Lamin Yamal, forward of the Spanish national team and FC Barcelona, won the Cup Cup, an award given by France Football Magazine to the best young player of the season. In the 2025/26 season Yamal recorded 24 goals and 18 assists in 45 games in Barcelona in various competitions. He was declared the champion of the Spanish league and the Spanish Super Cup, and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. With the Spanish national team, the 19-year-old player won the World Cup, played 7 games and scored 1 goal. Another Spanish footballer, goalkeeper Unai Simon, managed to win the Yashin Cup, an award given to the best goalkeeper of the season. He was declared the world champion, kept a clean sheet in seven of the eight matches played during the tournament and conceded only one goal.