Ballon d'Or: Kylian Mbappe wins best young player

Kylian Mbappe was named winner of the Kopa Trophy for young player of the year at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris on Monday.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward, who does not turn 20 until later this month, starred as France won the World Cup and also won the best young player award in Russia.

The new award - named after French former Ballon d'Or winner Raymond Kopa - was voted for by 33 living former winners of the main Ballon d'Or prize. Mbappe was also among the 30 nominees to win that award.

Mbappe - who was accompanied at the ceremony by his father and his younger brother Ethan - scored four goals at the World Cup, including one in the final as France beat Croatia 4-2 in Moscow.

In doing so he became just the second teenager to score in a World Cup final after Brazilian great Pele, who achieved the feat in 1958.

A French champion last season with PSG following a 180 million-euro ($204m) move from Monaco, Mbappe is the top scorer in Ligue 1 this season with 12 goals in 10 appearances.

He has scored 32 goals in 56 games for club and country in the calendar year.

Norway striker Ada Hegerberg was rewarded for her prolific form with Champions League winners Lyon as she took the first ever women's Ballon d'Or prize.

The 23-year-old saw off competition from the likes of Danish star Pernille Harder, of German club VfL Wolfsburg, and Brazil's Marta to take the prize following a vote by journalists from around the world.

Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder, Luka Modric, 33, won the 2018 Ballon d'Or, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award in more than 10 years.

Winners: Women's Top Five

Ada Hegerberg (Norway/Lyon)

Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg)

Dzsenifer Maroszan (Germany/Lyon)

Marta (Brazil/Orlando Pride)

Sam Kerr (Australia/Chicago Red Stars)

Men's Top Five

Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid and France)

Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain and France)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)

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