Tuttosport whittled down the shortlist of candidates for 2019 European Golden Boy award to 60 and De Ligt, Vinicius, Hudson-Odoi, Felix, Todibo & Mount all included.
60-man list
1-10
1. Yacine Adli, Bordeaux, (Porto), class 2000, midfielder
2. Ethan Ampadu (RB Lipsia), class 2000, defender
3. Jann-Fiete Arp (Bayern), class 2000, forward
4. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), class 1999, forward
5. Michael Cuisance (Monchengladbach), class 1999, midfielder
6. Alphonso Boyle Davies (BAYERN), class 2000, forward
7. Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru (Watford), class 1999, midfielder
8. Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus), class 1999, defender
9. Moussa Diaby (Leverkusen), class 1999, defender
10. Krepin Diatta (Club Brugge), class 1999, midfielder
11-20
11. Diogo Dalot (Man Utd), class 1999, defender
12. Diogo Leite (Porto), class 1999, defender
13. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), class 1999, goalkeeper
14. Eljif Elmas (Napoli), class 2000, midfielder
15. Phil Foden (Man City), class 2000, midfielder
16. Gedson Fernandes (Benfica), class 1999, forward
17. Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), class 2000, midfielder
18. Matias Goncalo Ramos (Benfica), class 2001, forward
19. Amine Gouiri (Lyon), class 2000, forward
20. Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal), class 1999, midfielder
21-30
21. Erling Haland (Salzburg Red Bull), class 2000, forward
22. Kai Havertz (Leverkusen), class 1999, midfielder
23. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), class 2000, midfielder
24. Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), class 1999, forward
25. Joao Felix (Atletico), class 1999, forward
26. Dejan Joveljic (Frankfurt), class 1999, forward
27. Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), class 1999, defender
28. Moise Kean (Everton), class 2000, forward
29. Justin Kluivert (Roma), class 1999, forward
30. Ibrahima Konate (Red Bull Lipsia), class 1999, defender
31-40
31 Alban Lafont (Nantes), class 1999, goalkeeper
32 Diego Lainez (Real Betis), class 2000, forward
33 Kang-in Lee (Valencia), class 2001, forward
34 Andrij Lunin (Valladolid), class 1999, goalkeeper
35 Arne Maier (Hertha Berlin), class 1999, midfielder
36 Donyell Malen (PSV), class 1999, forward
37 Jordi Mboula (Cercle Brugge K.S.V), class 1999, forward
38 Mason Mount (Chelsea), class 1999, midfielder
39 Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), class 1999, forward
40 Stanley Nsoki (PSG), class 1999, defender
41-50
41 Abdulkadir Omur (Trabzonspor), class 1999, midfielder
42 Strahinja Pavlovic (Partizan Belgrade), class 2001, defender
43 Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), class 1999, defender
44 Kik Pierie (Ajax), class 2000, defender
45 Andrea Pinamonti (Genoa), class 1999, forward
46 Rafael Leao (AC Milan), class 1999, forward
47 Rodrygo Goes (Real Madrid), class 2001, forward
48 Jadon Sancho (Dortmund), class 2000, forward
49 Malang Sarr (Nice), class 1999, defender
50 Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham), class 2000, midfielder
51-60
51 Andreas Skov Olsen (Bologna), class 1999, forward
52 Moussa Sylla (Monaco), class 1999, forward
53 Jean-Clair Todibo (Barcelona), class 1999, defender
54 Sandro Tonali (Brescia), class 2000, midfielder
55 Ferran Torres (Valencia), class 2000, forward
56 Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool), class 2001, defender
57 Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), calss 2000, forward
58 Timothy Weah (Lilla), class 2000, forward
59 Dan-Axel Zagadou (Dortmund), class 1999, defender
60 Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), class 1999, midfielder
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About Golden Boy award
The Golden Boy is an award that is given by sports journalists to a young 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.
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 the second, 5 third, 3 fourth, and 1 point for fifth most impressive.
Golden Boy award Winners
2003. Van der Vaart
2004. Wayne Rooney
2005. Lionel Messi
2006. Cesc Fabregas
2007. Sergio Aguero
2008. Anderson
2009. Alexandre Pato
2010. Mario Balotelli
2011. Mario Gotze
2012. Isco
2013. Paul Pogba
2014. Raheem Sterling
2015. Anthony Martial
2016. Renato Sanches
2017. Kylian Mbappe
2018. Mattijas De Ligt
There has been NO one who wins the European Golden Boy award in consecutive years.
Who will be the next winner in 2019?
Aryankhera3154ak
80
This year also there are chances of Matthjis de ligt to win golden boy award but we also have Next Ronaldo = Joao Felix who recently defeated the G.O.A.T Ronaldo
zucceikmst
61
De Ligt won't win it. As good as he isn't, he isn't as good as Mbappe and Mbappe didn't win it twice in a row despite being the best eligible player two years running. Mbappe would've won 2017 and 2018 if twice in a row was possible. Which tells us all it's not. Joao Felix is the one making headlines now, but Jadon Sancho made the most assists of any player in the top 5 leagues last season where as Joao Felix only started playing half way through the season. Jadon Sancho should win it. Felix might though. Either way, both look like top young talents.
Gunners4ever❤
54
Felix will be the winner. because de ligt won it last year and I think he won't win again because there is no one who won the golden boy award 2 years in a row
Chelasani
50
talento puro... the next kaka... presenting you the Golden Boy winner -joao felix
Kidcazz
37
Firstly deligt deserves this but can't win it cause no one can win it wise. Deligt not being able to win it makes jadon Sancho second favorite unless joao Felix somehow pulls off a Kylian mbappe before December.
king-chekwa
36
João Félix's pre-season: ✅5 games ⏱️251 minutes ⚽️4 goals 🅰️3 assists 📊directly involved in a goal every 35 minutes 126 millions of pure gold. 🔴⚪️
Nesaiknruy_Legend
17
If Odoi played more like he will under Lampard, no doubt he would win this award. 2nd best chelsea player after Hazard despite barely any minutes. His ratios are insane for a player of his age. Averaged better than Joao Felix in the Europa and barely even started...