Joseph Junior Gabriel has won the inaugural Premier League Under-18 Player of the Season award after playing a starring role for Manchester United in 2025/26.
The 15-year-old forward notched an incredible 20 goals in just 21 league appearances for the Red Devils this season, and also played a pivotal role in their progress to the FA Youth Cup final, where they face Manchester City on 14 May.
JJ Gabriel is the #U18PL Player of the Season! 👏🏆 pic.twitter.com/b3ZF0elDnw
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 12, 2026
"I'm delighted to win this award," Gabriel told MUTV. "I thank my coaches and team-mates for helping me win this amazing award.
"Since we came together as the Under-18s, we've become a very good team. Everyone looks out for each other and we all work hard for each other. I think we've had a very good season.
"I'd say [the Academy] helped me mature a lot. They help me to be very humble and keep my feet on the ground.
"I'm delighted to be working with him [Fletcher], he's an amazing coach and has helped me so much this season to become a better player and the best version of myself. I've got to say you've got to maintain working out on the training pitch every single day, giving it my all and working hard in the gym to stay fit and not get injured.
"My family have helped me a lot, through tough times and good times. They come to all my matches, no matter how far or close, and I love them to bits."
Gabriel has already written himself into the history books when, aged 14, he became the youngest-ever player to feature for Man Utd's U18s team when he came on as a 63rd-minute substitute and scored twice in a 13-1 trouncing of Leeds United last season.
There have been plenty of standout moments for Gabriel across the 2025/26 campaign, the pick of which was arguably a sensational long-range double in a 5-2 PL2 win against Nottingham Forest.
Congratulations to U18 PL Player of the Season, Joseph Junior Gabriel.