US Edition2025 Ballon d'Or: Organisers release official votes for Dembele, Yamal
Ousmane Dembélé secured the 2025 Ballon d'Or with 1,380 points, 321 ahead of Lamine Yamal, following a season highlighted by PSG's Champions League and historic quadruple wins.
- On Monday at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Ousmane Dembélé amassed 1,380 points, finishing 321 ahead of Lamine Yamal.
- Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé scored eight UEFA Champions League goals and provided six assists, helping PSG secure their treble and quadruple achievements under Luis Enrique.
- By the vote count, Dembélé received 73 first-place votes, while Yamal was cited first 11 times; only they surpassed 1,000 points, with Vitinha on 703 and Salah on 657.
- Framing the outcome as redemption, Ousmane Dembélé thanked Stade Rennes, Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona, and praised Luis Enrique as a father figure.
- On Monday, France Football released the full vote breakdowns, prompting debate as some observers argued Yamal should have won and tallies confirmed a two-horse race.
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Mbappé left the PSG just as the French club approached winning the Champions League and ended up winning it without Kylian in Paris. And the Barca had two years ago in its ranks the current gold ball, Ousmane Dembelé . But that Dembelé was not this much less. That Dembelé resembled that even Luis Enrique, already in the PSG, left out of a summons of Champions “because he had no commitment to the team”. That Dembelé cost the Barca in 2017 (at 20 …
Why I Voted for Ousmane Dembele to Win the 2025 Ballon d’Or
Dembélé won the men’s Ballon d’Or by a considerable distance, ahead of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal in second. Here’s why he justified his emphatic win.Read MoreThe post Why I Voted for Ousmane Dembele to Win the 2025 Ballon d’Or first appeared on The Who Dat Daily.
The weekly France Football revealed the details of the votes. The final result does not suffer from any contestation.
Ousmane Dembélé of Paris St-Germain receives the Ballon d'Or. German players are hardly represented, Bundesliga only acts as a training league.
Dembélé won confidently, but the Barcelona star received few votes
Dembélé was clearly imposed, while the female award had a tighter outcome
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