⭐ Ballon d'OF: our 9th place goes to... | OneFootball

The 2025 Ballon d’Or will be revealed on September 22. For the occasion, the French editorial team at OneFootball took part in the voting to elect their Ballon d’OF for the 2024-25 season. Today, let’s discover the player who occupies 9th place in our ranking!

9️⃣ Pedri (FC Barcelona / ESP) - 19 pts

9th in the OneFootball Ballon d’Or: Pedri

Without a doubt, one of the sensations of the 2024-2025 season. Finally spared from injuries after a difficult 2023-24 campaign, Pedri has rediscovered, or even surpassed, his best form. The Spanish gem has been one of Hansi Flick’s key men and a major player in FC Barcelona’s superb season, stringing together top performances both in La Liga and the Champions League.

His technical quality, ability to dictate the tempo of the game, and extraordinary vision have impressed all of Europe, making the world forget that he is only 22 years old.

Week after week, Pedri is establishing himself more and more as one of the best players of his generation.

Pedri’s standout stats for the 2024-25 season:

📝 OneFootball Ballon d’Or: our ranking

10th: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (4 points)

9th: Pedri (19 points)

🔎 Methodology

From the list of 30 finalists established by France Football, the seven members of our editorial team selected their top 10. 10 points for 1st place, 9 points for 2nd, 8 for 3rd, and so on...

The scores were tallied and the ranking was established based on the total number of points earned by the players. In the event of a tie, the player with the highest individual ranking is placed ahead.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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