GOAL reported details of Portuguese journalist Antonio Tadia's 2026 Ballon d'Or vote and the final ranking positions of several Portuguese players. Tadia placed Spain's Lamine Yamal first, with France's Kylian Mbappé behind him and ahead of Norway's Erling Haaland.
Tadia's top five
In Antonio Tadia's vote, Georgia's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was fourth and Spain's Pau Cubarsí was fifth.
The rest of the ballot
In Antonio Tadia's vote, Harry Kane was sixth, Lionel Messi was seventh, Portugal's Nuno Mendes was eighth, Argentina's Lautaro Martínez was ninth and Spain's Rodri was 10th.
Portuguese players in the final ranking
Vitinha finished fourteenth in the final ranking with 59 points. João Neves finished nineteenth with 15 points, Nuno Mendes finished twenty-third with 8 points, and Bruno Fernandes finished twenty-seventh with 5 points.
