10 players were nominated for the 2026 Ballon d'Or Men's Young Talent of the Year, which is awarded to the best young player under the age of 21.
More commonly known as the Kopa Trophy, the award will be one of the honours presented at the 70th Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on Monday 26th October.
Lamine Yamal has won the last two editions of the award in 2024 and 2025 and the Barcelona star has been nominated again this year.
Yamal is one of two Barcelona players to feature in the list as centre-back Pau Cubarsi is also included.
The precocious defender was integral in Spain's World Cup triumph and received the FIFA Young Player Award for his contributions.
Another La Liga nominee is Real Madrid's £100m recruit Yan Diomande, who enjoyed an exceptional breakthrough year with RB Leipzig.
From the Premier League, Manchester City's Ayyoub Bouaddi, Aston Villa's Johan Manzambi and Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi have all been nominated.
Kroupi made the headlines last season by scoring more goals than any other teenager in their debut Premier League season.
Bayern Munich's Lennart Karl, Juventus' new recruit Kerim Alajbegovic, Paris Saint-Germain's Warren Zaire-Emery and Bayer Leverkusen's Ibrahim Maza have all been nominated.
Nominees for the 2026 Ballon d'Or Men's Young Talent of the Year
- Lennart Karl
- Ayyoub Bouaddi
- Kerim Alajbegovic
- Lamine Yamal
- Pau Cubarsi
- Yan Diomande
- Eli Kroupi Junior
- Warren Zaire-Emery
- Ibrahim Maza
- Johan Manzambi
