Overview

• France Football named Ousmane Dembélé the world's best player for 2025 after a PSG season highlighted by Champions League and domestic titles.
• Barcelona's Lamine Yamal finished second and became the first player to successfully defend the Kopa Trophy for best U21.
• In his acceptance speech, Dembélé praised Yamal as an extraordinary young player and said he believes Yamal will win the Ballon d'Or in the future.
• Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, denounced the result in a video call to El Chiringuito and declared on the red carpet that next year the prize will be theirs.
• The organizers have not yet released the voting point totals, with the reported final order placing PSG’s Vitinha third and Raphinha fifth.