Ousmane Dembele named Ligue 1 Player of the Year again despite starting nine matches

[p]The 28-year-old becomes just the fifth player to win back-to-back awards, the last being [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ibrahimovic-zlatan/AiH2zDve/"]Zlatan Ibrahimovic[/a] in 2014.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Dembele[/a] last year succeeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappe[/a], who won the prize five times in a row before departing for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a].[/p][p]"[b]It's an individual trophy but all the individual trophies I've won are thanks to this team[/b]," Dembele said.[/p][p]The forward retained the honour despite having had an injury-plagued season.[/p][embed guid="ce8f5c42-2738-4dc3-bb7b-96d03d505538" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2053940496553107462" social-type="twitter" /][p]He has started just nine matches in Ligue 1, notching up 960 minutes of gametime, compared to 20 starts and 1,736 minutes last season.[/p][p]Despite the reduced time on the pitch, Dembele has scored 10 goals and six assists -- still down on the 21 and eight he achieved last year.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] effectively wrapped up another Ligue 1 title on Sunday as a 1-0 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brest/Cr4VGaUl/"]Brest[/a] left them six points clear of nearest rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a].[/p][p]With just two games remaining, Luis Enrique's side also boast a superior goal difference.[/p][p]PSG will be officially crowned French champions for the fifth season running, and the 12th time in the last 14 years, if they avoid defeat away to second-placed Lens on Wednesday.[/p][image alt="Dembele Ligue 1 stats" id="97c48441-324e-42a1-b46d-d9e9de6fa672" credit-line="Icon Sport / Sipa USA / Profimedia / Flashscore" guid="71c802b0-3899-42ba-beec-0ee7510eb69f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]PSG are also preparing for the Champions League final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] later this month after edging [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] 6-5 on aggregate in their semi-final.[/p][p]The award for best young player went to Dembele's teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doue-desire/KIUWH2Jq/"]Desire Doue[/a], while Pierre Sage picked up the honours for best coach after establishing Lens as a direct challenger to PSG.[/p]