The Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony, scheduled for September 22 in Paris, promises to be heated. In addition to the famous individual award, France Football has revealed the finalists for the prestigious Ko...
The Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony, scheduled for September 22 in Paris, promises to be heated. In addition to the famous individual award, France Football has revealed the finalists for the prestigious Kopa (best U21), Yashin (best goalkeeper), and Cruijff (best coach) awards.
And there are surprises: among the candidates we find Antonio Conte, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Kenan Yildiz and even Yann Sommer, while the excellent exclusion of Simone Inzaghi is surprising, despite the Champions League final with Inter.
🧤 Yashin Trophy: Donnarumma king of the posts?
The favorite for the Yashin Trophy is clearly Gianluigi Donnarumma, the absolute protagonist of the season with PSG.
Here are our 2025 Women's Yachine Trophy nominees!#ballondorpic.twitter.com/wo2uyR97cb
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But the list includes illustrious names:
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
- David Raya (Arsenal)
- Yann Sommer (Inter)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
- Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest)
- Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
- Lucas Chevalier (Lille)
- Yassine Bono (Al Hilal)
- Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
👨🏫 Cruijff Trophy: Conte in, Inzaghi out!
The award for the best coach sees a Top 5 of the highest level. The Italian champion coach Antonio Conte is present.
- Luis Enrique (PSG): Champions League winner and Club World Cup finalist
- Antonio Conte (Napoli): Serie A winner
- Enzo Maresca (Chelsea): Conference League and Club World Cup winner
- Arne Slot (Liverpool): Premier League winner
- Hansi Flick (Barcelona): national treble (Liga, King's Cup, Super Cup)
Here are our 2025 nominees for the Men's Team Coach of the Year Trophy!
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Antonio Conte
Luis Enrique
Hansi Flick
Enzo Maresca
Arne Slot#ballondorpic.twitter.com/ES5OaOvP5n
Inzaghi's absence is notable, especially after the European journey with Inter to the Munich final, lost against PSG
🌟 Kopa Trophy: Yamal superstar, but Yildiz is also there!
The Kopa Trophy shines a spotlight on the talents of the future.
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Rodrigo Mora
Joao Neves
Lamine Yamal
Kenan Yildiz
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The favorite is Lamine Yamal, but among the 10 candidates is also the bianconero Kenan Yildiz:
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, 18)
- Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona, 18)
- Désiré Doué (PSG, 20)
- Estevão (Palmeiras/Chelsea, 18)
- Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth/Real Madrid, 20)
- Kenan Yildiz (Juventus, 20)
- Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille, 17)
- Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal, 18)
- Joao Neves (PSG, 20)
- Rodrigo Mora (Porto, 18)
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