The Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place on September 22 and the appointments are revealed today. Thus, we know the names of the ten contenders for the Kopa trophy which rewards the best U21. Thus, we logically find Lamine Yamal which is the great favorite to make the double after his coronation last year but there is also Pau Cubarsi and Désiré Doué who are outsiders. There is also Ligue 1 represented with Ayyoub Bouaddi and Joao Neves.
We also find Estevao, Dean Huijsen, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kenan Yildiz or Rodrigo Mora. Note that for the female reward the five named are Michelle Agyemang (19 years old/England/Brighton and Arsenal), Linda Caicedo (20 years old/Colombia/Real Madrid), Wieke Kaptein (19 years old/Netherlands/Chelsea), Claudia Martinez Ovando (17/Paraguay/Club Olimpia) and Vicky Lopez (19 years/Spain/FC Barcelona).
The 10 named for the Kopa trophy
- Pau Cubarsi (18 years old/Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Ayyoub Bouaddi (17 ans/France/Lille)
- Désiré Doué (20 years old/France/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Estevao (18 years old/Brazil/Palmeiras and Chelsea)
- Dean Huijsen (20 years old/Spain/Bournemouth and Real Madrid)
- Myles Lewis-Skelly (18 ans/Angleterre/Arsenal)
- Rodrigo Mora (18 ANS/Portugal/FC Porto)
- Joao Neves (20 ANS/Portugal/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Lamine Yamal (18 years old/Spain/FC Barcelona)
- Kenan Yildiz (20 years old/Türkiye/Juventus)
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