Lamine Yamal Claims Third Consecutive Young Talent Award
Lamine Yamal, a winger for Barcelona, won the 2026 Young Talent of the Year award at the Ballon d’Or ceremony held in London on Monday. This victory marks Yamal's third consecutive win of this prestigious award.
He topped the rankings, finishing ahead of his Barcelona teammate Pau Cubarsí, who secured second place. Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery came in third.
The remaining top ten included German youngster Lennart Karl in fourth, Ivory Coast forward Yan Diomandé in fifth, and Morocco’s Ayyoub Bouaddi in sixth. Other notable mentions in the rankings were Kerim Alajbegovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina in seventh, Junior Kroupi from France in eighth, Algeria’s Ibrahim Maza in ninth, and Switzerland’s Johan Manzambi in tenth.
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