Yet another award for Lamine Yamal: LaLiga honors him as the Best U-23 Player of February

Good news continues to arrive for the assets of FC Barcelona. Within the framework of a week in which LaLiga EA Sports awarded Hansi Flick as the Best Coach of the Month for February, another standout name from the Catalan club has been recognized: Lamine Yamal.

The 17-year-old right winger has been crowned as the Best Under-23 Player of LaLiga EA Sports in February. In this competition, Lamine Yamal emerged victorious in the final vote over four other players: Javi Guerra (Valencia CF), Christantus Uche (Getafe CF), Javi Rodríguez (Celta de Vigo), and Jesús Rodríguez (Real Betis).

🏆 LAMINE YAMAL - BEST U23 PLAYER OF AUGUST IN LALIGA EA SPORTS

The Spanish-Moroccan gem, who receives this distinction for the second time in the 2024-25 season, was one of the key players for FC Barcelona to achieve a perfect record of victories in February (4 out of 4), contributing with a total of two assists in these matches. With this, the '19' further solidifies himself as the top assist provider so far in the season in the local tournament, with a total of 12 (three more than Raphinha).

Lamine Yamal breaks a record of Leo Messi in LaLiga this February

But that's not all. During this series of four matches in February, he managed to break an important record that belonged to none other than Leo Messi.

In the match against Deportivo Alavés (02/02), Lamine Yamal managed to successfully complete a total of 11 dribbles out of 20 attempted, surpassing the previous record of '10' from the 'Albiceleste', who had achieved 10 successful dribbles in a single match. This achievement elevates the right winger as an exceptional dribbler and solidifies him as the best dribbler in LaLiga with a total of 89 successful dribbles.