Football: 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or Winner!
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
This year’s men’s Ballon d’Or has been awarded to Ousmane Dembélé, who is a forward for the French Ligue 1 club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and the French national team.
Dembélé, who is 28 years old, was the joint top scorer in Ligue 1, with 21 goals, and named the French topflight and the UEFA Champions League player of the year.
He is currently injured and, on receiving the award, remarked:
"What I have just experienced is exceptional, I have no words for it, what happened with PSG."
And added:
"I feel a bit of stress, it's not easy to win this trophy, and to have it presented to me by Ronaldinho, a legend of football, is exceptional.”
Dembélé joined PSG in 2023 from Barcelona, for a fee of €50.4 million, and first played for the France national team in 2016.
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