Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year

The Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year is an official award given by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels to a player aged 23 years or under at the start of the season whose performances are considered to be the best in Ligue 1. The inaugural award was handed to French midfielder Zinedine Zidane of Bordeaux, following the 1993–94 French Division 1 season. It has been awarded ever since its inception, with the exception of the 2019−20 season, where the competition was abruptly cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ligue 1 Young player of the season
William Saliba is the current holder of the award
SportAssociation Football
LeagueLigue 1
Awarded forbeing the best performing player in a Ligue 1 season whilst aged 23 years or under at the start of the season.
Country France
Presented byUnion Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels
History
First award1994 (1994)
Editions28 (as of 2022)
First winner Zinedine Zidane
Most wins Kylian Mbappé (3 times)
Most recent William Saliba (2022)

The award has been given to 25 different players over the course of 28 seasons, with only Eden Hazard of Lille and Kylian Mbappé of Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain winning the award on more than one occasion. Of these players, only Mbappé has won the award 3 times. Moroccan defender Younès Belhanda, Italian midfielder Marco Verratti and Belgian forward Eden Hazard are the only players from outside of France who have won the award.

French defender William Saliba is the most recent winner of the award, following his loan with Marseille during the 2021−22 Ligue 1 season.

Winners
Season Name Nationality Club Position Ref.
1993–94 Zinedine Zidane  France Bordeaux Midfielder [1]
1994–95 Florian Maurice  France Olympique Lyonnais Forward [1]
1995–96 Robert Pires  France Metz Forward [1]
1996–97 Thierry Henry  France Monaco Forward [1]
1997–98 David Trezeguet  France Monaco Forward [1]
1998–99 Olivier Monterrubio  France Nantes Midfielder [1]
1999–2000 Philippe Christanval  France Monaco Defender [1]
2000–01 Sidney Govou  France Olympique Lyonnais Forward [1]
2001–02 Djibril Cissé  France Auxerre Forward [1]
2002–03 Lionel Mathis  France Auxerre Midfielder [1]
2003–04 Patrice Evra  France Monaco Defender [1]
2004–05 Jérémy Toulalan  France Nantes Midfielder [1]
2005–06 Franck Ribéry  France Marseille Forward [1]
2006–07 Samir Nasri  France Marseille Midfielder [1]
2007–08 Hatem Ben Arfa  France Olympique Lyonnais Forward [1]
2008–09 Eden Hazard  Belgium Lille Forward [1]
2009–10 Eden Hazard (2)  Belgium Lille Forward [1]
2010–11 Mamadou Sakho  France Paris Saint-Germain Defender [1]
2011–12 Younès Belhanda  Morocco Montpellier Midfielder [2]
2012–13 Florian Thauvin  France Bastia Forward [3]
2013–14 Marco Verratti  Italy Paris Saint-Germain Midfielder [4]
2014–15 Nabil Fekir  France Olympique Lyonnais Forward [5]
2015–16 Ousmane Dembélé  France Rennes Forward [6]
2016−17 Kylian Mbappé  France Monaco Forward [7]
2017−18 Kylian Mbappé (2)  France Paris Saint-Germain Forward [8]
2018−19 Kylian Mbappé (3)  France Paris Saint-Germain Forward [9]
2019−20 Ceremony cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [10]
2020−21 Aurélien Tchouaméni  France Monaco Midfielder [11]
2021−22 William Saliba  France Marseille Defender [12]

Multiple wins
Rank Winner Total wins Year(s)
1 Kylian Mbappé 3 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Eden Hazard 2 2009, 2010

Awards won by club
Club Total
Monaco 6
Olympique Lyonnais 4
Paris Saint-Germain 4
Marseille 3
Auxerre 2
Lille 2
Nantes 2
Bastia 1
Bordeaux 1
Metz 1
Montpellier 1
Rennes 1

Awards won by nationality
Nationality Number of wins
 France 24
 Belgium 2
 Italy 1
 Morocco 1

Awards won by playing position
Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 0
Defender 4
Midfielder 8
Forward 16

References
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  8. "Trophées UNFP: Neymar, Mbappé... Découvrez le palmarès 2018" [UNFP Trophies: Neymar, Mbappé... Discover the 2018 prize list] (in French). RTL. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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  10. "BREAKING: The 2019/20 Ligue 1 season has been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic". GiveMeSport. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  11. "Aurélien Tchouameni in L'Equipe's team of the season!". AS Monaco. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  12. Bosher, Luke. "William Saliba wins Ligue 1 young player of the year". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
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