French magazine France Football) has published on Friday evening the details of the 2026 Golden Ball vote, the award that last Monday was presented to Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane at the ceremony held in London.
Despite failing to win the trophy, Barcelona star Lamine Yamal was the footballer who won the most votes from journalists from 13 countries participating in the voting process.
Among the voters who ranked Yamali first were journalists from three Arab states: Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan.
The list of 13 participating countries included Albania, Algeria, Burkina Fason, Cape Verde, Honduras, Jordan, northern Macedonia, Mexico, Wales, Portugal, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey.
In the overall outcome, however, Harry Kane, who collected 1.055 points and won the 2026 Golden Ball.
The English striker finished the race with only 28 points more than Frenchman Kylyan Mbappe, who ranked second with 1,057 points.
In third place, Lamine Yamal finished with 881 points, followed by his countrymen Rodri, who collected 726 points. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi, captain of Inter Miami, ranked fifth with 612 points.
After them, Kvilatskhelia of Paris Saint-Germaini ranked sixth position with 541 points, ahead of his fellow Ottoman Dembele, who collected 418 points.
At eighth place, Manchester City attacker Erling Haaland finished with 378 points. Following him was Michael Olyse of Baiern Munich with 296 points, while the first ten was added to the SPG’s Fabian Ruiz by 201 points.
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