Yashin Trophy: what is it, nominees and who has won it before

The award, founded in 2019, has been previously won by Liverpool’s Alisson and PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The Yashin trophy, named after Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin, sees its winner be selected by former Ballon d’Or winners. The Yashin trophy is awarded to the best goalkeeper from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022.

The award, which was founded in 2019, was won by Liverpool’s Alisson in its inaugural year and by PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma in 2021. In 2020, France Football decided against handing out the award in a coronavirus-impacted year.

Premier League shot-stoppers Alisson, Ederson, Edouard Mendy and Hugo Lloris have all been nominated. La Liga has three representatives in Thibaut Courtois, Jan Oblak and Sevilla’s Yassine Bounou.

Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)

Alisson Becker (Liverpool)

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Ederson (Manchester City)

Mike Maignan (AC Milan)

Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)

Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)

The prize will be handed out at the Ballon d’Or ceremony on October 17 in Paris. Thibaut Courtois is the favourite to collect the prize due to his outstanding contribution to Real Madrid’s success last season.