Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Ousmane Dembele, right, and Barcelona's Spanish midfielder and Ballon d'Or 2024 winner Aitana Bonmati pose after receiving the Ballon d'Or awards during the award ceremony in Paris on Monday.

Ousmane Dembélé won the Ballon d’Or for leading Paris Saint-Germain to its first Champions League title and Aitana Bonmatí received the women’s award for a third successive year on Monday.

Dembélé succeeded Manchester City midfielder Rodri to become the sixth Frenchman to win it after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane and Karim Benzema.

Bonmatí won ahead of her Spain teammate Mariona Caldentey. She’s only the third player in the award’s history to win three in a row after Platini (1983–85) and Lionel Messi (2009-12).

The award cap

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