US EditionOusmane Dembele Steps Out of Kylian Mbappe's Shadow to Blaze His Own Trail
Dembele led Paris Saint-Germain to a historic quadruple with 51 goal involvements and surpassed key rivals to claim the 2025 Ballon d’Or as the world's best player.
- On Monday, Ousmane Dembélé was named the Ballon d'Or winner, greeted with loud chanting at Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet.
- After a transformative club campaign, Ousmane Dembélé top-scored for Paris Saint-Germain during their historic quadruple, aided by PSG coach Luis Enrique, whom he called a father figure.
- Statistically, Ousmane Dembélé recorded 51 goal involvements and 35 goals in 2024/25, and the 28-year-old had never been nominated before.
- Emotionally, Ousmane Dembélé brought his mother on stage and said the Ballon d'Or `has not really been an objective for me`, while Paris Saint-Germain placed five players in the top 10.
- Following PSG's emphatic European final, Dembélé's win highlights the club's new era after Kylian Mbappé's move to Real Madrid and a five-zero victory.
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When he was a French U17 team coach, FC coach Annecy Laurent Guyot saw Ousmane Dembélé pass the Ballon d'Or 2025 this Monday. He remembers.
After Paris Saint-Germain won the main awards at the “Ballon d’Or” gala – for the best club, the best coach and the best player of the year, the team returned to training the next day. In the spotlight was Ousmane Dembele, who was crowned with the 2025 Ballon d’Or, an award that marked the culmination of an extraordinary season in which the Frenchman helped PSG win the Champions League, the French Championship and the French Cup. When Dembele ap…
Ousmane Dembélé celebrated his Ballon d'Or with a watch from watchmaker Richard Mille. Dressed in a suit by tailor Zenga, enhanced by a Richard Mille RM 67-02 "France" carbon TPT watch in the colors of France: Ousmane Dembélé had pulled out his finest finery for his greatest personal moment of grace in his professional football career. This Richard Mille was originally designed as a signature model for Sébastien Ogier, the eight-time WRC world c…
The 69th edition of the ceremony rewarding the best individual performances of the 2024-2025 season saw the PSG truster the list, with its 28-year-old attacker at the organ point.
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