Ballon d’Or 2025: Sunday Oliseh Names Top Five Contenders

Ballon d’Or 2025: Sunday Oliseh Names Top Five Contenders

Sampson Adedeji

Former Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh, has revealed his top five picks for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Taking to his personal X (formerly Twitter) page, Oliseh lauded the talents of several standout performers from the 2024–2025 football season.

His shortlist includes England’s Bukayo Saka, Spain’s rising star Lamine Yamal, Georgia’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Brazil’s Raphinha, and France’s Ousmane Dembele.

Responding to a fan’s comment, Oliseh wrote: “Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has so much vision, Raphinha makes it look effortlessly easy, Saka is so nimble-footed it is beautiful, Dembele is for me in company of Lamine Yamal — Ballon d’Or sure candidates.”

The former Ajax and Juventus midfielder added that these players have reignited his passion for the game:

“I am finally able to be fixated on the TV for ninety minutes thanks to these kinds of players,” he said.