{"id":20303,"date":"2024-10-29T07:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20303"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:09:01","slug":"ballon-dor-barcelona-wonder-kid-yamal-claims-2024-kopa-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20303","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or: Barcelona wonder kid Yamal claims 2024 Kopa Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s 17-year-old forward Lamine Yamal has been crowned the winner of the prestigious 2024 Kopa Trophy, establishing himself as the world\u2019s top young footballer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLAMINE YAMAL IS THE 2024 KOPA TROPHY! The 17-year-old Spanish wonder boy can\u2019t be stopped!\u201d Ballon d\u2019Or organisers announced via X, celebrating the Spanish international\u2019s achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The teenage sensation topped an impressive list of young talents, finishing ahead of Real Madrid\u2019s Arda G\u00fcler, who placed second.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s Kobbie Mainoo secured third place, while Savinho and Barcelona teammate Pau Cubarsi rounded out the top five positions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\"><\/div>\n<p>Yamal\u2019s victory is particularly remarkable given his age\u2014at just 17, he\u2019s already establishing himself as a regular starter for Barcelona and has shown maturity beyond his years in his forward role.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international\u2019s triumph in this prestigious award, which recognises the best under-21 player in world football, adds to his growing reputation as one of football\u2019s most exciting prospects.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1728330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-60x75.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-150x188.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-255x319.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-313x391.jpeg 313w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-384x480.jpeg 384w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-576x720.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/28212051\/photo_2024-10-28-21.05.23.jpeg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s 17-year-old forward Lamine Yamal has been crowned the winner of the prestigious 2024 Kopa Trophy, establishing himself as the world\u2019s top young footballer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9239,7927,588,9240,9238],"class_list":["post-20303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2024-kopa-trophy","tag-ballon-dor","tag-barcelona","tag-lamin-yamal","tag-wonder-kid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20307,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20303\/revisions\/20307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}