Karim Benzema wins the Ballon d’Or at the age of 66, breaking records.
Only five Frenchmen ever have received the Ballon d’Or, but Karim Benzema, who reached at the age of 34, is the oldest victor since Stanley Matthews in 1956.
Although Luka Modric of Real Madrid earned the Ballon d’Or in 2018 even as a lone outlier, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo had earned Twelve of the preceding Thirteen Ballon d’Ors. However, Messi wasn’t even considered for the 2022 award. Ronaldo was ranked number 20 this year.
Alexia Putellas of Barcelona earned the Ballon d’Or Feminine for the second time in a row.
Who is Karim Benzema?
French footballer Karim Mostafa Benzema is a forward for Real Madrid in Ligue 1 and captains both the France national squad as well as Real Madrid. With Real Madrid, Benzema has collected 23 trophies, with five UEFA Champions League titles, two Copa del Rey’s, plus four La Liga championship games. Benzema is a talented and prolific striker who is often regarded as one of the best. He is Real Madrid’s second-highest goal scorer and top assist giver only those.
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Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema wins the male Ballon d’Or:
Karim Benzema was presented with the 2022 Ballon d’Or award at an event in Paris on Monday. He assisted Real Madrid in winning both the Champions League as well as LaLiga in his excellent 2021–22 campaign.
The 34-year-old Benzema led the scoring with Fifteen goals in the Champions League, including hat tricks versus Chelsea & Paris Saint-Germain, and scored a vocationally Twenty-seven goals in LaLiga.
I did grow up with this image in my head, so after which I had the desire, said Benzema, who acknowledged his pride at receiving the honour.
It required hard work, but I persevered and kept that goal in the back of my head. Anything could occur. I was lucky to have Zizou [Zinedine Zidane] as well as [famous Brazilian player] Ronaldo as positive examples in my career.
“It’s been difficult for me. I once lost out on a place on the national squad, but I did not give up. I have found it hard, but that just makes me better and stronger. I am very pleased with my work.
The France national received this honor for the very first time in his professional life at a special ceremony conducted just at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
He is indeed the second Frenchman to get the honor since 1998 champion Zidane, who handed Benzema with trophy, and the first player of the Madrid team since Luka Modric in 2018.
Karim Benzema announces: “I will retire in Real Madrid. There’s no other option for me”, he said to Onda Cero right after the Ballon d’Or ceremony. 🚨⚪️ #Benzema pic.twitter.com/PzV6ub4z2d
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 18, 2022
Karim Benzema Wife
The Frenchman boasts millions of fans who are also curious about his private life; however, nothing is known about his wife.
She is a young French woman even by the name of Cora Gauthier, and she humans a Real Madrid striker in 2017, five years ago. As they marry secretly to avoid the spotlight, they both strive to keep the privacy of their marriage.
The French model, who is as subtle as Benzema or perhaps more so, has long split his time between Madrid and London.
To prevent anyone from learning anything about their family and personal lives, none of them posted pictures of them posing alongside one another on social networks.
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