Award in Paris
These are the winners of the balloon d’Or 2025
Updated on September 22, 2025 – 11:26 p.m.Reading time: 7 min.
The balloon d’Or was awarded again in Paris. There was a new winner among men, but a title defense for women.
The former Dortmund Ousmane Dembélé won the prestigious balloon d’Or. The 28-year-old Frenchman from the Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain prevailed in the election in front of the Spanish young star Lamine Yamal from FC Barcelona.
Dembélé, who played for BVB in the 2016/2017 season, received the evening award in the evening in the Paris Théâtre du Châtelet.
The Spaniard Aitana Bonmatí from FC Barcelona received the golden ball for the women.
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11:03 p.m.: This also marks the end of the event.
11:02 p.m.: Now all winners of the evening are gathered on stage again for a “family picture”.
11:00 p.m.: After that, Bonmatí also enters the stage for a photo together.
10:58 p.m.: Moderator Kate Scott asks the mother on stage. Together they can track the highlight video démbéles.
10:53 p.m.: When Démbéle thanks his mother’s speech, he has to stop again and again and wipe the tears out of sight. An emotional moment!
10:46 p.m.: Ronaldinho opens the envelope and announces the winner: It is Ousmane Dembélé! The Frenchman is welcomed from the audience on stage with speech choirs. For the offensive man of Champions League winner PSG, it is the first award of his career. In his speech, he also thanks his ex-club Borussia Dortmund, for which he ran from 2016 to 2017. He can be on site at the award ceremony because he was currently laboratory at a thigh injury and would not have been available to his club in the game against Marseille anyway.
10:45 p.m.: Here, too, places ten to three are announced. What remains: Ousmane Dembélé from PSG and Barcelona-Jungstar Lamine Yamal. Who wins the balloon d’Or?
10:43 p.m.: It continues with the prize among men. The trophy is awarded by none other than Ronaldinho. The Brazil icon naturally also gets its own highlight video.
10:38 p.m.: It wasn’t always a simple year for Bonmatí. In June she suffered viral meningitis and had to be admitted to a clinic. At the European Championships in July, it therefore had to be spared at the beginning, but then convinced with strong performances.
10:35 p.m.: Iniesta now announces the winner. It is called: Aitana Bonmatí. The FC Barcelona acture wins the award for the third time in a row. This becomes the sole record winner and sets off from Alexia Putellas, who won the trophy twice.