BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane has been voted Germany’s player of the year 2026 and Vincent Kompany won the coach’s accolade after another outstanding season for the Bavarian powerhouse.
Kane scored 61 goals across all competitions, including the German Supercup for Bayern last season, helping the team defend its Bundesliga title and win the German Cup. He scored a hat trick in the cup final.
Kane also helped Bayern win the new season’s German Supercup with a 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, though he didn’t score in that game.
The England forward gathered more votes (272) than teammate Michael Olise (203) in the yearly poll of 659 members of the Association of German Sports Journalists (VDS) organized by Kicker magazine.
Kicker said Sunday that Deniz Undav received 61 votes followed by Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich (21) and Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann (14). There were three invalid votes.
Kompany received nearly half the votes for the coach’s award, more than Freiburg’s Julian Schuster, who won it last year.
Florian Wirtz won the player’s award last year.
The player of the year accolade has been awarded since 1960, with the coaches honored since 2002. Franz Beckenbauer leads the player category with four wins, while Jürgen Klopp and Felix Magath both won the coach’s award three times.
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