FIFA Award Winners: Golden Boy Palmer Tops Club World Cup List

Last updated: July 14, 2025 5:02 am

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Cole Palmer and Robert Sanchez pick up adidas Golden Ball and Golden Gloves respectively
Gonzalo Garcia’s secures Top Goal Scorer Award by Bank of America
FIFA Best Young Player Award by Panini goes to Desire Doue

(L-R) Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (10) holds the adidas Golden Ball, Chelsea’s Keeper Robert Sanchez (1) holds the adidas Golden Glove and PSG’s Desire Doue (14) holds the FIFA Best Young Player Award after the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Final match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 13, 2025 – Getty Images

English Premiership side, Chelsea FC’s stunning success at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 was reflected in the end-of-tournament awards as Cole Palmer and Robert Sanchez collected two of the top individual honours.

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Cole Palmer and Robert Sanchez pick up adidas Golden Ball and Golden Gloves respectively Gonzalo Garcia’s secures Top Goal Scorer Award by Bank of America FIFA Best Young Player Award by Panini goes to Desire Doue

This is as Desire Doue, the rising star of runners-up Paris Saint-Germain, was also recognised after the most inclusive club competition in history came to a fittingly first-class conclusion with an enthralling final at a packed MetLife Stadium.

Winners of the adidas Golden Ball, adidas Golden Glove and FIFA Best Young Player Award presented by Panini awards were all decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group, headed by FIFA Chief of Global Football Development and former Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger.