Video taking off 119x its usual first day

Harry Kane takes the Ballon d'Or to the backstage stairs

Stan Sport Football's photo-session Short has passed half a million views, with one viewer proposing a different role for the tuxedo-clad striker.

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Stan Sport Football Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 417,719 views a day, 119 times a normal first day on this channel (3,519).

Harry Kane holding the 2026 Ballon d’Or trophy that is rightfully his 🤩 #ballondor

The trophy rests on Harry Kane's knee as he settles onto a staircase, adjusts his tuxedo and smiles for the photographer. There is no acceptance speech here, just the backstage business of getting the winner's picture.

That small moment has drawn more than half a million views on Stan Sport Football. Its first-day audience was over a hundred times the channel's usual for a Short. The footage, credited to the Ballon d'Or's official Instagram account, follows Kane down a few steps before he sits for the photos, with choral music over the scene and no clearly audible words.

The comments supply their own conversation. Supporters who had wanted Kylian Mbappé to win offer Kane congratulations, including a self-described Real Madrid supporter. Another viewer looks at the tuxedo and suggests a James Bond casting. Others reach for the familiar phrase about Kane being one of their own, a reminder of his long association with Tottenham and England.

Stan Sport Football also posted the moment Kane won the award, which drew an unusually large first-day audience of its own. A separate Short shows Alexia Putellas kissing the women's trophy after her third win. But the staircase clip offers something different from an announcement: Kane getting comfortable for a photograph, golden ball balanced on his knee.

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What viewers say

Should be the next Janes Bond, looks the part.
@raymondturner3952See it on YouTube
Congrats Harry.
~ A salty Real Madrid fan that can admit he deserves it
@ResistanceComander334See it on YouTube
I wanted Mbappe to win, but from the bottom of my heart, congratulations Harry Kane, you deserved it, all you went through, goals, hard work and shocking moments led you to get to here, enjoy your Balon Dor my friend ❤
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