An initial 100-man list kick-starts the process of selecting this year’s best young player.
Tuttosport has released its first shortlist for this year’s Golden Boy award.
The Italian publication hands out the prestigious award to the best under-21 player of each calendar year. Several great players have won the award during the first stages of their careers, including Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney.
Last season, Barcelona youngster Pedri claimed the overwhelming majority of the votes. His incredible breakthrough season at Camp Nou saw the Spaniard establish his reputation as one of the most promising young forwards in European football.
Pedri is once again in the running for the award, while his teammates Gavi, Nico Gonzalez, Alejandro Balde, and Ansu Fati have also made it to the list. Another notable nominee from La Liga is Real Madrid midfielder Edouard Camavinga, who joined the Blancos from Rennes last summer.
Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala and Borussia’s Jude Bellingham are also among the top favourites to win the award. From the Premier League, Harvey Elliot, Adam Diallo, and Anthony Elanga are included alongside Fabio Silva, Ki-Jana Hoever, Pape Matar Sarr, Yan Couto, Kacper Kozlowski and Joe Gelhardt.
Let’s take a look at Tutto Sport’s 100-man list for this year’s Golden Boy award.
Golden Boy 2022: Full list of nominees
- Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
- Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma)
- Lucien Agoume (Inter)
- Anouar Ait El Hadj (Anderlecht)
- Janis Antiste (Spezia)
- Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
- Stipe Biuk (HNK Hajduk Split)
- Edoardo Bove (Roma)
- Jayden Braaf (Borussia Dortmund)
- Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
- Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
- Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
- Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers)
- Francisco Conceicao (Porto)
- Yan Couto (Manchester City)
- Mohamed Daramy (Ajax)
- Amar Dedic (Red Bull Salzburg)
- Amad Diallo (Manchester United)
- Diego Moreira (Benfica)
- Jeremy Doku (Rennes)
- Radu Dragusin (Juventus)
- Hugo Ekitike (Reims)
- Anthony Elanga (Manchester United)
- Harvey Elliott (Liverpool)
- Sebastiano Esposito (Inter)
- Maxime Esteve (Montpellier)
- Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool)
- Fabio Silva (Wolves)
- Ansu Fati (Barcelona)
- Gavi (Barcelona)
- Joe Gelhardt (Leeds)
- Wilfried Gnonto (Zurich)
- Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich)
- Malo Gusto (Lyon)
- Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
- Henrique Araujo (Benfica)
- Aaron Hickey (Bologna)
- Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves)
- Ilaix Moriba (RB Leipzig)
- Joelson Fernandes (Sporting CP)
- Isak Bergmann Johannesson (Copenhagen)
- Nemanja Jovic (Partizan Belgrade)
- Arnaud Kalimuendo (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg)
- Ansgar Knauff (Borussia Dortmund)
- Kacper Kozlowski (Brighton)
- Isaac Lihadji (Lille)
- Castello Lukeba (Lyon)
- Noni Madueke (PSV Eindhoven)
- Eliot Matazo (Monaco)
- Nathanael Mbuku (Reims)
- Fabio Miretti (Juventus)
- Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund)
- Yunus Musah (Valencia)
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
- Cher Ndour (Benfica)
- Luca Netz (Borussia Monchengladbach)
- Tanguy Nianzou (Bayern Munich)
- Nico (Barcelona)
- Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
- Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Becir Omeragic (Zurich)
- Simone Pafundi (Udinese)
- Matias Palacios (Basel)
- Paulo Bernardo (Benfica)
- Pedri (Barcelona)
- Yeremi Pino (Villarreal)
- Devyne Rensch (Ajax)
- Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
- Fabian Rieder (Young Boys)
- Rodrigo Ribeiro (Sporting CP)
- Luka Romero (Lazio)
- Georginio Rutter (Hoffenheim)
- Lazar Samardzic (Udinese)
- Cisse Sandra (Club Brugge)
- Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham)
- Joe Scally (Borussia Monchengladbach)
- Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
- Benjamin Sesko (Reb Bull Salzburg)
- Brandon Soppy (Udinese)
- Matias Soule (Juventus)
- Filip Stevanovic (Manchester City)
- Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)
- Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes)
- Tomas Suslov (Groningen)
- Jan Thielmann (Koln)
- Tiago Tomas (Sporting CP)
- Malik Tillman (Bayern Munich)
- Destiny Udogie (Hellas Verona)
- Maarten Vandevoordt (Genk)
- Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg)
- Elye Wahi (Montpellier)
- Illya Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Nicola Zalewski (Roma)
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