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UNFP Trophies: Mbappé's reign continues!

UNFP Trophies: Mbappé's reign continues!

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Publish on 05/16 at 11:00

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Sunday night saw Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappé crowned with a record third UNFP Trophy for Ligue 1 Uber Eats Player of the Year, while Bruno Genesio took the Coach of the Season gong. Check out our full round-up...

There was little doubt that generational talent Kylian Mbappé would take out a third successive Player of the Year award. With 25 goals and 17 assists, he has been one of the most decisive players in Europe's top five leagues this season, and despite some stiff competition in the goalscoring stakes from Wissam Ben Yedder and Martin Terrier, the Boy from Bondy's new-found knack for providing assists got him well over the line.

In terms of coaching, it was Rennes boss Bruno Genesio who got the nod, fending off competition notably from Strasbourg's Julien Stéphan and OGC Nice's Christophe Galtier. Although he failed to silence the boo boys at OL after graduating from assistant to head coach at OL, Genesio has won the support of the club, the players and the fans at Rennes, helping Les Rouge et Noir to what could be their best league finish in 50 years.

Young Player of the Year went to Olympique de Marseille's William Saliba, whose stellar turns in central defence provided the solidity on which an excellent season - with at least a top-four finish and a trip to the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League semis in the bag - that has returned the southern giants to the upper reaches of the French game.

Paris Saint-Germain's Italy international Gianluigi Donnarumma won the award for Goalkeeper of the Year. Despite sharing goal-keeping duties with last year's winner Keylor Navas, Euro 2020 winning glovesman Donnarumma fended off competition notably from Pau Lopez (OM), Alban Lafont (Nantes) and Walter Benitez (Nice) thanks to plenty of devilish shot-stopping and cool-headed play.

OM revelation Bamba Dieng's acrobatic strike won Goal of the Year for fairly obvious reasons.

UNFP Trophies Team of the Year

Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG); Jonathan Clauss (RCL), Marquinhos (PSG), William Saliba (OM), Nuno Mendes (PSG); Seko Fofana (RCL), Aurélien Tchouaméni (ASM), Dimitri Payet (OM); Martin Terrier (SRFC), Wissam Ben Yedder (ASM), Kylian Mbappé (PSG)