Donnarumma picks up Yashin Trophy as season’s best goalkeeper | OneFootball

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, a key figure in Paris Saint-Germain’s first-ever Champions League title last season, received the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper this Monday (22), during the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony.

The Italian, who left PSG this summer and signed with Manchester City, won the award for the second time at age 26, succeeding Emiliano Martínez, goalkeeper for Aston Villa and the Argentina national team. In 2021, he lifted the trophy after being named the best player of the European Championship for Italy, the European champions.

In Paris, his four-year stint ended with PSG winning the historic Champions League title. The goalkeeper was one of the team’s protagonists, making decisive saves both in the penalty shootout against Liverpool in the round of 16 and in the second leg of the semifinal against Arsenal.

Regularly criticized since his arrival at PSG in 2021, both for his risky aerial outings and the inconsistency of his footwork—a crucial aspect of Luis Enrique’s tactical system—Donnarumma seemed to have put any debate about his starting position to rest.

But Paris Saint-Germain decided to sign the Frenchman Lucas Chevalier.

After failing to reach a contract renewal agreement with the Parisian club, Donnarumma transferred to Manchester City, where he has been performing well at the start of this season.

In the women’s category, the Yashin Trophy went to the England and Chelsea goalkeeper, Hannah Hampton.

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