Spain centre-back Pau Cubarsi has won the FIFA Best Young Player Award, presented by Aramco, for his outstanding performances during the .
The 19-year-old started all eight matches for La Roja, as they soared to a second world crown with a in the final on Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium.
Cubarsi never put a foot wrong as he helped Spain register seven clean sheets during the tournament, forging a fabulous partnership alongside Aymeric Laporte at the heart of a defence that conceded just a single goal, in their 2-1 quarter-final win against Belgium.
Cubarsi, who has become one of only five teenagers in history to have won the World Cup, is also the first defender to win this award.
2006: Lukas Podolski (Germany) 2010: Thomas Muller (Germany) 2014: Paul Pogba (France) 2018: Kylian Mbappe (France) 2022: Enzo Fernandez (Argentina)
Sources: FIFA Official
