Cinema has the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, football has the red carpet of the Gabriel pavilion. French football met this Sunday, May 15, 2022 in this prestigious place on the Champs-Elysées for the 30th UNFP trophy ceremony.
On the menu for the evening: rewards for the best players, hopefuls, coaches and goalkeepers in Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and D1 Arkema. But also that of the best French player abroad. A five-star cast for a list summarized here below.
Best Ligue 1 player: Kylian Mbappé (PSG)
Were also named: Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco), Lucas Paqueta (OL), Dimitri Payet (OM), Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais FC)
Best Ligue 1 goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
Were also named: Pau Lopez (OM), Matz Sels (RC Strasbourg Alsace), Alban Lafont (FC Nantes), Walter Benitez (OGC Nice)
Best Ligue 1 hope: William Saliba (OM)
Were also named: Arnaud Kalimuendo (RC Lens), Castello Lukeba (OL), Khéphren Thuram (OGC Nice), Nuno Mendes (PSG)
Best Ligue 1 coach: Bruno Genesio (Rennes)
Were also named: Christophe Galtier (OGC Nice), Antoine Kombouaré (FC Nantes), Jorge Sampaoli (OM), Julien Stephan (RC Strasbourg Alsace)
The typical L1 team:
Ladies and gentlemen: your Team-Type of @ligue1UberEats 2021/2022!
An emoji to qualify this team? #UNFP Trophies pic.twitter.com/mBU4C7Ihg1
— UNFP (@UNFP) May 15, 2022
The most beautiful goal of L1: Bamba Dieng (OM)
Were also named: Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), Lucas Paqueta (OL), Teji Savanier (Montpellier), Franck Honorat (Brest)
Best French playing abroad: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Were also named: Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona), Théo Hernandez (AC Milan), Mike Maignan (AC Milan), N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea)
Best Ligue 2 player: Branco Van den Boomen (TFC)
Were also named: Youssouf M’Changama (EA Guingamp), Gauthier Hein (AJ Auxerre), Rhys Healey (Toulouse FC), Gaëtan Charbonnier (AJ Auxerre)
Best Ligue 2 goalkeeper: Benjamin Leroy (AC Ajaccio)
Were also named: Vincent Demarconnay (Paris FC), Yahia Fofana (Havre AC), Donovan Léon (AJ Auxerre), Maxime Dupé (Toulouse FC)
Best Ligue 2 coach: Philippe Montanier (TFC)
Were also named: Omar Daf (FC Sochaux-Montbeliard), Thierry Laurey (Paris FC), Olivier Pantaloni (AC Ajaccio), Didier Tholot (Pau FC)
The typical Ligue 2 team:
An eleven-type who saw life in pink this season
A 2021-2022 vintage that looks great, doesn’t it?
Congratulations to the winners #UNFP Trophies pic.twitter.com/S0qRWpocgT
— UNFP (@UNFP) May 15, 2022
The most beautiful goal of L2: Youssouf M’Changama (Guingamp)
Were also named: Matthis Abline (Le Havre), Mehdi Chahiri (Caen), Valentin Jacob (Dijon), Adama Niane (Dunkirk)
Best D1 player: Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Were also named: Kadidiatou Diani (PSG), Onema Grace Geyoro (PSG), Catarina Macario (OL), Clara Mateo (Paris FC)
Best female hope: Laurina Fazer (PSG)
Were also named: Kessya Bussy (Stade de Reims), Melchie Dumornay (Stade de Reims), Naomie Feller (Stade de Reims), Louna Ribadeira (Paris FC)
Best goalkeeper: Christian Endler (OL)
Were also named: Mylène Chavas (Bordeaux), Cosette Morché (Issy), Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC), Barbora Votikova (PSG)
The typical D1 Arkema team:
Spot the intruder
Your eleven-type of the 2021-2022 season @D1arkemawith 6 players from Paris-Saint-Germain, 4 from Lyon and… 1 player from Paris FC! #UNFP Trophies pic.twitter.com/hP4VVEozOh
— UNFP (@UNFP) May 15, 2022