Ottawa's Jonathan David named CONCACAF men's player of the year

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 3:58 PM EST | Last Updated: November 6

Canadian Jonathan David has been named the 2024-25 CONCACAF men's subordinate of the year.

Rewarded for some his play astatine nine and planetary level, the 25-year-old Juventus guardant becomes the 2nd Canadian antheral to triumph the grant aft two-time victor Alphonso Davies.

David, a two-time Canada Soccer subordinate of the twelvemonth (2019 and 2024), was besides nominated for the CONCACAF grant successful 2021, 2022 and 2023-24.

Haiti's Melchie Dumornay, who plays her nine shot successful France for OL Lyonnes, won the CONCACAF women's subordinate of the twelvemonth grant for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

The awards, which screen the play from August 2024 to July 2025, were decided by a ballot of CONCACAF subordinate relation players and coaches, arsenic good arsenic media and fans, from a database of six nominees successful each category.

David is Canada's all-time men's starring scorer with 37 goals successful 67 appearances.

"On behalf of the full CONCACAF shot family, I would similar to congratulate Jonathan and Melchie connected being named the CONCACAF players of the year," CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani, a Canadian who doubles arsenic FIFA vice-president, said successful a statement.

"Their accomplishments this past season, some astatine the planetary and nine levels, representing their nations and our portion crossed respective important competitions, were genuinely inspiring."

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July determination to Juventus

At nine level, David scored 7 Champions League goals for France's Lille, the astir by a CONCACAF subordinate successful a azygous variation of the tourney this period and became Lille's all-time apical scorer successful European competitions.

David besides scored 16 Ligue 1 goals, fourth-most successful the French league, earlier making a July determination to Italy's Juventus.

Goals person been harder to find successful Juventus colours. The Ottawa autochthonal has 1 extremity and 1 assistance successful 13 appearances for the storied Italian side.

The different men's nominees:

• Mexico's Edson Alvarez (Fenerbahce, Turkey, connected indebtedness from England's West Ham),
• Mexico's Raul Jimenez (Fulham, England)
• Mexico's Angel Sepulveda (Cruz Azul, Mexico),
• American Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany)
• Costa Rica's Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow, Russia)

Dumornay is conscionable the 2nd pistillate to triumph the CONCACAF grant much than once, joining American Alex Morgan (2017 and 2018).

The 22-year-old midfielder was named the UEFA Women's Champions League young subordinate of the play — for the 2nd consecutive play — and to the competition's Best XI aft scoring six goals successful the tournament, including 2 successful the semifinals against Arsenal.

Jimenez escaped footwear vs. Canada voted extremity of year

She besides helped pb her French nine broadside to the league title, finishing 2nd successful the league with 15 goals.

Also nominated:

• Mexico's Charlyn Corral (CF Pachuca, Mexico)
• Mexico's Jacqueline Ovalle (Orlando Pride, NWSL)
• American Emily Fox (Arsenal, England)
• American Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes)
• Jamaica's Khadija (Bunny) Shaw (Manchester City, England)

Jimenez's escaped footwear extremity against Canada successful the CONCACAF Nations League Finals was been voted extremity of the twelvemonth by fans. The Fulham striker scored some goals successful Mexico's 2-0 semifinal triumph implicit Canada and added 2 much successful the 2-1 triumph implicit Panama successful the final.

Fans voted connected 12 nominated goals, including strikes by erstwhile Canada and Portland Thorns skipper Christine Sinclair and Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter.

Sinclair was nominated for her extremity against Club America Femenil successful the CONCACAF W Champions Cup portion Berhalter was up for his extremity against Pumas UNAM successful the CONCACAF Champions Cup.