{"id":292549,"date":"2023-10-30T20:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292549"},"modified":"2023-10-30T20:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:25:25","slug":"jude-bellingham-wins-kopa-award-at-the-2023-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jude-bellingham-wins-kopa-award-at-the-2023-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Bellingham WINS Kopa award at the 2023 Ballon d&apos;Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jude Bellingham WINS Kopa award at the 2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or just days after the 21-year-old Real Madrid superstar scored twice in his first El Clasico appearance against Barcelona on Saturday<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jude Bellingham has won the Kopa Award at the 2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bayern Munich&#8217;s Jamal Musiala came second behind his ex-England team-mate\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Kopa award is presented to the best performing young player under 21<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jude Bellingham has won the 2023 Kopa Award at the Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0as Jamal Musiala finishes runner up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Bellingham scored twice on Saturday to help Real Madrid come back to secure victory against Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presented to the best performing player under the age of 21-years-old, Bellingham was joined by an illustrious list of nominees topping this years standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The list included\u00a0Man United forward Rasmus Hojlund, who impressed last year for Atalanta, scoring 16 goals for the Serie A side across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were also joined by Bayern Munich youngster Musiala, 20, who has scored three goals in his past two outings for the Bundesliga champions, incluing a brace against Darmstadt at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/20\/77189577-12689825-image-a-12_1698696591075.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/20\/77189587-12689825-image-a-13_1698696597314.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s Gavi and Pedri were both included as nominees, while Bellingham&#8217;s team-mate Eduardo Camavinga was also on the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig star, Xavi\u00a0Simons, was another addition, following his break-out season, scoring a whopping 22 goals in 48 appearances across all competitions for the German outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his start to life at Real Madrid, Bellingham said: &#8216;Yeah it&#8217;s been really good. I&#8217;ve been really welcomed by everyone at the club and everyone behind the scenes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Really it&#8217;s down to them. I&#8217;m really confident in my ability but they&#8217;ve helped me extract that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On whether choosing the No 5 jersey was to emulate the legendary Real Madrid star, Zinedine Zidane, Bellingham said: &#8216;Yeah there&#8217;s a little bit of that. There wasn&#8217;t much else left to be honest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a lot of pressure but it&#8217;s something that I wanted to invite onto myself and pay homage to one of my footballing idols.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On what it feels like to join such an illustrious group of players that includes Kylian Mbappe, Matthijs de Ligt, Pedri and Gavi to have won the award, he said: &#8216;It&#8217;s an honour to be stood here with some of the best players in the world and some of the best players to have played the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To win this trophy means a lot but for me most important is team trophies. Now I&#8217;ve got this one it&#8217;s important I try and kick on and help Madrid.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/20\/77185945-12689825-image-a-14_1698696620523.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/20\/77189585-12689825-image-a-15_1698696630381.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking his former England team-mate Musiala finishing runner-up, Bellingham added: &#8216;Yeah it&#8217;s nice because we were room-mates for England about two or three years ago and he was one of my best mates in football<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m really proud of him. So always keeping in touch to see how he&#8217;s getting on.\u00a0He&#8217;s a great lad and a great player.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Musiala, who was not in attendance tonight, sent his congratulations to Bellingham via a video message: &#8216;Well deserved. I think we can remember not long ago that we were room-mates at England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now you&#8217;re playing for Real Madrid and I&#8217;m playing for Bayern, crazy when you think about it. 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