Kane wins Ballon d’Or after rise from Leyton Orient loanee
Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in London, completing a remarkable rise from a teenage loanee at Leyton Orient to one of football’s leading players. The award recognises his sustained success for Bayern Munich and England, and caps a career in which he overcame doubts that his early goalscoring form would last.
Kane scored on his first senior start for Orient in a 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in January 2011, aged 17, while on loan from Tottenham. After scoring 31 goals in the 2014-15 season, he continued to score regularly over the following 11 seasons; at the ceremony, he gave a lengthy speech thanking those who had supported him and described the win as a dream.
In short
- Harry Kane has won the Ballon d’Or.
- He began his senior career on loan at Leyton Orient.
- Kane thanked those who supported him in an emotional speech.
Explained simply
The Ballon d’Or is an annual award for a leading footballer, judged on performances over a season. Harry Kane is a striker who has played for England and Bayern Munich, the German club he joined after many years at Tottenham Hotspur.
Kane began his senior career on loan at Leyton Orient, then in the third tier of English football, while still a Tottenham player. His strong scoring season in 2014–15 raised expectations, and his continued goalscoring over the years established him among the game’s leading forwards.
His career links clubs of very different sizes and leagues, as well as the England national team. The award recognises sustained individual performance and is one of football’s most prominent honours.
Read the full article at the source →
Originally published by The Guardian as “Football Daily | Harry Kane completes his arc from Orient loanee to Ballon d’Or winner”.