Ousmane Dembelé conquers the Ballon d’Or 2025

Paris. — French forward Ousmane Dembelé, a star player for Paris Saint-Germain, won the 2025 Ballon d’Or this Monday, an award given by the magazine France Football and UEFA, in a ceremony held at the historic Chatelet Theatre in Paris.

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The 28-year-old attacker surpassed in the voting the young Spanish prodigy Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) and his club teammate Vitinha, who completed the podium. In fourth and fifth place were the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and the Brazilian Raphinha (Barcelona). Dembélé’s brilliant season with PSG was key to his consecration. The French footballer was decisive in winning the Ligue 1, the French Cup, the Champions League and the European Super Cup, establishing himself as one of the most decisive stars in world football. With this recognition, Dembélé succeeds in the list of winners to the Spaniard Rodri Hernández (Manchester City) and becomes the sixth Frenchman to receive the prestigious award, after Raymond Kopa (1958), Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985), Jean-Pierre Papin (1991), Zinedine Zidane (1998) and Karim Benzema (2022). “It’s a huge honor to represent my country and my club on this stage. This award reflects the team’s effort and the support of my family,” declared Dembelé, visibly moved after receiving the trophy. The former Barcelona player, a native of Vernon, thus enters the history of French football as one of its contemporary legends and reaffirms PSG’s power in the European elite