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Fran Kirby, Ellen White among nominees for Women's Ballon d'Or

Fran Kirby, Ellen White among nominees for Women's Ballon d'Or
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England duo Fran Kirby and Ellen White are both nominated for the 2021 Women's Ballon d'Or alongside five others WSL players.

England Women duo Fran Kirby and Ellen White are among the nominees for the Women's 2021 Ballon d'Or.

Chelsea Women forward Kirby scooped the FWA's Women's Footballer of the Year award for the 2020-21 season after propelling the Blues to the Women's Super League crown with 16 goals and 11 assists.

Meanwhile, Manchester City Women's white notched up 10 league goals last term and briefly topped the all-time goalscoring list in the WSL before being overtaken by Vivianne Miedema, who is Arsenal Women's sole representative.

A total of five Chelsea players make up the 20 nominees - the joint-most alongside Barcelona Women - with Kirby joined by teammates Samantha Kerr, Pernille Harder, Magdalena Eriksson and Jessie Fleming also up for the award.

A total of seven players from the Women's Super League have been nominated for the third edition of the award, which was first won by Ada Hegerberg in 2018 before Megan Rapinoe scooped the award in 2019.

Women's 2021 Ballon d'Or nominees in full: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea), Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Stina Blackstenius (BK Hacken), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Samantha Mewis (North Carolina Courage), Pernille Harder (Chelsea), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), Sandra Panos (Barcelona), Lieke Martens (Barcelona), Jessie Fleming (Chelsea), Irene Paredes (Barcelona), Ashley Lawrence (PSG), Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns), Ellen White (Man City), Christiane Endler (Lyon), Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Kaddiatou Diani (PSG)

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