Kopa Trophy - the world's best young player
The Kopa Trophy is an annual football award for the world's best young men's player from the previous season. The award presented by France Football is named after former French footballer Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d'Or.
The Kopa Trophy award is open for players under the age of 21. The first award was presented in 2018 (and none in 2020).
The award is voted on by former Ballon d'Or winners, giving their top-3 selections. The three players voted by each jurors are assigned 5, 3 and 1 points. In case of a tie, the players are ordered according to the number of first place votes, then second place votes.
List of Kopa Trophy winners
| year | player | Nationality | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lamine Yama | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2023 | Jude Bellingham | England | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2022 | Gavi | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2021 | Pedri | Spain | Barcelona |
| 2020 | not awarded | ||
| 2019 | Matthijs de Ligt | Netherlands | Juventus |
| 2018 | Kylian Mbappé | France | Paris Saint-Germain |
There is a similar young player award given by sports journalists, the Golden Boy Award, which is only open to those who play in a European nation's top tier team, and is based on performance over the previous calendar year.
Related Pages
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player — award for best player under 21 years of age at the World Cup.
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
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