The secret of 'monster center back' Kim Min-jae's (Bayern Munich) 'three Ballon d'Ors' has been revealed.

France Football, the organizer of the Ballon d'Or, the world's most prestigious individual soccer award, released the details of the voters' votes on its website after the 2023 Ballon d'Or ceremony on March 31.

The Ballon d'Or is voted on by a panel of 100 journalists from around the world. Each voter ranks the nominated players from 1 to 5. The first-place finisher receives six points, second place four points, third place three points, fourth place two points, and fifth place one point.

This year, Kim Min-jae, the first and only Asian player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or, received a total of three points, good for 22nd place. 카지노사이트가이드

According to the voting results, there were two journalists who voted for Kim. First, Korean Football Association board member (and former Sports Seoul reporter) Kim Min-seok, who represented South Korea in the Ballon d'Or voting, listed Kim in fifth place (1 point). After Lionel Messi, Elling Holland, Kylian Mbappe, and Kevin De Bruyne.

The other two points came from a surprising journalist. Journalist Juha Kanerva of the Finnish daily Iltasanomat ranked Kim in fourth place (2 points) behind Messi, Holland, and Mbappe. In fifth place is The Bruener. In South Korea, only the order of Kim and The Bruener changed.

As it turns out, Canerva was the same journalist who voted for Son Heung-min in 2019. At the time, he ranked him fifth, behind Virgil van Dijk, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Dusan Tadic. Son received a total of four journalists' top five picks, giving him a total of four points and placing him 22nd on the list.

*"You can't vote for the Ballon d'Or based on goals scored alone," Canerva told Goal.com after the vote, "He's a player who is committed to his team, not only with his goals, but also with his activity. He scored a lot of important goals last spring (European Champions League)," he said, explaining why he voted him fifth.

Meanwhile, Messi received the highest number of votes, 462, to win his eighth Ballon d'Or. He was followed by Holland with 357 points and Mbappe with 270 points.

One notable voter was Swiss journalist Christoph Scherff, who did not vote for Messi (Holland-Vinicius-Bunu-Bernardo Silva-Saka).

Joaquin Rita of Portugal, the "Ronaldo Nation," chose Portugal international Bernardo Silva as his first choice, with Messi in third place.

Argentina's Enrique Wolfe of ESPN included four Argentines in his top five. Messi at No. 1, Alvarez at No. 2, Emiliano Martinez at No. 4, and Lautaro Martinez at No. 5. The only non-Argentine is Mbappe at #3.