"Ousmane Dembele helped Paris Saint-Germain to a quadruple last season, including their first Champions League. Paris Saint-Germain's French international forward Ousmane Dembele has been named the men's Ballon d'Or winner for 2025, with Barcelona's Spanish international Aitana Bonmati claiming the women's title for the third consecutive year. The pair were awarded the trophies, recognised as the most prestigious individual prizes in football, at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, on Monday."
"Dembele helped PSG to its first Champions League title in May, and saw off strong competition from Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal, who helped the Spanish club to the La Liga title year, immediately off the back of his starring role for Spain in their Euro 2025 triumph. There was better news for fellow Barca forward Bonmati, however, as she became the third person, behind former French international Michel Platini and Argentina legend Lionel Messi, to claim a hat-trick of titles."
"Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele holds aloft the Ballon d'Or award [Benoit Tessier/Reuters] The award capped a remarkable turn of fortune for Dembele, who at one point last season was snubbed by PSG coach Luis Enrique for disciplinary reasons. But once repositioned as a No 9, he became a scoring machine and was inspirational in PSG's historic Champions League campaign. The French club also completed a quadruple last season."
Ousmane Dembele was named the men's Ballon d'Or winner for 2025 and Aitana Bonmati won the women's Ballon d'Or for a third consecutive year. Both awards were presented at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Dembele helped Paris Saint-Germain to its first Champions League title and a season quadruple, overcoming competition from Lamine Yamal. Bonmati became the third player to win three Ballon d'Ors, behind Michel Platini and Lionel Messi. Dembele succeeded Rodri as the French winner, was repositioned as a No 9 after disciplinary issues, and delivered 35 goals and 16 assists in 53 official matches.
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