Golden Boy (award)

Golden Boy

Sport	Association football
Country	Italy
Presented by	Tuttosport
History
First award	2003
Editions	22
Most recent	Lamine Yamal
Website	tuttosport.com

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]

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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]}

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]
2024	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	Forward	2007	[19]

As of 27 November

As of 27 November

Country	Win(s)	Year(s)
Spain	5	2006, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2024
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

As of 27 November 2024

Year in bold have shared the win with other clubs.

Club	Win(s)	Year(s)
Barcelona	4	2005, 2021, 2022, 2024
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]

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