The English footballer of the Bayern Munich team, Harry Kane, won the Ballon d’Or, Monday evening, at the gala in London.
Kane also won the award for the best striker on Monday evening, reports News.ro.
The goalscorer of the Bayern Munich team became the fifth Englishman to win the trophy and the first since Michael Owen in 2001. The first was Stanley Matthews (1956), followed by Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).
Kane (33 years old) scored 73 goals in 65 matches last season, adding 8 assists, for club and national team, adding to his record the title, the German Cup and the German Supercup with Bayern, as well as the bronze medal with the England national team at the 2026 World Cup.
Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) and Spanish Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona) completed the podium, notes Agerpres.
With 36 goals in the Bundesliga, Kane ended the previous season as top scorer and won the “Golden Ice” for the best European scorer. Also, at the “Golden Ball” gala, he won the Gerd Muller trophy, for the best scorer of the season.
In the Champions League he scored 14 goals, being surpassed only by Kylian Mbappe (15 goals).
The award was presented by the Brazilian Ronaldo, winner of the trophy in 1997 and 2002.
Last year, the Ballon d’Or was won by Ousmane Dembele, from Paris Saint-Germain.
The ten players left in the race for the trophy, before the announcement, were Ousmane Dembélé, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Michael Olise, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz and Lamine Yamal.
Ballon d’Or ranking from 11th place:
11 – Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/England)
12 – Pau Cubarsi (FC Barcelona/Spain)
13 – Achraf Hakimi (PSG/Morocco)
14 – Vitinha (PSG/Portugal)
15 – Declan Rice (Arsenal/England)
16 – Ferran Torres (FC Barcelona and PSG/Spain)
17 – Vinicius (Real Madrid/Brazil)
18 – Marc Cucurella (Chelsea and Real Madrid/Spain)
19 – João Neves (PSG/Portugal)
20 – Willian Pacho (PSG/Ecuador)
21 – Gabriel (Arsenal/Brazil)
22 – Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan/Argentina)
23 – Nuno Mendes (PSG/Portugal)
24 – Luis Diaz (Bayern Munich/Colombia)
25 – Marquinhos (PSG/Brazil)
26 – Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich/France)
27 – Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/Portugal)
28 – Julian Quinones (Al-Qadsiah/Mexico)
29 – William Saliba (Arsenal/France) and Sadio Mané (Al-Nassr/Senegal).
