Official: Michael Olise named Bundesliga Player of the Season
FC Bayern’s Michael Olise earns the Bundesliga’s highest honor!
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced. ) Steffen Merkel, CEO of the DFL GmbH and Marc Lenz, CEO of the DFL GmbH hand over the Player of the Season award to Michael Olise of FC Bayern München after the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and 1. FC Köln at Allianz Arena on May 16, 2026 in Munich, Germany.
(Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images) Dollar for dollar, Michael Olise has been one of Bayern Munich’s best signings of all time. The Frenchman joined Der Rekordmeister in 2024 from a mid-table Crystal Palace side in a transfer worth around €60m; just two years later, Olise has been named the Bundesliga player of the season. The 24-year-old winger clocked 32 league appearances for Bayern, scoring 15 goals and assisting 19 more.
Olise becomes the first player, along with Luis Díaz, to finish the season with double digits in goals and assists since Jamal Musiala scored 12 and assisted 10 in the 2022/23 Bundesliga season. Olise also becomes the second Bayern player in a row to earn the award after Harry Kane was dubbed the honor in the 2024/25 Bundesliga season. The Frenchman, nonchalantly, accepted the award following Bayern’s 5-1 demolition of FC Köln at the Allianz Arena.
OFFICIAL: Michael Olise has been voted Bundesliga Player of the Season 🏆 pic. twitter. com/YyiTC1Bb9P — Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) May 16, 2026 Olise has been a revelation for Bayern this season, producing some of the most electric and exciting football down Bayern’s right flank since the glory days of Arjen Robben.