{"id":125679,"date":"2024-07-25T21:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ballon-dor-2024-federico-valverde-picks-player-for-award"},"modified":"2024-07-25T22:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:10:58","slug":"ballon-dor-2024-federico-valverde-picks-player-for-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/ballon-dor-2024-federico-valverde-picks-player-for-award","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2024: Federico Valverde picks player for award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Real Madrid midfielder, Federico Valverde has picked his teammate Vinicius Junior to win Ballon d\u2019Or 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Vinicius enjoyed a wonderful 2023\/24 season with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil international won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles.<\/p>\n<p>He netted 24 goals and bagged 11 assists in 39 appearances across competitions for the Los Blancos.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to an Instagram story from Vinicius and reposting the same on his account, Valverde wrote: \u201cBalooooon de oro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vinicius is expected to battle his teammates, Jude Bellingham and Dani Carvajal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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