Lamine Yamal can still break Ronaldo Nazario’s record at Ballon d’Or

Gilabola.com – Barcelona’s young star, Lamine Yamal, still has a chance to break Ronaldo Nazario’s record in the struggle for Ballon d’Or.

Yamal finish in second place under Ousmane Dembele

Although the 2024 season 2025 went extraordinary for Barca and the Spanish national team, Lamine Yamal failed to win the Ballon d’Or, Monday night local time.

Ousmane Dembele became the first French player since Karim Benzema in 2022 – who won the prestigious award.

Yamal finished second in the final ranking of Ballon d’Or 2025, while another PSG star, Vitinha, was in third place.

While Yamal’s teammate in Barcelona, ​​Raphinha, finished fifth, and Pedri was ranked 11th-a very disappointing facts Aitana Bonmati-Ballon d’Or Wanita winner.

If Yamal finished first place, then he will carve history by becoming the youngest player to have won the Ballon d’Or, as well as solving the record that is currently held by Ronaldo Nazario.

Yamal still has the chance to break Ronaldo’s record

Failure at Ballon d’Or 2025 is not the end of Yamal. Because, he still has many opportunities to break Ronaldo’s record.

Moreover, the Spanish international is still 18 years old and has at least two more opportunities to secure Ballon d’Or, because he wants to break Ronaldo’s record who won the prestigious trophy at the age of 21 years.

The Brazilian won Ballon D’Or in 1997 – the same year when he left Barcelona and moved to Inter Milan.

The attacker only appeared in less than 50 matches for the Catalan soccer club, and finally joined the Abadi Barca rival, Real Madrid, in 2002.

Conversely, Yamal has appeared in more than 100 matches for the Blaugrana at the age of 18 years, and he is considered one of the best winger in the world.

Considering his very young age, Yamal of course has a great chance to break Ronaldo’s record, if he is able to win the Ballon d’Or next year. In fact, Yamal was still able to break the record by winning the award in 2027.

That is, the Spanish international still has two more seasons to break one of the most difficult records in the world of football.