Juventus star Kenan Yildiz has been included among the nominees for the 2025 Kopa Trophy as part of the Ballon d’Or awards.Yildiz among Kopa Trophy nomineesFrance Football, who organise the Ballon d...
Juventus star Kenan Yildiz has been included among the nominees for the 2025 Kopa Trophy as part of the Ballon d’Or awards.
Yildiz among Kopa Trophy nominees
France Football, who organise the Ballon d’Or awards, are announcing the nominees for the 2025 edition on Thursday, ahead of the grand ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on September 22.
The first nominees to be announced in the men’s categories was the Kopa Trophy, which is awarded to the world’s best player aged under 21.
Yildiz, who provided 12 goals and nine assists across 52 appearances for the Old Lady last season, is the only representative from Serie A this year.
TURIN, ITALY – MAY 18: Nicolas Gonzalez of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammate Kenan Yildiz during the Serie A match between Juventus and Udinese at Allianz Stadium on May 18, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Chris Ricco/Getty Images)
He is nominated alongside his former Juventus Next Gen teammate Dean Huijsen, who was sold to AFC Bournemouth at the beginning of the 2024-25 campaign and impressed so much with his performances that he earned a big-money move to Real Madrid less than a year later.
The other nominees for the 2025 Kopa Trophy are: Ayyoub Bouaddi of Lille, Pau Cubarsi of Barcelona, Desire Doue of Paris Saint-Germain, Estevao, now at Chelsea, Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly, Rodrigo Mora from Porto, Joao Neves from PSG and last year’s winner, who remains the favourite this year, Lamine Yamal.
2025 Kopa Trophy nominees
BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 30: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille)
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)
Desire Doue (PSG)
Estevao (Chelsea, formerly Palmeiras)
Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid, formerly AFC Bournemouth)
Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
Rodrigo Mora (Porto)
Joao Neves (PSG)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Kenan Yildiz (Juventus)
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