Kopa Trophy

Annual association football award presented by the France Football
Award
Kopa Trophy
Trophée Kopa
Jude Bellingham (pictured in 2022), the current award holder
Awarded forJude Bellingham
Date3 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-03)
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
First awarded2018
Current holderEngland Jude Bellingham
(1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr
RelatedBallon d'Or

The Kopa Trophy is an association football award presented to the best performing player worldwide under the age of 21 during a joint ceremony with the Ballon d'Or. The award is presented by France Football and is named after late French footballer Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d'Or.

The winner is selected by a jury of all former Ballon d'Or winners. The Kopa Trophy is also open to top players outside of the UEFA leagues unlike the Golden Boy award which is European-based only.

Winners

Kylian Mbappé, the inaugural award winner.
Year Rank Player Club(s) Points
2018 1st France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 110
2nd United States Christian Pulisic Germany Borussia Dortmund 31
3rd Netherlands Justin Kluivert Netherlands Ajax
Italy Roma
18
2019 1st Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Netherlands Ajax
Italy Juventus
58
2nd England Jadon Sancho Germany Borussia Dortmund 49
3rd Portugal João Félix Portugal Benfica
Spain Atlético Madrid
41
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2021 1st Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 89
2nd England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund 39
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 38
2022 1st Spain Gavi Spain Barcelona 59
2nd France Eduardo Camavinga France Rennes
Spain Real Madrid
51
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 47
2023 1st England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund 90
2nd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 42
3rd Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 33

Wins by player

Player Winner Second place Third place
England Jude Bellingham 1 (2023) 1 (2021)
Spain Pedri 1 (2021) 1 (2023)
France Kylian Mbappé 1 (2018)
Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 1 (2019)
Spain Gavi 1 (2022)
Germany Jamal Musiala 1 (2023) 2 (2021, 2022)
United States Christian Pulisic 1 (2018)
England Jadon Sancho 1 (2019)
France Eduardo Camavinga 1 (2022)
Netherlands Justin Kluivert 1 (2018)
Portugal João Félix 1 (2019)

Wins by country

Country Players Wins
 Spain 2 2
 France 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1
 England 1 1

Wins by club

Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 2 2
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1
Netherlands Ajax 1 1
Italy Juventus 1 1
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1

Notes

References

  1. ^ "THE BALLON D'OR® WILL NOT BE AWARDED IN 2020". L'Equipe. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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