Barcelona’s head coach Hansi Flick said special Lamine Yamal deserves to win the Ballon d’Or after the Catalan club registered a 5-1 Champions League win against Feyenoord on Wednesday.

Yamal scored his fifth goal of the season via a free kick as he continued his rich form for the club. Furthermore, the Spaniard created two chances as Barcelona started their Champions League campaign on a winning note at Spotify Camp Nou.

Yamal has been named on the 30-player shortlist to win the Ballon d’Or on Monday, with the winner to be announced at a ceremony in London on Oct. 26.

“Of course, he’s my player, a player from Barcelona,” Flick said in a news conference when asked if Yamal should win the coveted individual prize. “He deserves to win the Ballon d’Or. For me, it’s great.

“You can see in every game he’s special. No one has this like him. I think he deserves it.”

This was Yamal’s 12th Champions League goal, one short of Kylian Mbappé’s record (13) for the most by a teenager in the competition’s history.

The winger has provided 101 career goal contributions for Barcelona (54 goals, 47 assists) at the age of 19 years, 58 days. Yamal won the LaLiga title with Barça in the previous season and the World Cup with Spain, which has put him in contention for the Ballon d’Or.

Barca’s players like Raphinha and Pedri were not named on Monday’s shortlist, much to Flick’s surprise.

“They are too good to not be there,” the German coach added. “But we cannot change it. But they are fantastic players and deserve to be there.”

Raphinha has been in solid form, scoring eight goals in the ongoing season.

“Raphinha, we saw today, his intensity is great,” Flick said. “When he attacks deep, with the pass from Pedri for his second goal, this is unbelievable.”

Barcelona will next take on Levante in La Liga on Sunday.