Ligue 1 Young player of the year

The Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year is an award given to the player aged 23 years or under at the start of the season whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Bordeaux midfielder Zinedine Zidane. The current holder is Kylian Mbappé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2017–18 season for Paris Saint-Germain. Eden Hazard and Kylian Mbappé are the only players to have won this award twice.

Winners

This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different save for Eden Hazard, who won in the 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was also the first foreign player to win the award until Younès Belhanda won the award in 2011–12 followed by Marco Verratti in 2013–14

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1993–94		Zinedine Zidane	Bordeaux		[1]
1994–95		Florian Maurice	Lyon		[2]
1995–96		Robert Pirès	Metz		[3]
1996–97		Thierry Henry	Monaco		[4]
1997–98		David Trezeguet	Monaco		[5]
1998–99		Olivier Monterrubio	Nantes		[6]
1999–2000		Philippe Christanval	Monaco		[7]
2000–01		Sidney Govou	Lyon		[8]
2001–02		Djibril Cissé	Auxerre		[9]
2002–03		Lionel Mathis	Auxerre		[10]
2003–04		Patrice Evra	Monaco		[11]
2004–05		Jérémy Toulalan	Nantes		[12]
2005–06		Franck Ribéry	Marseille		[13]
2006–07		Samir Nasri	Marseille		[14]
2007–08		Hatem Ben Arfa	Lyon		[15]
2008–09		Eden Hazard	Lille		[16]
2009–10		Eden Hazard	Lille		[17]
2010–11		Mamadou Sakho	Paris Saint-Germain		[18]
2011–12		Younès Belhanda	Montpellier		[19]
2012–13		Florian Thauvin	Bastia
2013–14		Marco Verratti	Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15		Nabil Fekir	Lyon		[20]
2015–16		Ousmane Dembélé	Rennes		[21]
2016-17		Kylian Mbappé	Monaco		[22]
2017-18		Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
France	21	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005-06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Belgium	2	2008–09, 2009–10
Italy	1	2013–14
Morocco	1	2011–12

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