{"id":572,"date":"2026-10-27T03:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2026-10-27T03:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:32:33","slug":"bayern-munich-striker-harry-kane-has-been-crowned-the-2026-ballon-dor-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has been crowned the 2026 Ballon d\u2019Or winner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 33-year-old England captain received the trophy at a ceremony in London on Monday evening, finishing ahead of Real Madrid\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Barcelona\u2019s Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kane\u2019s triumph followed a record-breaking 2025\/26 season in which he scored 73 goals across all competitions for club and country, helping Bayern secure a domestic treble while finishing as the Bundesliga\u2019s top scorer for a third consecutive campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visibly emotional on stage, Kane said he was \u201calmost speechless,\u201d adding that winning the award in London made the moment especially meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory also marked him as only the fifth English player ever to lift the Ballon d\u2019Or, ending a long wait since Michael Owen\u2019s success in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a player long regarded as one of the world\u2019s most consistent finishers, the golden ball finally confirms what many had come to believe: Harry Kane now stands among football\u2019s true greats and becomes the first Englishman to claim the prestigious award in 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002301999.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harry Kane celebrating after winning his Ballon Dor during the Ballon Dor awarding ceremony held at the London Palladium in London. Photo Credit: Ballon D&#8217;or (X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 33-year-old England captain received the trophy at a ceremony in London on Monday evening, finishing ahead of Real Madrid\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}