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De Ligt Wins Young Player Gong At Ballon D’or Awards

  Dutch starlet Matthijs de Ligt succeeded Kylian Mbappe as the winner of the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under 21 at the … Continue reading De Ligt Wins Young Player Gong At Ballon D’or Awards


Juventus’ Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt (L) defends against Atalanta’s Gambian forward Musa Barrow during the Italian Serie A football match Atalanta Bergamo vs Juventus on November 23, 2019 at the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia stadium in Bergamo. Miguel MEDINA / AFP
Juventus’ Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt (L) defends against Atalanta’s Gambian forward Musa Barrow during the Italian Serie A football match Atalanta Bergamo vs Juventus on November 23, 2019 at the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia stadium in Bergamo.
Miguel MEDINA / AFP

 

Dutch starlet Matthijs de Ligt succeeded Kylian Mbappe as the winner of the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under 21 at the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in Paris on Monday.

The defender, 20, starred in the Ajax side who reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals and won the Dutch title, before joining Juventus in the close season in a deal worth 85.5 million euros ($94.7 million).

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The award is named after Raymond Kopa, the Real Madrid and France star of the post-war era who won the Ballon d’Or in 1958.

France forward Mbappe was the inaugural winner of the prize last year.

AFP