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Lamine Yamal

Winger, Barcelona & Spain

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Why they shine

The teenage superstar of Barcelona and Spain — Kopa Trophy winner for a third consecutive year in 2026, the award for the world's best young player.

Full name: Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Nationality: Spain
Club: Barcelona
Position: Right winger
Kopa Trophy: 2024, 2025, 2026 — 3 in a row

Record

Honor record

Kopa Trophy

2026 · Oct 26, 2026

London Palladium, London

Won the Kopa Trophy — the Ballon d'Or for the best young player — for a third consecutive year at the 70th ceremony.

Kopa Trophy

2024 · Oct 28, 2024

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

Yamal took his first Kopa Trophy as the world's best under-21 player, days before his eighteenth birthday, after breaking into Barcelona's first team and Spain's Euro-winning side in the same calendar year.

Kopa Trophy

2025 · Sep 22, 2025

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

A second Kopa Trophy confirmed what the first suggested: no teenager had ever held the under-21 crown twice, and Yamal did it while already a fixture in Barcelona's front line.

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