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The 100 Player Shortlist For The Golden Boy Award Has Been Revealed

The 100 Player Shortlist For The Golden Boy Award Has Been Revealed

The best player under the age of 21 this year will come from the extensive list, that includes the likes of Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

The top 100 young players under the age of 21 have been revealed, with the announcement of this year's 'longlist' for the Golden Boy award.

Italian outlet Tuttosport came up with the award in 2003, to decide the best young player in Europe, playing in one of the top tier leagues, and it has become one of Europe's most prestigious awards.

On Monday the paper announced this year's list of 100, which will be whittled down over the coming months until the winner is announced. Amongst the names are 21 players who are currently with Premier League sides.

• Maximilian James Aarons (Norwich)

• Abel Ruiz (Braga)

• Karim-David Adeyemi (RB Salzburg)

• Yacine Adli (Bordeaux)

• Lucien Agoumé (Inter Milan)

• Marley Ake (Marseille)

• Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea)

• Ethan Ampadu (RB Leipzig)

Ampadu has been on loan at RB Leipzig from Chelsea all year. Image: PA Images
Ampadu has been on loan at RB Leipzig from Chelsea all year. Image: PA Images

• Angel Gomes (Manchester United)

• Adil Aouchiche (PSG)

• Benoît Badiashile (Monaco)

• Mitchel Bakker (PSG)

• Myron Boadu (AZ)

• Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes)

• Rayan Cherki (OL)

• Facundo Colidio (Sint-Truiden)

• David Colina (Hajduk Split)

• Trae Bailey Coyle (Arsenal)

• Leon Dajaku (Bayern Munich)

• Jonathan David (La Gantoise)

• Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

Alphonso Davies has been very impressive for Bayern this year. Image: PA Images
Alphonso Davies has been very impressive for Bayern this year. Image: PA Images

• Karamoko Dembele (Celtic)

• Sergino Dest (Ajax)

• Tiago Djalo (Lille)

• Sebastiano Esposito (Inter Milan)

• Fabio Silva (FC Porto)

• Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona)

• Phil Foden (Manchester City)

• Lyle Foster (Circles Bruges, Monaco)

• Eric Garcia (Manchester City)

• James Garner (Manchester United)

• Zeljko Gavric (Red Star Belgrade)

• Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord)

• Willem Geubbels (Monaco)

• Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White (Wolves)

• Bryan Salvatierra Gil (Leganés)

• Billy Gilmour (Chelsea)

• Claudio Gomes (PSV, Manchester City)

• Matias Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica)

• Lorenzo Gonzalez (St. Gallen)

• Amine Gouiri (Lyon)

• Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)

• Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)

• Erling Braut Haland (Borussia Dortmund)

• Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)

Hudson-Odoi has impressed for Chelsea. Image: PA Images
Hudson-Odoi has impressed for Chelsea. Image: PA Images

• Mohamed Amine Ihattaren (PSV)

• Curtis Jones (Liverpool)

• Ozan Muhammed Kabak (Schalke 04)

• Mamadou Kaly Sène (Juventus)

• Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca, Real Madrid)

• Mohammed Kudus (Nordsjaelland)

• Dejan Kulusevski (Parma, Juventus)

• Diego Lainez (Betis)

• Yasser Larouci (Liverpool)

• Kang-in Lee (Valencia FC)

• Daniel Maldini (AC Milan)

Unlike his father, Daniel Maldini is an attacking midfielder. Image: PA Images
Unlike his father, Daniel Maldini is an attacking midfielder. Image: PA Images

• Felix Khonde Mambimbi (YB Bern)

• Antonio Marin (Dinamo Zagreb)

• Svetozar Markovic (Larisa)

• Alejandro José Méndez Marques (Juventus)

• Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)

• Loïc Mbe Soh (PSG)

• Juan Miranda (Schalke 04, FC Barcelona)

• Nehuén Pérez (Famalicão, Atlético de Madrid)

• Jean-Claude Junior Wa Dimbonda Ntenda (Juventus)

• Michael Obafemi (Southampton)

• Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen)

• Strahinja Pavlovic (Partizan, AS Monaco)

• Pedro Neto (Wolves)

Neto has scored four times this season. Image: PA Images
Neto has scored four times this season. Image: PA Images

• Eduardo Quaresma (Sporting CP)

• Rafael Camacho (Sporting CP)

• Reinier (Real Madrid)

• Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)

• Alessio Riccardi (AS Roma)

• Rodrygo (Real Madrid)

• Ionut-Casian Rus (CFR Cluj)

• Thomas Sabitzer (LASK)

• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

• William Saliba (St Etienne)

• Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)

• Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham)

• Sergio Gomez (Borussia Dortmund)

• Oliver Skipp (Tottenham)

• Mathías Soulé (Juventus)

• Yukinari Sugawara (AZ)

• Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburg)

• Tomás Tavarez (Benfica)

• Tetê (Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Tiago Lopes (FC Porto)

• Sandro Tonali (Brescia)

• Ferrán Torres (Valencia FC)

Ferran Torres has been linked with some of Europe's biggest clubs. Image: PA Images
Ferran Torres has been linked with some of Europe's biggest clubs. Image: PA Images

• Amad Diallo Traoré (Atalanta)

• Hamed Junior Traoré (Sassuolo)

• Lassina Traoré (Ajax)

• Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (Dynamo Kiev)

• Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool)

• Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht)

• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)

• Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)

Vinicius Jr is already a major part of Zinedine Zidane's squad. Image: PA Images
Vinicius Jr is already a major part of Zinedine Zidane's squad. Image: PA Images

The award's prestige partially comes from its list of winners, which proves that it's a pretty good yard stick for predicting who will be a star of the future.

Rafael van der Vaart was the first winner 17 years ago and the Dutchman was followed by Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero.

More recently Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Kylian Mbappe and Matheus de Ligt have all won the award.

Who do you think will be named as 2020's Golden Boy?

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Topics: Phil Foden, Football News, Serie A, Ligue 1, Erling Haaland, Premier League, Ansu Fati, Jadon Sancho, La Liga, Bundesliga

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