Paris Saint-Germain forward and goal poacher, Kylian Mbappe has won the France’s Player of the Year Award.
The awards ceremony which took place on Monday came as a crown to Mbappe’s seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe, 25, picked up the prize for the best player in Ligue 1 at the UNFP (French players’ union) Trophies gala for the fifth time in a row. This is coming after a season in which he has scored 44 goals in all competitions for PSG.
Recall that the France captain last week confirmed he will leave PSG at the end of the campaign when his contract expires. There are strong indication that Real Madrid is his expected next destination.
“Mbappe played his final home game for PSG on Sunday. Though he scored but PSG suffered a shock 3-1 defeat against Toulouse.
For netting a goal at the match, Mbappe took his his goal tally to 27 for the season in Ligue 1. He had eight goals more than the next best marksman, Lille’s Canadian striker Jonathan David.
Recall that French league season is not finished yet. PSG still have two more Ligue 1 games to play this week. The club will on May 25 take on Lyon in the French Cup finals.
According to AFP, Mbappe saw off the other nominees for an award voted for by his fellow players. The Award was handed over by French former 200m and 400m Olympic champion, Marie-Jose Perec.
Other contenders for the award included Ousmane Dembele of PSG and Pierre Lees-Melou of Brest. Also in contention were Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Marseille and Edon Zhegrova of Lille.
PSG’s domestic dominance was reflected in the other awards. Teenage midfielder, Warren Zaire-Emery was named young player of the season, while Gianluigi Donnarumma was the best goalkeeper.
“Eric Roy of Brest was named coach of the year after leading the modest Brittany club to European qualification for the first time in their history. With one game left they are guaranteed to finish at least fifth, meaning a Europa League place at worst, AFP stated.
source: AFP
