For the first time, the Laureus Academy presented a new Award: the Laureus World Young Sportsperson of the Year Award. The inaugural winner was Lamine Yamal, FC Barcelona’s prodigious 18-year-old forward who maintained his spectacular trajectory, winning the Kopa Trophy for football’s best young talent for the second time – an unprecedented achievement.
Even in a team as talented as the treble-winning Blaugrana of 2024-25, Lamine is undisputably first among equals and adds a second Laureus to his 2025 Breakthrough of the Year statuette, which he received on stage from Laureus Academy Members Ruud Gullit and Cafu.
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