Jude Bellingham named amongst 2024 BBC Sports activities Character of the Yr nominees

Actual Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham finds himself among the many six nominees in with an opportunity of being named 2024 BBC Sports activities Character of the Yr.

Bellingham loved double success with Actual Madrid on the finish of final season, enjoying a pivotal position because the membership secured each La Liga and the Champions League titles.

The Englishman scored 23 targets in complete and it was solely the fifth time ever Madrid have been topped each Spanish and European champions in the identical marketing campaign – a barely exceptional feat contemplating it is now 51 all-time wins throughout each competitions.

On the worldwide stage, Bellingham was a part of an England aspect that reached the ultimate at Euro 2024. Alongside the best way, he scored a surprising overhead kick in stoppage time to forestall what regarded prefer it was about to be an embarrassing final 16 exit to Slovakia.

In October, Bellingham positioned third on the Ballon d’Or behind Rodri and Vinicius Junior, the primary English participant to interrupt the highest three since Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have been second and third respectively in 2005, however did not attend the ceremony because of a Actual Madrid boycott.

The BBC SPOTY award has been handed to a footballer on seven events because it was created by the UK’s public service broadcaster in 1954. The primary was in 1966 when it was offered to Bobby Moore within the wake of England’s World Cup win, whereas the latter two have come as lately as 2022 and 2023 to recognise the achievements of Beth Mead and Mary Earps.

Paul Gascoigne, Michael Owen, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs every gained throughout a extra concentrated interval of success for footballers between 1990 and 2009.

Loads of different gamers, together with George Finest, Jordan Henderson, Bobby Charlton, Harry Kane and Gary Lineker have completed within the prime three with out successful the general prize.

In complete, soccer has had 24 prime three finishers. Nonetheless, athletics has dominated during the last seven a long time, with extra winners (18), second locations (14) and third locations (21), and due to this fact extra accrued prime three finishes (54), than another sport.

In 2024’s public vote, Bellingham is up in opposition to Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, teenage darts sensation Luke Littler, England’s new all-time main take a look at run scorer Joe Root, double 2024 Paralympic biking champion Sarah Storey and Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee.

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