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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Santos forward Neymar has hit out at the organizers of the Ballon d\u2019Or over Barcelona winger Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place finish in the 2025 edition.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old made his feelings clear about the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or rankings, calling Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place finish \u2018a huge joke\u2019.<\/p>\n

Recall that Ousmane Dembele won the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or ahead of Lamine Yamal on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Raphinha, however, finished in fifth position, behind the likes of Dembele, Yamal, Vitinha and Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n

However, Neymar was unimpressed with Raphinha\u2019s final position in the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or rankings.<\/p>\n

The former Paris Saint-Germain star took to social media on Monday night to express his frustration, saying his fellow Brazilian compatriot\u2019s position is \u2018a huge joke\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaphinha in 5th is too much of a joke,\u201d Neymar said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

Raphinha had an impressive campaign for Barcelona last season as he helped them win the LaLiga title and the Copa del Rey.<\/p>\n

The former Leeds United star was arguably Barcelona\u2019s best player last season, recording 56 goal contributions in 57 appearances for the Blaugrana.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Santos forward Neymar has hit out at the organizers of the Ballon d\u2019Or over Barcelona winger Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place finish in the 2025 edition. The 33-year-old made his feelings clear about the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or rankings, calling Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place finish \u2018a huge joke\u2019. Recall that Ousmane Dembele won the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or ahead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[18811,1754,254,7813],"class_list":["post-179869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-ballon-dor-ranking","tag-neymar","tag-nigeria","tag-raphinha"],"yoast_head":"\nNeymar Criticizes Ballon d'Or Ranking of Raphinha - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Santos forward Neymar has hit out at the organizers of the Ballon d\u2019Or over Barcelona winger Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place fini ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neymar Criticizes Ballon d'Or Ranking of Raphinha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Santos forward Neymar has hit out at the organizers of the Ballon d\u2019Or over Barcelona winger Raphinha\u2019s fifth-place fini ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T11:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-23T12:04:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758616598.344331.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"833\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Neymar Criticizes Ballon d’Or Ranking of Raphinha\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-23T11:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-23T12:04:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758616598.344331.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ballon d'Or ranking\",\"neymar\",\"Nigeria\",\"Raphinha\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/neymar-criticizes-ballon-dor-ranking-of-raphinha\",\"name\":\"Neymar Criticizes Ballon d'Or Ranking of Raphinha - 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