Kylian Mbappé wins Raymond Kopa Trophy

Kylian Mbappé, the French international striker of Paris Saint-Germain, received the Raymond Kopa Trophy, awarded to the best young person under the age of 21. The former Monegasque was in competition with Houssem Aouar (Lyon), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan AC) or Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund).

Failing to win the highest distinction, Kylian Mbappé, the French international striker of Paris Saint-Germain, received the first Raymond Kopa Trophy, awarded to the best young person under 21 by a jury composed of the former winners of the Ballon d’Or. In order, the former shareholder of Monaco was ahead of Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), Justin Kluivert (Ajax Amsterdam / AS Rome), Rodrygo (Santos), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan AC), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Patrick Cutrone (Milan AC), Houssem Aouar (Lyon), Amadou Haïdara (RB Salzburg) and Ritsu Doan (FC Groningen).

“It is a great honor to be among you,” explained the Habs when he received his reward. I see a lot of big football names and also my family. I am very happy to receive this award. It rewards a great year that I realized thanks to all my teammates at PSG and in the selection. I will never forget the World Cup adventure. This is the right time to thank them, and it is an additional motivation to continue working. My next goal is the Ballon d’Or? No, it’s to lift everything.It will go through hard work and the help of my teammates. »

The jury of the Kopa Trophy:
Luis Suarez (winner of the Ballon d’Or in 1960)
Denis Law (1964)
Bobby Charlton (1966)
Gianni Rivera (1969)
Gerd Müller (1970)
Franz Beckenbauer (1972, 1976)
Oleg Blokhine (1975)
Allan Simonsen (1977)
Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979)
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1980, 1981)
Paolo Rossi (1982)

Michel Platini (1983, 1984, 1985)
Igor Belanov (1986)
Ruud Gullit (1987)
Marco van Basten (1988, 1989, 1992)
Lothar Matthäus (1990)
Jean-Pierre Papin (1991)
Roberto Baggio (1993)
Hristo Stoichkov (1994)
George Weah (1995)
Matthias Sammer (1996)
Ronaldo (1997, 2002)Kaka (2007)
Cristiano Ronaldo (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Lionel Messi (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Zinédine Zidane (1998)
Rivaldo (1999)
Luis Figo (2000)
Michael Owen (2001)
Pavel Nedved (2003)
Andriy Shevchenko (2004)
Ronaldinho (2005)
Fabio Cannavaro (2006)