The 2025 Ballon d’Or nominations are finally being unveiled today, but in the lead-up to the main event, the organisers also announced the nominees for the Kopa Trophy award.The Kopa Trophy is an

The final nominees for the 2025 Kopa Trophy have been revealed, with Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal the favorite to retain his crown.Named after Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d’Or, the Kopa Trophy was first awarded in 2018 and is given to the best player under the age of 21 in the world as decided by a jury of former Ballon d’Or winners.

Lamine Yamal headlined the nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or Kopa Trophy for the best player under the age of 21. The names were announced this morning with the Barcelona winger joined on the 10-man shortlist by Barca team-mate Pau Cubarsi and Real Madrid centre-half Dean Huijsen, who moved to the Santiago Bernabéu this summer from Bournemouth.