Manchester Metropolis and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma completed ninth place within the 2025 Ballon d’Or, while additionally profitable the Yashin Trophy for greatest goalkeeper.
for the primary award was the best for an Italian participant since Gianluigi Buffon in 2017.
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Buffon completed third within the 2017 Ballon d’Or, on account of his membership’s league success and narrowly lacking out on the Champions League when Juventus misplaced 4-1 within the last to Actual Madrid.
PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 06: Gianluigi Buffon of Italy attends earlier than the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League A Group A2 match between France and Italy at Parc des Princes stadium on September 06, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Claudio Villa/Getty Pictures)
Donnarumma success with PSG rewarded at Ballon d’Or ceremony
Donnarumma was an integral a part of PSG’s success final season, placing in a number of stellar performances on the membership’s path to profitable the Champions League – with notably spectacular shows towards the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal.
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Donnarumma was additionally the final Italian participant to characteristic within the prime 10 of , ending tenth within the 2021 version. Now, 4 years later, the goalkeeper is again amongst one of the best ten gamers on the earth.
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Gianluigi Donnarumma of Manchester Metropolis celebrates his crew’s second purpose scored by teammate Jeremy Doku (not pictured) in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD1 match between Manchester Metropolis and SSC Napoli at Metropolis of Manchester Stadium on September 18, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photograph by Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
The previous Milan man joined Manchester Metropolis in the summertime, after PSG changed him with Lucas Chevalier as a result of calls for of head coach Luis Enrique.