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Golden Boy 2022: How to vote, Nominees, Previous winners, All You Need to Know

New Delhi: The Golden Boy is one of the most prestigious awards to be won for an under-21 footballer. There have been many winners of this prize who have gone on to become legends in the future. Lionel Messi won the award in 2005. The Golden Boy award is a recognition of the best young […]

Edited By : Megha Mittal | Updated: Sep 16, 2022 20:51 IST
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Golden Boy 2022

New Delhi: The Golden Boy is one of the most prestigious awards to be won for an under-21 footballer. There have been many winners of this prize who have gone on to become legends in the future. Lionel Messi won the award in 2005.

The Golden Boy award is a recognition of the best young talent in Europe during a calendar year. A player must be under the age of 21 to be eligible for consideration and must play in a European top division club. The inaugural edition of the award was held in 2003 with Rafael van der Vaart as the first winner. It is organized by the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport.

How to determine the winner?

The winner is determined by votes. Each voter will allocate 10 points to the player they deem most impressive, with seven for the second, five for the third, three for the fourth, and one for the fifth. Sports journalists from Europe’s biggest media houses get to cast their vote for this award.

Player

Club

National Team

Karim Adeyemi

RB Salzburg

Nigeria

Jude Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund

England

Eduardo Camavinga

Real Madrid

France

Martin Baturina

Dinamo Zagreb

Croatia

Alejandro Martinez Balde

Barcelona

Spain

Brian Brobbey

RB Leipzig

Netherlands

Matteo Cancellieri

Verona

Italy

Anthony Elanga

Manchester United

Sweden

Harvey Elliott

Liverpool

England

Sebastiano Esposito

Anderlecht

Italy

Fabio Carvalho

Liverpool

Portugal

Fabio Silva

Anderlecht

Portugal

Ansu Fati

Barcelona

Spain

Gavi

Barcelona

Spain

Degnand Gnonto

Zurich

Italy

Ryan Gravenberch

Bayern Munich

Netherlands

Josko Gvardiol

RB Leipzig

Croatia

Henrique Araujo

Benfica

Portugal

Piero Hincapie

Bayer Leverkusen

Ecuador

Rasmus Hojlund

Atalanta

Denmark

Ansgar Knauff

Eintracht Frankfurt

Ghana

Castello Lukeba

Lyon

France

Marcus Marquinhos

Arsenal

Brazil

Fabio Miretti

Juventus

Italy

Yunus Musah

Valencia

United States

Jamal Muisala

Bayern Munich

Nigeria

Nico Gonzalez

Valencia

Spain

Nuno Mendes

PSG

Portugal

Pedri

Barcelona

Spain

Yeremi Pino

Villarreal

Spain

Gio Reyna

Borussia Dortmund

United States

Giorgio Scalvini

Atalanta

Italy

Benjamin Sesko

RB Salzburg

Slovenia

Jan Thielmann

FC Koln

Germany

Destiny Udogie

Udinese

Italy

Nicola Zalewski

Roma

Poland

Mathys Tel

Bayern Munich

France

Kiliann Eric Sildillia

SC Freiburg

France

Xavier Simons

PSV

Suriname

Luka Sucic

RB Salzburg

Croatia

 

Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, and Sergio Aguero are some of the prominent names to have won the Golden Boy award.

Forwards have predominantly won the award whereas Matthijs de Ligt became the first defender to win it in 2018.

France and Spain have produced the maximum winners with three each to their name, while Manchester United are the most successful club with three winners.

 

Year

Name

Country

2003

Rafael van der Vaart

Netherlands

2004

Wayne Rooney

England

2005

Lionel Messi

Argentina

2006

Cesc Fabregas

Spain

2007

Sergio Aguero

Argentina

2008

Anderson

Brazil

2009

Alexandre Pato

Brazil

2010

Mario Balotelli

Italy

2011

Mario Gotze

Germany

2012

Isco

Spain

2013

Paul Pogba

France

2014

Raheem Sterling

England

2015

Anthony Martial

France

2016

Renato Sanches

Portugal

2017

Kylian Mbappe

France

2018

Matthijs de Ligt

Netherlands

2019

Joao Felix

Portugal

2020

Erling Haaland

Norway

2021

Pedri

Spain

 

To vote you can go to the official website of Tuttosport.

First published on: Sep 16, 2022 08:51 PM IST

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