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.

Selection

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.

Winners

Rafael van der Vaart, the inaugural award winner
Kylian Mbappé, the 2017 award winner
Year Winner Native country Club(s) Position Birth year Source(s)
2003Rafael van der Vaart NetherlandsNetherlands AjaxMidfielder1983 [1]
2004Wayne Rooney EnglandEngland Everton
England Manchester United		Forward1985 [1]
2005Lionel Messi ArgentinaSpain BarcelonaForward1987 [1]
2006Cesc Fàbregas SpainEngland ArsenalMidfielder1987 [1]
2007Sergio Agüero ArgentinaSpain Atlético MadridForward1988 [1]
2008Anderson BrazilEngland Manchester UnitedMidfielder1988 [2]
2009Alexandre Pato BrazilItaly MilanForward1989 [3]
2010Mario Balotelli ItalyItaly Inter Milan
England Manchester City		Forward1990 [4]
2011Mario Götze GermanyGermany Borussia DortmundMidfielder1992 [5]
2012Isco SpainSpain MálagaMidfielder1992 [6]
2013Paul Pogba FranceItaly JuventusMidfielder1993 [7]
2014Raheem Sterling EnglandEngland LiverpoolMidfielder1994 [8]
2015Anthony Martial FranceFrance Monaco
England Manchester United		Forward1995 [9]
2016Renato Sanches PortugalPortugal Benfica
Germany Bayern Munich		Midfielder1997 [10]
2017Kylian Mbappé FranceFrance Monaco
France Paris Saint-Germain		Forward1998 [11]

Awards won by position

As of 23 October 2017
Position Win(s)
Midfielder 8
Forward 7

Awards won by nationality

As of 23 October 2017
Country Win(s) Year(s)
 France 3 2013, 2015, 2017
 England 2 2004, 2014
 Argentina 2 2005, 2007
 Spain 2 2006, 2012
 Brazil 2 2008, 2009
 Netherlands 1 2003
 Italy 1 2010
 Germany 1 2011
 Portugal 1 2016

Awards won by club

As of 23 October 2017

Year in bold have shared the win with other clubs.

Club Win(s) Year(s)
England Manchester United 3 2004[upper-alpha 1], 2008, 2015[upper-alpha 2]
Netherlands Ajax 1 2003
Spain Barcelona 1 2005
England Arsenal 1 2006
Spain Atlético Madrid 1 2007
Italy Milan 1 2009
England Manchester City 1 2010[upper-alpha 3]
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 2011
Spain Málaga 1 2012
Italy Juventus 1 2013
England Liverpool 1 2014
Germany Bayern Munich 1 2016[upper-alpha 4]
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 2017[upper-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shared with Everton.
  2. 1 2 Shared with Monaco.
  3. ↑ Shared with Inter Milan.
  4. ↑ Shared with Benfica.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Golden Boy: l'Albo d'Oro". tuttosport.com. 6 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze lands 'Golden Boy' award for 2011". Goal.com. Dec 5, 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Isco wins the 2012 Golden Boy award". insidespanishfootball.com. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Pogba wins the 2013 Golden Boy award". tuttosport.com. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Raheem Sterling named Europe's Golden Boy after excellent year at Liverpool FC". Liverpool Echo. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Martial élu Golden Boy 2015". L'Équipe (in French). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
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