FIFA Best Awards 2025: Dembele Wins Men's Player of the Year, Bonmati Takes Women's Title

It was double delight for Paris St-Germain and France forward Ousmane Dembele as the 2025 Ballon d’Or winner was named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best awards on Tuesday in Qatar. While Dembele won the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year award for helping PSG win four trophies in the 2024-25 season, Barcelona and Spain national team midfielder Aitana Bonmatí won The Best FIFA Women’s Player award for a record third consecutive time. The Best FIFA Football Awards is a year-end ceremony that rewards the best performers in men’s and women’s football, acknowledges the best coaches, goalkeepers, and the most spectacular goals. The voting for The Best FIFA Football Awards is divided into four different sections, with each section contributing 25 per cent of the final result. The four groups who vote for the The Best FIFA Football Awards are national team captains, national team coaches, media and fans. This is the first time Dembele has been named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best awards. He won the award after making 51 goal contributions in 53 games for PSG in the last season, in which they won a treble including the UEFA Champions League. He left behind Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe to clinch the FIFA award. Meanwhile, former PSG goalkeeper, who now plays for Manchester City, Gianluigi Donnarumma, was named the FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year for 2025. Also, six players from PSG’s 2024-25 season were part of FIFA The Best Men’s XI. Cole Palmer and Virgil van Dijk were the only two English Premier League players in the XI, while Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Jude Bellingham were picked from La Liga. The Best FIFA Men’s 11 2025 Goalkeeper:Gianluigi Donnarumma Defenders:Achraf Hakimi, William Pacho, Virgil van Dijk, Nuno Mendes Midfielders:Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Vitinha, Pedri Attackers:Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele The Best FIFA Women’s 11 2025 Aitana Bonmati was also a part of The Best FIFA Women’s 11 2025, as six Barcelona players featured. #TheBestFIFA Women's 11 in 2025. ✨ FIFA The Best Women’s XI 2025: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Irene Paredes (Barcelona), Ona Batlle (Barcelona), Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona), Claudia Pina (Barcelona), Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal), Alessia Russo (Arsenal), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona) Best coaches PSG manager Luis Enrique was named the best men’s coach for leading PSG to a treble, while England’s Sarina Wiegman won the women’s coach of the year after guiding the Lionesses to Euro 2025 victory. The men’s Puskás Award for the best goal of 2025 went to Argentine forward Santiago Montiel for his sensational overhead kick goal for Independiente in the Argentine league against Independiente Rivadavia. ¡SANTIAGO MONTIEL GANÓ EL PREMIO PUSKAS! 🤯🏆🇦🇷⭐️ El zurdo de Independiente se quedó con el premio por su tremenda chilena contra Independiente Rivadavia➕ Alejandro Garnacho lo había ganado el año pasadopic.twitter.com/AK68Pt5bzn The FIFA 2025 Marta Award for best goal in women’s football was won by Lizbeth Ovalle for her scorpion kick goal for Tigres against Guadalajara in March. ⚽️🇲🇽 Lizbeth Ovalle se lleva el 'PREMIO MARTA', entregado en los 'THE BEST' de la FIFA al MEJOR GOL DEL 2025 en el fútbol femenino.'La Maga' se queda con la 2° entrega del galardón, por esta LOCURA DE GOL que marcó cuando aún vestía la camiseta de Tigres Femenil.#TheBestpic.twitter.com/Jz4IJIBVSR The Best FIFA Women’s Player:Aitana Bonmati The Best FIFA Men’s Player:Ousmane Dembele The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper:Hannah Hampton The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper:Gianluigi Donnarumma The Best FIFA Women’s Coach:Sarina Wiegman The Best FIFA Men’s Coach:Luis Enrique The FIFA Marta Award:Lizbeth Ovalle The FIFA Puskas Award:Santiago Montiel FIFA Fan Award:Fans of Zakho SC FIFA Fair Play Award:Dr Harlass-Neuking, SSV Jahn Regensburg Get the latest stories delivered straight to your inbox.