The 100 candidates for the 2019 Golden Boy award have been revealed, including Gianluigi Donnarumma, Moise Kean and Nicolo Zaniolo.
There have been 16 previous winners of the prize that recognises the best under-21 player of the past season, going from Rafael van der Vaart in 2003 to last year’s claimant Matthijs de Ligt.
European media come together to vote for their choices, including Corriere dello Sport, Gazzetta dello Sport, Marca, L’Equipe, Bild, The Times, Blick, De Telegraaf, A Bola, Sport-Express, Aftonbladet and SportDay.
The 100 candidates for the 2019 Golden Boy award have been revealed, including Gianluigi Donnarumma, Moise Kean and Nicolo Zaniolo.
There have been 16 previous winners of the prize that recognises the best under-21 player of the past season, going from Rafael van der Vaart in 2003 to last year’s claimant Matthijs de Ligt.
European media come together to vote for their choices, including Corriere dello Sport, Gazzetta dello Sport, Marca, L’Equipe, Bild, The Times, Blick, De Telegraaf, A Bola, Sport-Express, Aftonbladet and SportDay.
Among the candidates are 12 Italians, with Donnarumma, Kean and Zaniolo joined by Domenico Alberico, Alessandor Bastoni, Davide Castelli, Pietro Pellegri, Luca Pellegrini, Andrea Pinamonti, Alessandro Plizarri, Gianluca Scamacca, Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo.
Rounding off the Italian contingent are five Serie A-based players – Alban Lafont, Justin Kluivert, Leandro Fernandes, Nicolas Schiappacasse and Hamed Traore.
Golden Boy 2019 candidates
Yacine Adli (Bordeaux), Domenico Alberico (Hoffenheim), Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea), Angel Gomes (Manchester United), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Keanan Bennetts (Borussia Monchengladbach), Indy Boonen (Oostende), Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), Rhian Brewster (Liverpool), Lazar Carevic (Barcelona), Davide Castelli (Villarreal), Tahith Chong (Manchester United), David Colina (Monaco), Michael Cuisance (Borussia Monchengladbach), Hannes Delcroix (Anderlecht), Matthijs De Ligt (Ajax), Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), Krepin Ditta (Club Brugge), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Diogo Queiros (Porto), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (Ajax), Florentino Luis (Benfica), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Fran Beltran (Celta Vigo), Benjamin Garre (Manchester City), Gedson Fernandes (Benfica), Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord), Willem Geubbels (Monaco), Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Charlie Gilmour (Arsenal), Lorenzo Gonzalez (Manchester City), Amine Gouiri (Olympique Lyonnais), Kamil Grabara (Liverpool), Addji Guehi (Chelsea), Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal), Erling Haland (Red Bull Salzburg), Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), Cucho Hernandez (Watford), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), Victor Jensen (Ajax), Joao Felix (Benfica), Jota (Benfica), Dejan Joveljic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Boubacar Kamara (Olympique Marseille), Moise Kean (Juventus), Justin Kluivert (Roma), Sekou Koita (Wolfsberger), Alban Lafont (Fiorentina), Diego Lainez (Real Betis), Leandro Fernandes (Juventus), Lee Kang-in (Valencia), Andrey Lunin (Real Madrid), Arne Maier (Hertha Berlin), Manu Morlanes (Villarreal), Jordi Mboula (Monaco), Mesaque Dji (West Ham United), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Nehuen Perez (Atletico Madrid), Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), Stanley Nsoki (Paris Saint-Germain), Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Tottenham Hotspur), Abdulkadir Omur (Trabzonspor), Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), Strahinja Pavlovic (Partizan Belgrade), Pietro Pellegri (Monaco), Luca Pellegrini (Roma), Andrea Pinamonti (Inter), Alessandro Plizzari (Milan), Domingos Quina (Watford), Rafael Leao (Lille), Riqui Puig (Barcelona), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Maximiliano Romero (PSV), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Malang Sarr (Nice), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), Nicolas Schiappacasse (Parma), Luis Sinisterra (Feyenoord), Oliver Skipp (Tottenham Hotspur), Boubakary Soumare (Lille), Antonios Stergiakis (Slavia Sofia), Dujon Sterling (Chelsea), Mile Svilar (Benfica), Moussa Sylla (Monaco), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Hamed Traore (Empoli), Udo Utin (Maccabi Haifa), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid), Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), Sebastian Walukiewicz (Cagliari), Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain), Joe Willock (Arsenal), Ben Woodburn (Liverpool), Dan-Axel Zagadou (Borussia Dortmund), Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), Ze Gomes (Benfica)