Albanian Granit Xhaka among the stars, ranked 16th in the "Golden Ball" ceremony

Leverkusen's Albanian-born footballer, Granit Xhaka, has written history.

He is ranked as the 16th best player in the "Golden Ball" ceremony, as "France Football" presents this evening the "Golden Ball" trophy, for the first time in cooperation with UEFA.

The list of 30 contender players has been made public for a long time, as the publication of the names starting from the bottom has started.

Part of the ranking: 

16-Granit Xhaka

17-Federico Valverde

18-Emiliano Martinez

19-Martin Odegaard

20-Hakan Calhanoglu

21-Bukayo Saka

22-Antonio Rudiger

23-Ruben Dias

24-William Saliba

25-Cole Palmer

26-Declan Rice

27-Vitinha

28-Alejandro Grimaldo

29-Mats Hummels, Artem Dovbyk