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Harry Kane's long road to the Ballon d'Or, animated

B/R Football turns the striker's setbacks and silverware into a career cartoon that has passed a million views.

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B/R Football Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 873,782 views a day, 168 times a normal first day on this channel (5,216).

Harry Kane wins the ultimate prize ❤️

The goals keep coming, but the trophy cabinet takes rather longer to fill. That contrast drives B/R Football's animated tribute to Harry Kane, following him from an early Tottenham appearance to the Ballon d'Or stage.

This is a cartoon retelling, not footage of the ceremony. It compresses years of near misses into newspaper headlines, frustrated gestures and a trip to Bayern Munich's trophy room. Even the move to Germany brings another delay: Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten domestic double interrupts the promise of silverware.

The Short has reached about 1.4 million views, with an estimated opening day more than a hundred times B/R Football's usual start for the format. Its separate upload of the men's Ballon d'Or rankings also drew an unusually large first-day audience, though the career animation attracted substantially more views.

There is a particularly pointed contrast in the England sequence: Kane gets his World Cup Golden Boot, but the team's semifinal exit follows. Individual recognition and team disappointment keep sharing the frame until the later scenes start filling his cabinet.

The comments pick up on his move to Bayern and the distinction between being a scorer and an all-around player. Several viewers explicitly identify themselves as Arsenal supporters while offering congratulations to the former Tottenham striker.

B/R Football saves its final cabinet addition for the Ballon d'Or, placing the award at the end of a story it has told through all the empty spaces before it.

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What viewers say

Congrats Harry. From an Arsenal fan.
@therealking6202See it on YouTube
Not just a great goal scorer but a great all around footballer. Way to go Harry
@TimGeisenheynerSee it on YouTube
Kane moving to Bayern Munich really turned his life around
@fancyhermit7See it on YouTube

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I’m a Gunner, but Kane has my respect. He’s a great player 👏🏻
@henriquexavier7123See it on YouTube
A truly beautiful story. Happy he won it
@NNNedlogSee it on YouTube
Kane winning ballon d'or is impressive, congrats, Harry 🎉
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