Ronwen Williams Records Impressive Finish at Ballon d’Or Awards

• Ronwen Williams finished strong in the Yashin Trophy award rankings at the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony held in France on Monday evening
• The South African international was nominated for the best goalkeeper award alongside nine other top shot-stoppers in the world
• The Mamelodi Sundowns player is now being classified as one of the top ten best goalkeepers in the world with his recent achievement

South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams recorded an impressive finish in the final rankings of the Yashin Trophy award at the 2024 Ballon d'Or event.

The former SuperSport United star was among the final ten nominees for the award, along with Unai Simon, Emiliano Martinez, Yann Sommer, Andrey Lunin, Diego Costa, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Gregor Kobel, Mike Maignan, and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The Bafana Bafana captain travelled to France for the event after being the first player based in Africa to be nominated for the award.

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Williams' position on final Yashin Trophy ranking

According to a report by iDiskiTimes, Williams failed to emerge as the winner of the Yashin Trophy, as the award went to Argentine international and Aston Villa goalkeeper Martinez.

Martinez led Argentina to another Copa America title, winning the best goalkeeper at the tournament, and also had a fantastic season with Villa in the English Premier League and the UEFA Conference League.

Unai Simon finished in second place after winning the European Championship with Spain, while Real Madrid's Andriy Lunin finished third.

The Mamelodi Sundowns shot-stopper finished ninth, ahead of UEFA Champions League finalist Gregor Kobel of Borussia Dortmund.

Yashin trophy final ranking

1. Emiliano Martinez

2. Unai Simon

3. Andriy Lunin

4. Gianluigi Donnarumma

5. Mike Maignan

6. Yann Sommer

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7. Giorgi Mamardashvili

8. Diogo Costa

9. Ronwen Williams

10. Gregor Kobel

Khumalo explains what surprises him about Williams

Briefly News also reported that Kaizer Chiefs legend Doctor Khumalo opened up on what surprises him the most about Williams during an interview with Andile Ncube on the 10bet podcast.

The South African football legend was not amazed that the Sundowns star is among the nominees for the Yashin Trophy at the 2024 Ballon d'Or award ceremony.

Source: Briefly News