By Daily Sports on October 22, 2019

Samuel Chukwueze has been named anongt the nominees for the inaugural Kopa Award

The shortlist for the Kopa Trophee has been announced by France Football, and includes the likes of Jadon Sancho, Matthijs de Ligt and Joao Felix.

The award is presented to the best under-21 player in world football and was named after former French footballer Raymond Kopa.

This is just the second year of the trophy, which was last year scooped by Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, with Christian Pulisic coming in second, while Justin Kluivert took the bronze place on the podium.

The Kopa Trophee is also a unique prize as it voted for by former Ballon d’Or winners such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric.

Like last year, 10 players have been announced on the shortlist for the award, which was revealed on Monday evening.

Full list:

Joao Felix | Atletico Madrid | Portugal

Jadon Sancho | Dortmund | England

Moise Kean | Everton | Italy

Samuel Chukwueze | Villarreal | Nigeria

Kang-in Lee | Valencia | South Korea

Matthijs de Ligt | Juventus | The Netherlands

Vinicius Junior | Real Madrid | Brazil

Kai Havertz | Bayern Leverkusen | Germany

Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | France

Andriy Lunin | Real Valladolid | Ukraine

The shortlist for the Kopa Trophee was also made alongside the list on nominees for France Football’s other prestigious award: the Ballon d’Or.

Released at the same time were the shortlists for the Yashin Award and the Women’s Ballon d’Or. (Goal)

•PHOTO:  Samuel Chukwueze

Source Daily Sports

Posted October 22, 2019

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