France Football has announced the ten nominees for the Kopa trophy - the best under-21 player award.
KOPA TROPHY NOMINEES:
Joao Felix (Benfica/Atletico | Portugal)
Jandon Sancho (Dortmund | England)
Moise Kean (Juventus/Everton | Italy)
Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal | Nigeria)
Kang-in Lee (Valencia | South Kora)
Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus | Netherlands)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid | Brazil)
Kai Havertz (Leverkusen | Germany)
Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal | France)
Andrei Lunin (Valladolid | Ukraine)
The Kopa Trophy rewards the best hopeful player under the age of twenty-one on December 31st of the calendar year.
The award is named after former French footballer Raymond Kopa, who was one of the greatest French footballers.
The winner is selected by former Ballon d'Or winners. Unlike the Golden Boy award, the Kopa Trophy is also open to those who play outside of Europe.
The first Kopa Trophy for the best player under 21 came back to Kylian Mbappé in 2018.
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Jadon Sancho: 19 years old and already giving back to the local community 👏
Mesballer
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Where is Ronaldo because we know He is 21.....
GbemiOshodi
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Samuel Chukwueze repping Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬
JamesWalker
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Sancho: Kopa Trophy is Calling me🏆✅
kuedeikuy
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next Ronaldo , joao Felix
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Scientists Calculating the Reason why Mbappe failed to make the list.......
Dwise
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Where is Mbappe? .. I thought he's 20 years old and scored 39 goals and 13 assists last season🙄🙄
Mesballer
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Guendozi these days has been Bringing out the Glory of Arsenal.....
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⚽️Following the list of Golden Boy Award nominees earlier this week, 🇵🇹Joao Felix is favourite with the bookies to land the gong. 🏴 Jadon Sancho has had a terrific 2019, however, so is it a two-horse race?
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Once Jadon Sancho gets the ball it’s actually a wrap. Baller.