Golden Boy (award)

The Golden Boy is an award that is given by sports journalists to a young football player 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
Renato Sanches, the 2016 award winner
Year Winner Native country Club(s) Position Birth year Source(s)
2003 Rafael van der Vaart  Netherlands Netherlands Ajax Midfielder 1983 [1]
2004 Wayne Rooney  England England Everton/England Manchester United Forward 1985 [1]
2005 Lionel Messi  Argentina Spain Barcelona Forward 1987 [1]
2006 Cesc Fàbregas  Spain England Arsenal Midfielder 1987 [1]
2007 Sergio Agüero  Argentina Spain Atlético Madrid Forward 1988 [1]
2008 Anderson  Brazil England Manchester United Midfielder 1988 [2]
2009 Alexandre Pato  Brazil Italy Milan Forward 1989 [3]
2010 Mario Balotelli  Italy Italy Inter Milan/England Manchester City Forward 1990 [4]
2011 Mario Götze  Germany Germany Borussia Dortmund Midfielder 1992 [5]
2012 Isco  Spain Spain Málaga Midfielder 1992 [6]
2013 Paul Pogba  France Italy Juventus Midfielder 1993 [7]
2014 Raheem Sterling  England England Liverpool Midfielder 1994 [8]
2015 Anthony Martial  France France Monaco/England Manchester United Forward 1995 [9]
2016 Renato Sanches  Portugal Portugal Benfica/Germany Bayern Munich Midfielder 1997 [10]

Awards won by position

As of 24 October 2016
Position Win(s)
Midfielder 8
Forward 6

Awards won by nationality

As of 24 October 2016
Country Win(s) Year(s)
 France 2 2013, 2015
 Argentina 2 2005, 2007
 Spain 2 2006, 2012
 Brazil 2 2008, 2009
 England 2 2004, 2014
 Netherlands 1 2003
 Italy 1 2010
 Germany 1 2011
 Portugal 1 2016

Awards won by club

As of 24 October 2016

Year in italics have shared the win with other clubs.

Club Win(s) Year(s)
England Manchester United 3 2004[N. 1], 2008, 2015[N. 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[N. 3]
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 2011
Spain Málaga 1 2012
Italy Juventus 1 2013
England Liverpool 1 2014
Germany Bayern Munich 1 2016[N. 4]

Notes

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

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "È Anderson il Golden Boy 2008 di Tuttosport". tuttosport.com. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pato vince il Golden Boy 2009: "Magari emulare Messi..."". tuttosport.com. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Balotelli, Golden Boy 2010: "Un giorno sarò del Milan"". tuttosport.com. 21 December 2010. 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. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Pogba wins the 2013 Golden Boy award". tuttosport.com. 4 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.
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