Key Points
- Harry Kane won the 2025-26 Ballon d'Or award at the London ceremony.
- Kane became the first English Ballon d'Or winner since 2001.
- Last season Kane recorded 61 goals in 51 matches for Bayern Munich.
- Lamine Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for the third consecutive time.
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Bayern Munich and England national team striker Harry Kane won the 70th Ballon d'Or award for the best footballer of the 2025-26 season for the first time in his career. The ceremony took place at the Palladium Theatre in London, the first time since 1956 it has been held outside Paris. Kane became the first English player to win the award since Michael Owen in 2001 and the fifth English winner in history.
Kane scored 61 goals in 51 matches for Bayern last season, breaking the club record, and holds the record as England's all-time top scorer with 73 goals. He also scored 6 goals at the World Cup, playing a role in England's third-place finish. At the awards ceremony, Kylian Mbappe finished second and Lamine Yamal third, while in the women's category Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d'Or for the third time.
In other awards, Lamine Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for the third consecutive time, Unai Simon won the Yashin Trophy, and Luis de la Fuente won the Johan Cruyff Trophy (Coach of the Year). The Club of the Year award went to Paris Saint-Germain in the men's category and Barcelona in the women's. Arsenal's Bukayo Saka received the Socrates Award.
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- Who won the 2025-26 Ballon d'Or award?
- Harry Kane won it.
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- He scored 61 goals in 51 matches.
- Who won the Ballon d'Or in the women's category?
- Alexia Putellas won it for the third time in her career.
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