Serie A, Kenan Yildiz named August MVP: McTominay misses out on the race | OneFootball

The first EA SPORTS FC Player of the Month award for the 2025/26 season goes to Kenan Yildiz. The Juventus playmaker beat out top-level competition, including Scotland’s Scott McTominay of Napoli, and will receive the trophy before the Juventus-Inter match, scheduled for Saturday, September 13 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.

Serie A, Kenan Yildiz named August MVP: McTominay misses out

The twenty-year-old Juventus star, already a symbol of the club’s new generation, was chosen over Kristensen (Udinese), McTominay (Napoli), Nico Paz (Como), Soulé (Roma), and Thuram (Inter). The selection of the six finalists was based on Kama Sport’s analysis, which uses data collected by the Hawk-Eye system: not only statistical numbers and technical actions, but also positional data, off-the-ball movements, physical efficiency, and decision-making.

In the end, the combination of fan votes on the official portal and the data analysis crowned Yildiz as the best player of the first two Serie A matchdays.

De Siervo: “A symbol of the new generation”

The CEO of Lega Serie A, Luigi De Siervo, commented on the choice as follows: “The fans’ vote rewarded Kenan Yildiz as the first Player of the Month of the season thanks to two outstanding performances. His two assists against Parma immediately confirmed his technical quality and class. Wearing the number 10 jersey for Juventus at just 20 years old is a great responsibility, but also recognition of the charisma, maturity, and extraordinary potential of this young man. Yildiz is now one of the symbols of a new generation of talents capable of creating football and exciting fans well beyond the colors of their own team.”

A signal for Juventus

The award for Yildiz is not just an individual recognition: it highlights the central role of the young Turk in Juventus’ tactical project and boosts the club’s ambitions ahead of what promises to be a fiercely contested championship. McTominay, despite an impressive start with Napoli, will have to wait for his chance at the MVP award.

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