Every Player of the Match at the UEFA Nations League Finals

UEFA will issue an official Player of the Match award after every match at the UEFA Nations League Finals.

The UEFA Technical Observer Group at each fixture will decide who deserves to be the Player of the Match, with an official trophy handed to the successful candidate after full time.

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Semi-finals

04/06: Germany 1-2 Portugal – Francisco Conceição

"Conceição made the impact for Portugal; his dribbling and offensive approach with the ball inspired them to mount a comeback. His fantastic strike initiated the turnaround."
UEFA Technical Observer Group

• Francisco Conceição scored Portugal's equaliser just five minutes after coming on as a substitute.
• The 22-year-old had three attempts during his 32 minutes on the pitch, two of which were on target.
• Conceição's only previous international goal was also as a replacement, against Czechia at UEFA EURO 2024.

05/06: Spain 5-4 France – Lamine Yamal

"He scored two goals, but moreover he was a constant threat in attack. He is playing with unbelievable maturity for his age."
UEFA Technical Observer Group

• Yamal had five attempts on goal against France, scoring twice.
• The forward's double against France marked the first time he had scored more than once in an international match.
• Not 18 until July, Yamal has now scored six international goals and is set to appear in his second major final.

Match for third place

08/06: Germany 0-2 France – Kylian Mbappé

"He scored the first goal, which opened the game up, and then assisted the second goal. He was dangerous throughout, especially in transition for France."
UEFA Technical Observer Group

• Mbappé's goal against Germany was his 50th for France.
• The Real Madrid striker is just the third player in France's history to reach a half-century of international goals, after Olivier Giroud (57) and Thierry Henry (51).
• Mbappé has now scored and assisted in one game on 17 separate occasions for Les Bleus.

Final

08/06: Portugal 2-2 Spain (5-3 pens) – Nuno Mendes

"Nuno was offensively and defensively incredible during the tournament. He scored in the final and contributed an assist in the semi-final as well."
UEFA Technical Observer Group

• Nuno Mendes won the Nations League just eight days after helping Paris to UEFA Champions League glory, also in Munich; he also won a domestic double this season.
• He was named 2025 UEFA Nations League Player of the Finals and featured in the 2024/25 Champions League Team of the Season.
• His goal in the final was his first at senior international level, coming on his 37th cap.
• The 22-year-old featured in all ten games of Portugal's victorious Nations League campaign.