Kopa Trophy

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Kopa Trophy
Trophée Kopa
Date	3 December 2018; 3 years ago (2018-12-03)
Location	Paris
Country	France
Presented by	France Football
First awarded	2018
Current holder	Pedri (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr
Related	Ballon d'Or

The Kopa Trophy is an association football award presented to the best performing player under the age of 21. It is organised by France Football.

The award is named after former French footballer Raymond Kopa and the winner is selected by former Ballon d'Or winners. Unlike the Golden Boy award, the Kopa Trophy, even if less prestigious, is also open to those who play outside of Europe.

Winners[]

Kylian Mbappé, the inaugural award winner.

Year	Rank	Player	Club	Points
2018	1st	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	110
	2nd	Christian Pulisic	Chelsea	31
	3rd	Justin Kluivert	Roma[note 1]	18
2019	1st	Matthijs de Ligt	Juventus[note 2]	58
	2nd	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	49
	3rd	João Félix	Atlético Madrid[note 3]	41
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2021	1st	Pedri	Barcelona	89
	2nd	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	39
	3rd	Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich	38

Wins by player[]

Player	Winner	Second place	Third place
Kylian Mbappé	1 (2018)	–	–
Matthijs de Ligt	1 (2019)	–	–
Pedri	1 (2021)	–	–
Christian Pulisic	–	1 (2018)	–
Jadon Sancho	–	1 (2019)	–
Jude Bellingham	–	1 (2021)	–
Justin Kluivert	–	–	1 (2018)
João Félix	–	–	1 (2019)
Jamal Musiala	–	–	1 (2021)

Wins by country[]

Country	Players	Wins
France	1	1
Netherlands	1	1
Spain	1	1

Wins by club[]

Club	Players	Win
Juventus	1	1
Paris Saint-Germain	1	1
Barcelona	1	1

Notes[]

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