Lamine Yamal was the runner-up for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award.
The fleet-footed Barcelona winger was pipped to the award by Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele.
Yamal is once again amongst the contenders for this year's Ballon d'Or, with only England's Harry Kane ahead of him in the latest betting.
2024 saw Vinicius Junior narrowly beaten to the Ballon d'Or by Spanish midfielder Rodri.
Erling Haaland lost out to Lionel Messi in 2023 as the Argentinian great won a staggering eighth Ballon d'Or.
Sadio Mane and Robert Lewandowski are also amongst the more recent Ballon d'Or runners-up, along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi himself.