Ousmane Dembele has been named men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best Awards 2025, while Aitana Bonmati has won the women’s award for the third year running.

Dembele, 28, won the award for the first time in his career after playing a significant role as Paris Saint-Germain lifted their maiden Champions League title during the 2024-25 campaign, in addition to defending the Ligue 1 title and Coupe de France.

The France international provided a career-high 35 goals and 16 assists across 53 appearances in all competitions. This included eight goals in 15 Champions League appearances, with a goal and an assist across the two-legged semi-final victory over Arsenal, before he set up two goals in the 5-0 win against Inter in the final.

The FIFA Best Award win for Dembele comes after he also won the Ballon d’Or in September, again claiming the prize for the first time in his career, ahead of Lamine Yamal and Vitinha.

Bonmati has won the women’s award for a third successive year after her important contributions to Barcelona’s domestic treble during the 2024-25 campaign, which included a sixth consecutive Liga F title. The midfielder provided 15 goals and 12 assists in 44 appearances in all competitions, with Barca also reaching the Champions League final, where they were beaten by Arsenal.

Bonmati was also a significant part of the Spain side that reached the European Championship final for the first time, where they were beaten by England on penalties. Bonmati scored the winning goal in extra time of the semi-final victory over Germany and was named player of the tournament, despite having her preparation disrupted by a viral meningitis diagnosis.

Bonmati’s FIFA Best Award success comes after she was also named the Ballon d’Or winner for a third year in a row in September.

Dembele was one of six members of PSG’s quadruple-winning squad to be named in the men’s XI of the year, alongside Gianluigi Donnarumma (who has since joined Manchester City), Achraf Hakimi, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes, and Vitinha.

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk completed the back five, while Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid and Barcelona and Spain pair Pedri and Lamine Yamal made up the side.

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PSG’s Luis Enrique was named men’s coach of the year after leading the side to an historic quadruple, including the Champions League title. PSG also won the Trophee des Champions, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France — but they missed out on a fifth trophy after losing to Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup over the summer.

Sarina Wiegman was named women’s coach of the year for the fifth time, having guided England to a second consecutive European Championship. Wiegman, 56, also won the award in 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Donnarumma collected the best men’s goalkeeper award after helping PSG to a domestic treble and their first Champions League title. The Italy international, who joined City in the summer, kept a clean sheet in the Champions League final victory over Inter and made a number of important saves in the semi-final win against Arsenal.

Hannah Hampton was named the best women’s goalkeeper following her role in Chelsea’s 2024-25 WSL title and England’s Euro 2025 triumph. The 25-year-old won the WSL golden glove and made a number of important penalty saves in the Lionesses quarter-final and final shootout victories. Both Hampton and Donnarumm also won the Yashin Trophy at the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony in September.

Independiente’s Santiago Montiel won the Puskas Award, the prize for the best men’s goal of the season, for his overhead kick from outside the penalty area during the Argentine Liga Professional match against Independiente Rivadavia.

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The prize for the best goal in women’s football — the Marta Award — went to Orlando Pride’s Lizbeth Ovalle following her improvised scorpion kick for former side Tigres against Guadalajara in March’s Liga MX Femenil fixture.

The shortlists for each award are drawn up by a panel of experts and, and the awards are judged based on players’ performances between August 11, 2024 and August 2, 2025. The coaches and captains of all 211 FIFA member associations national teams select three candidates for the player, coach and goalkeeper awards, and media representatives and fans also vote in each of the categories.

Vinicius Junior won the FIFA Best men’s award in 2024, ahead of Rodri and Bellingham, while Lionel Messi had won the previous two editions in 2023 and 2022. Bonmati won the FIFA Best women’s award in 2024 and 2023, while compatriot Alexia Putellas won successive awards in 2022 and 2021.

The winners were named at a ceremony in Doha, Qatar, held ahead of the Intercontinental Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Flamengo at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Wednesday.

This article originally appeared in The Athletic.

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