Ousmane Dembele was also named No. 1 in the FIFA The Best awards for 2025, reported sportal.bg. Thus, the Frenchman duplicated his “Ball of Gold”, which he received earlier this fall.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker amazed the world with 35 goals and 16 assists in 53 matches in all tournaments, helping his team to record a treble. The former Barcelona player also made it into the ideal team of the year.
The other nominees for FIFA Player of the Year were Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Pedri (Barcelona), Vitinha (PSG), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) and Rafinha (Barcelona).
The voting was conducted by four groups of people - each contributing 25% of the vote. These were national team coaches, national team captains, journalists and fans who could vote on the FIFA website. Everyone was allowed to nominate three, with the first receiving 5 points, the second receiving 3 points, and the third - 1 point.
Accomplishments in the period August 11, 2024 - August 2, 2025 are taken into account.
Dembele succeeds Vinicius Junior as the winner of the award. Behind the Brazilian in 2024, Rodri and Jude Bellingham finished.