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Golden Boy (award)

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The Golden Boy is an award established by Tuttosport that is given by sports journalists to a young male footballer playing in Europe perceived to have been the most impressive during a calendar year (two halves to two separate seasons). All nominees must be under the age of 21 and play in a European nation's top tier. Apart from the main award, an additional one, Golden Boy Web, is decided by online users.[1]

Golden Boy
SportAssociation football
CountryItaly
Presented byTuttosport
History
First award2003
Editions22
Most recentEngland Jude Bellingham
Websitetuttosport.com

Selection

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The prize was established by Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport in 2003. Newspapers that now participate in voting include Bild (Germany), Blick (Switzerland), A Bola (Portugal), l'Équipe (France), France Football (France), Marca (Spain), Mundo Deportivo (Spain), Ta Nea (Greece), Sport Express (Russia), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), and The Times (United Kingdom). Each juror is allowed to nominate five players, the juror will allocate 10 points to the player that they perceive as the most impressive, 7 for second, 5 third, 3 fourth, and 1 point for fifth most impressive.[citation needed]

Winners

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Rafael van der Vaart, the inaugural award winner
Year Winner Club(s) Position Birth year Ref(s)
2003   Rafael van der Vaart   Ajax Midfielder 1983 [2]
2004   Wayne Rooney   Everton
  Manchester United 		Forward 1985 [2]
2005   Lionel Messi   Barcelona Forward 1987 [2]
2006   Cesc Fàbregas   Arsenal Midfielder 1987 [2]
2007   Sergio Agüero   Atlético Madrid Forward 1988 [2]
2008   Anderson   Manchester United Midfielder 1988 [3]
2009   Alexandre Pato   Milan Forward 1989 [4]
2010   Mario Balotelli   Inter Milan
  Manchester City 		Forward 1990 [5]
2011   Mario Götze   Borussia Dortmund Midfielder 1992 [6]
2012   Isco   Málaga Midfielder 1992 [7]
2013   Paul Pogba   Juventus Midfielder 1993 [8]
2014   Raheem Sterling   Liverpool Forward 1994 [9]
2015   Anthony Martial   Monaco
  Manchester United 		Forward 1995 [10]
2016   Renato Sanches   Benfica
  Bayern Munich 		Midfielder 1997 [11]
2017   Kylian Mbappé   Monaco
  Paris Saint-Germain 		Forward 1998 [12]
2018   Matthijs de Ligt   Ajax Defender 1999 [13]
2019   João Félix   Benfica
  Atlético Madrid 		Forward 1999 [14]
2020   Erling Haaland   Borussia Dortmund Forward 2000 [15]
2021   Pedri   Barcelona Midfielder 2002 [16]
2022   Gavi   Barcelona Midfielder 2004 [17]
2023   Jude Bellingham   Borussia Dortmund
  Real Madrid 		Midfielder 2003 [18]

Awards won by position

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As of 25 July 2024
Position Win(s)
Forward 10
Midfielder 10
Defender 1

Awards won by nationality

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As of 12 July 2024
Country Win(s) Year(s)
  Spain 4 2006, 2012, 2021, 2022
  England 3 2004, 2014, 2023
  France 2013, 2015, 2017
  Netherlands 2 2003, 2018
  Argentina 2005, 2007
  Brazil 2008, 2009
  Portugal 2016, 2019
  Italy 1 2010
  Germany 2011
  Norway 2020

Awards won by club

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As of 25 July 2024

Year in bold have shared the win with other clubs.

Club Win(s) Year(s)
  Barcelona 3 2005, 2021, 2022
  Borussia Dortmund 3 2011, 2020, 2023[A]
  Manchester United 2004,[B] 2008, 2015[C]
  Ajax 2 2003, 2018
  Atlético Madrid 2007, 2019[D]
  Monaco 2015,[E] 2017[F]
  Benfica 2016[G], 2019[H]
  Everton 1 2004[E]
  Arsenal 2006
  Milan 2009
  Manchester City 2010[I]
  Inter Milan 2010[J]
  Málaga 2012
  Juventus 2013
  Liverpool 2014
  Bayern Munich 2016[D]
  Paris Saint-Germain 2017[C]
  Real Madrid 2023[K]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Shared with Real Madrid.
  2. ^ Shared with Everton.
  3. ^ a b Shared with Monaco.
  4. ^ a b Shared with Benfica.
  5. ^ a b Shared with Manchester United.
  6. ^ Shared with Paris Saint-Germain.
  7. ^ Shared with Bayern Munich.
  8. ^ Shared with Atlético Madrid.
  9. ^ Shared with Inter Milan.
  10. ^ Shared with Manchester City.
  11. ^ Shared with Borussia Dortmund.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Golden Boy (award).
  1. ^ "ZALEWSKI WINS 2022 EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOY WEB". asroma.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Golden Boy: l'Albo d'Oro". tuttosport.com. 6 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  3. ^ "È Anderson il Golden Boy 2008 di Tuttosport". tuttosport.com. 6 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Pato vince il Golden Boy 2009: "Magari emulare Messi..."". tuttosport.com. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Balotelli, Golden Boy 2010: "Un giorno sarò del Milan"". tuttosport.com. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze lands 'Golden Boy' award for 2011". Goal.com. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Isco wins the 2012 Golden Boy award". insidespanishfootball.com. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Pogba wins the 2013 Golden Boy award". tuttosport.com. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Raheem Sterling named Europe's Golden Boy after excellent year at Liverpool FC". Liverpool Echo. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Anthony Martial élu Golden Boy 2015". L'Équipe (in French). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Renato Sanches è il Golden Boy 2016 di Tuttosport" [Renato Sanches is Tuttosport's Golden Boy 2016] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Golden Boy, "Le Roi" Mbappé: è il vincitore del 2017" [Mbappé wins Tuttosport's Golden Boy 2017 award] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  13. ^ "De Ligt wins 2018 Golden Boy". Football Italia. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Il profilo del Golden Boy João Félix: il predestinato". Tuttosport. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Golden Boy 2020: Haaland'oro! E Fati trionfa sul web". Tuttosport. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Golden Boy 2021, è Pedri il nuovo "Ragazzo d'Oro" di Tuttosport". Tuttosport. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  17. ^ "DIRETTA Il Golden Boy 2022 è Gavi!". Tuttosport. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Jude Bellingham è il Golden Boy Absolute Best 2023". Tuttosport. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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