Harry Kane: Bayern Munich and England striker wins Ballon d’Or after record season

Emlyn BegleyBBC Sport journalist

26 October 2026, 22:53 GMTUpdated 31 minutes ago

Harry Kane has become the first English player to win the Ballon d’Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world’s best player at a ceremony in London.

The 33-year-old Bayern Munich striker is the fifth Englishman to win in total, with Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978 and 1979) the others.

Denis Law of Scotland (1964) and

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