The midfielder Jude Bellingham won the Kopa Trophy, and his happy dad shared a sweet picture of the moment.

The award was given to the Real Madrid star at the Ballon d’Or event in Paris, France.

Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich and Pedri of Barcelona were among the 20-year-olds who competed for the award.

The England player won the award, making him only the third Englishman to do so after Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling.

Mark, Bellingham’s dad, was so proud as he showed off a cute picture of him playing football for Birmingham City when he was younger.

Bellingham is posing for a shot at an indoor pitch while wearing his Blues gear. Mark wrote next to the picture, “Kopa 2023 award for a good kid who’s becoming a good man.”

“Good for him.

“This is a happy time for all the teachers and coaches who have helped us get here. There were nice people who made everything fun.

In a comment on the post, Bellingham used an emoji of hands making a heart shape. A lot of fans of the player wrote nice things in the comments.

Someone wrote, “Ballon d’Or loading… .”

“Congratulations on raising such a wonderful boy!” wrote someone else.

Another person said, “You raised a great son.”

“Oh, isn’t that nice?” asked a fourth. Nothing bad about it.”

A fifth comment: “I sincerely love how his son is a footballing superstar and he’s worded this like he’s received a good school report or something.”

Bellingham has had a great start to his time at Real Madrid, scoring 13 goals in 13 games.

He paid £115 million to join the big La Liga team in the summer. Because of a sell-on option in the deal, his old team, Birmingham, got £10 million from the sale when he joined Dortmund in 2020.