Yashin Trophy

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Yashin Trophy
Trophée Yachine
Argentina 1-1 Ecuador - Copa America 2024 - Emiliano Martinez.jpg
Emiliano Martínez is the current award holder
Awarded forBest goalkeeper
Date2 December 2019;5 years ago (2019-12-02)
Location Paris, France
Presented by France Football
First awarded 2019
Current holder Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Martínez
(2nd award)
Most awards Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Martínez
(2 awards)
Most nominations Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson
(4 nominations)
Website francefootball.fr

The Yashin Trophy is an association football award presented annually by France Football to the best performing goalkeeper.

Contents

The award is named after former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and the winner is selected by former Ballon d'Or winners since its creation in 2019. [1]

Winners

Alisson, the inaugural Yashin Trophy winner 20180610 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil 850 1625.jpg
Alisson, the inaugural Yashin Trophy winner
Player(X)Denotes the number of times the player had won the award at that time (for players with multiple wins)
YearRankPlayerClubPoints
2019 1st Flag of Brazil.svg Alisson Flag of England.svg Liverpool 795
2nd Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 284
3rd Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson Flag of England.svg Manchester City 142
2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2] [3]
2021 1st Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Donnarumma Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain [note 1] 594
2nd Flag of Senegal.svg Édouard Mendy Flag of England.svg Chelsea 404
3rd Flag of Slovenia.svg Jan Oblak Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 155
2022 1st Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 456
2nd Flag of Brazil.svg Alisson Flag of England.svg Liverpool 108
3rd Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson Flag of England.svg Manchester City 72
2023 1st Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Martínez (1) Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 290
2nd Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson Flag of England.svg Manchester City 197
3rd Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bounou Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 154
2024 1st Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Martínez (2) Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 276
2nd Flag of Spain.svg Unai Simón Flag of Spain.svg Athletic Bilbao 213
3rd Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Lunin Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 112
Notes
  1. Donnarumma was signed by Paris Saint-Germain from Milan midway through 2021.

Wins by player

PlayerWinnerSecond placeThird place
Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Martínez 2 (2023, 2024)
Flag of Brazil.svg Alisson 1 (2019)1 (2022)
Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Donnarumma 1 (2021)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois 1 (2022)
Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson 1 (2023)2 (2019, 2022)
Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen 1 (2019)
Flag of Senegal.svg Édouard Mendy 1 (2021)
Flag of Spain.svg Unai Simón 1 (2024)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Jan Oblak 1 (2021)
Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bounou 1 (2023)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Lunin 1 (2024)

Wins by country

CountryPlayersWins
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 12
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11

Wins by club

ClubPlayersWins
Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 12
Flag of England.svg Liverpool 11
Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 11
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 11

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