Raphinha received a Ballon d'Or nomination after a 2024–25 season in which Barcelona won LaLiga, the Supercopa de España and the Copa del Rey. He registered 34 goals across competitions, including 18 goals and nine assists in LaLiga, and matched a Champions League record with 21 goal contributions. Only Mohamed Salah (57) had more goal involvements than Raphinha (56) across Europe's top five leagues. Raphinha regards attending the Ballon d'Or ceremony as a significant personal victory, prioritizes becoming better each season, and opened the new LaLiga campaign by scoring in a 3–0 win over Mallorca.
"With everything I've been through in my career, being at the ceremony is already a victory for me. One of the biggest in my professional life. It's not really a goal that I set for myself. My goal is to be better than I was yesterday, to be better than I was last season. So, if I'm at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, that's already a victory for me."
"I think I will do my best to be better than I was,"
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