Lamine Yamal named France Football’s best young player

Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has been named the season’s best young player by France Football. The Spanish footballer has won the award for the third consecutive time.

Yamal finished ahead in the voting of Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsí; Yan Diomande, who plays for Leipzig and Real; Bayern Munich’s Lennart Karl; Bournemouth’s Eli Kroupi; Yoane Manzambi, who plays for Freiburg and Aston Villa; and Paris Saint-Germain’s Warren Zaïre-Emery.

In the 2025/26 season, Yamal won the World Cup with Spain and the La Liga title with Barcelona.