La Liga duo nominated for Best Goalkeeper award by France Football

France Soccer have launched the nominees for his or her sequence of awards, culminating after all with the Ballon d’Or, soccer’s most prestigious particular person award. Spanish soccer is about to have a heavy presence on the awards night time.

Already 5 nominees from Actual Madrid and Barcelona have been notified that they’re within the operating for the Kopa trophy, awarded to the very best younger participant of the yr, a prize that has been given to a starlet from a type of groups for the previous 4 years. La Liga can also be in with a shout for Yachine award, given to the very best goalkeeper.

Jan Oblak and Thibaut Courtois within the operating

Atletico Madrid legend Jan Oblak and Actual Madrid icon Thibaut Courtois have each been nominated for the award, a well-known scenario for each at this level. Courtois is the one La Liga goalkeeper ever to have received the award again in 2022, after an excellent marketing campaign by which he guided them to the Champions League.

🚨 Full listing of nominees: pic.twitter.com/EfDi38sPkA

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 7, 2025

Huge nights might value La Liga duo

Emiliano Martinez has received the award for 2 years operating, however after profitable the award in 2021, Gianluigi Donnarumma stands out as the favorite once more following Paris Saint-Germain’s triumph within the Champions League. For Oblak, carried out effectively, however in the end didn’t handle to assist Atletico over the road in opposition to Barcelona in La Liga or the Copa del Rey, nor in opposition to Actual Madrid within the Champions League. Courtois alternatively noticed Arsenal put 5 previous him within the following spherical, and Los Blancos conceded 16 instances in El Clasico this yr, albeit Andriy Lunin was in objective for a few of these video games.

Cata Coll nominated for girls’s award

In the meantime Barcelona are represented for the Yashine award, with goalkeeper Cata Coll within the operating. She was in objective for his or her run to the Champions League closing, and got here up with some mammoth saves in Spain’s agonising path to the silver medal at Euro 2025. Nonetheless with Ann-Katrin Berger and Hannah Hampton additionally having headline performances, she shall be an outsider alongside Chiamaka Nnadozie and Daphne van Domselaar.

The contenders for the #ballondor Yashin Trophy 🧤

Who’s your favorite between the sticks? 💫#UWCL || #WEURO2025 pic.twitter.com/QvtgsO5jZU

— UEFA Girls’s Champions League (@UWCL) August 7, 2025