals, as well as a victory in the Copa America final, where he also finished as the tournament’s leading goalscorer with five, equalling a goal every 44 minutes.
Lookman was the second-highest ranked Serie A player for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, finishing in an eventual 14th place. He had helped Atalanta win their first ever European trophy with an historic hat-trick in the Europa League final over Bayer Leverkusen.
Nigerian player Ademola Lookman arrives for the Ballon d’Or 2024 ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, 28 October 2024. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
Calhanoglu was the third-highest rated Serie A player in the final Ballon d’Or standings for 2024. He was also part of the dominant, Scudetto-winning Inter side last season, and contributed with 13 league goals from the base of the Nerazzurri midfield.
Roma’s two representatives, Dovbyk and Hummels, both finished in joint 29th place.
Neither of them spent any of last season in Serie A, but Dovbyk finished the 2023-24 campaign as the leading goalscorer in LaLiga with 24 for Girona, while Hummels played a crucial role in helping Borussia Dortmund return to the Champions League final for the first time since 2013.
Consecutive Yachine Trophy rankings
Italy no.1 Gianluigi Donnarumma finished fourth in the final standings for the Yachine Trophy, the award for the Goalkeeper of the Year. Emiliano Martinez went home with the top prize, becoming the first ever goalkeeper to win it on multiple occasions.
Donnarumma was closely followed by Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who finished fifth, and Milan stopper Mike Maignan, who came in sixth.
Ancelotti beats Gasperini to Coach of the Year
Carlo Ancleotti went home as the Coach of the Year. 2024 is the first time that the Coach of the Year award has been given out at the Ballon d’Or ceremony.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini was also among the candidates for the Coach of the Year award, as was Pep Guardiola (Man City), Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen), Luis de la Fuente (Spain) and Lionel Scaloni (Argentina).
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