Organizers of the Ballon d’Or awards, France football, have rolled out the nominees for this year’s honours with Super Eagles star Samuel Chuwkuweze nominated in the Kopa Trophy category.
The Kopa Trophy category was introduced last year and it is given to the best player aged U-21. Kylian Mbappe was the first recipient of the award but he is not among the nominees this year.
Leading the ten-man list for this year’s award is Super Eagles and Villarreal star, Samuel Chukwueze. The Nigerian international was nominated alongside Atletico Madrid’s Joao Felix, Valencia’s Kang-In-Lee, Juventus Matthijs De Ligt, Arsenal’s Matteo Guendouzi, Everton’s Moise Kean, Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Haverzt, Real Valladolid’s Andriy Lunin, Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior.
Among the 10 Kopa Trophy nominees
João Félix@Atleti
Jadon Sancho@BVB
Moise Kean@Everton
Samuel Chukwueze@VillarrealCF
Kang-in Lee@valenciacf#kopatrophy #ballondor
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Chukwueze has been a revelation for club and country in the last one year. The 20-year-old was one of the breakout stars in La Liga last season and that earned him a spot in Super Eagles squad that finished third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Among the 10 Kopa Trophy nominees
João Félix
Jadon Sancho
Moise Kean
Samuel Chukwueze
Kang-in Lee
Among the 10 Kopa Trophy nominees
Matthijs de Ligt@juventusfc
Vinicius Jr@realmadrid
Kai Havertz@bayer04fussball
Mattéo Guendouzi@Arsenal
Andreï Lounine@realvalladolid#kopatrophy #ballondor
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