Winner of the 2019 Kopa Trophy: Matthijs De Ligt

DBasia.news –  Tuesday, AM (3/12/2019), the young player from Juventus, Matthijs De Ligt was named the winner of the 2019 Kopa Trophy. The coronation took place at the Ballon d’Or 2019 at the Theater du Chatelet, Paris.

Matthijs De Ligt was named the 2019 Kopa Trophy winner by defeating a number of other famous names. They include Jadon Sancho, Joao Felix, Kai Havertz and several others.

In order, De Ligt came in first, Sancho in second, and Joao Felix in third.

The 20-year-old has indeed had an extraordinary season with Ajax Amsterdam in the 2018/19 period. He served as captain of Ajax at that time, managed to bring the Dutch team to advance to the Champions League semi-finals last season.

Being brilliant with Ajax has made Juventus interested in recruiting him. In the transfer market last summer, Juventus brought in Matthijs De Ligt with a fee of 75 million euros or around Rp 1.16 trillion. The dowry also made him the most expensive player brought in by the Juventus in the transfer market.

Not only at the club level, together with the Dutch national team, De Ligt also became a central figure in the back line. His duet with Virgil van Dijk succeeded in bringing Oranje to qualify for the upcoming European Cup 2020 after not appearing in the previous event.

The Kopa Trophy itself is the best player under the age of 21 years. The Kopa Trophy is named after the French football legend Raymond Kopa. In contrast to the Golden Boy award, the Kopa Trophy is open to those who play outside Europe. In the previous event, Kylian Mbappe was named the winner.