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Kopa Trophy
Trophée Kopa
Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal, the current award holder
Awarded forLamine Yamal
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
First awarded3 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-03)
Current holderSpain Lamine Yamal
(1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr
RelatedBallon d'Or

The Kopa Trophy is an association football award presented to the best performing player worldwide under the age of 21 during a joint ceremony with the Ballon d'Or. The award is presented by France Football and is named after late French footballer Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d'Or.

The winner is selected by a jury of all former Ballon d'Or winners. The Kopa Trophy is also open to top players outside of the UEFA leagues unlike the Golden Boy award which is European-based only.

Winners

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Kylian Mbappé, the inaugural award winner.
Year Rank Player Club Points
2018 1st France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 110
2nd United States Christian Pulisic Germany Borussia Dortmund 31
3rd Netherlands Justin Kluivert Italy Roma[note 1] 18
2019 1st Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Italy Juventus[note 2] 58
2nd England Jadon Sancho Germany Borussia Dortmund 49
3rd Portugal João Félix Spain Atlético Madrid[note 3] 41
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
2021 1st Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 89
2nd England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund 39
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 38
2022 1st Spain Gavi Spain Barcelona 59
2nd France Eduardo Camavinga Spain Real Madrid[note 4] 51
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 47
2023 1st England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund[note 5] 90
2nd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 42
3rd Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 33
2024 1st Spain Lamine Yamal Spain Barcelona 113
2nd Turkey Arda Güler Spain Real Madrid 26
3rd England Kobbie Mainoo England Manchester United 20
Notes
  1. ^ Kluivert was signed by Roma from Ajax midway through 2018.
  2. ^ de Ligt was signed by Juventus from Ajax midway through 2019.
  3. ^ Félix was signed by Atlético Madrid from Benfica midway through 2019.
  4. ^ Camavinga was signed by Real Madrid from Rennes midway through 2022.
  5. ^ Although Bellingham was signed by Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund during the Award Period, he did not make his debut until after the Award Period ended.

Wins by player

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Player Winner Second place Third place
England Jude Bellingham 1 (2023) 1 (2021)
Spain Pedri 1 (2021) 1 (2023)
France Kylian Mbappé 1 (2018)
Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 1 (2019)
Spain Gavi 1 (2022)
Spain Lamine Yamal 1 (2024)
Germany Jamal Musiala 1 (2023) 2 (2021, 2022)
United States Christian Pulisic 1 (2018)
England Jadon Sancho 1 (2019)
France Eduardo Camavinga 1 (2022)
Turkey Arda Güler 1 (2024)
Netherlands Justin Kluivert 1 (2018)
Portugal João Félix 1 (2019)
England Kobbie Mainoo 1 (2024)

Wins by country

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Country Players Wins
 Spain 3 3
 England 1 1
 France 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1

Wins by club

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Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 3 3
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1
Italy Juventus 1 1
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Coronavirus: Ballon d'Or cancelled for first time in award's history". ESPN. 20 July 2020. ISSN 1097-1998. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ferré, Pascal (20 July 2020). "Il n'y aura pas de Ballon d'Or France Football en 2020" [There will be no France Football Ballon d'Or in 2020]. France Football (in French). ISSN 0015-9557. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.