Tri mlada hrvatska nogometaša našla su se među 100 nominiranih za 19. izdanje nagrade Golden Boy koju je 2003. godine utemeljio Tuttosport. Stipe Biuk (HNK Hajduk), Joško Gvardiol (GNK Dinamo / RB Leipzig) i Antonio Marin (GNK Dinamo) tako će se boriti za titulu najboljeg nogometaša do 21 godine starosti koji nastupa u europskim ligama.
Prošlogodišnji pobjednik bio je napadač Borussije Dortmund i norveške reprezentacije Erling Haaland dok su od hrvatskih igrača među nominiranima bili David Čolina (HNK Hajduk) i Antonio Marin (GNK Dinamo).
Na prvotnom popisu se nalazi 100 igrača, a svakog 15. u mjesecu iz konkurencije će otpasti njih 20 dok će pobjednik biti proglašen tijekom jeseni na gala večeri u Torinu.
Ovogodišnji žiri čini 40 novinara iz eminentnih europskih sportskih redakcija poput talijanskog Tuttosporta, Corriere dello Sporta i La Gazzetta dello Sporta, francuskog L’Équipea, španjolske Marce, njemačkog Bilda, engleskog Timesa, portugalske A Bole, nizozemskog De Telegraafa, ruskog Sport-Express, turskog Fanatika, ali i TV kuća poput Raija, Mediaseta, Skyja, La7 i Dazna. Paralelno će se proglasiti i Web Golden Boy kojeg će odrediti glasovi navijača putem web portala Tuttosporta.
Sto nominiranih predvode nogometaši Barcelone Pedri i Ansu Fati, član Borussije Dortmung Jude Bellinghem, igrač Bayerna Jamal Musiala, veznjak Rennesa Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo iz Real Madrida…
Nominirani za nagradu:
- Karim-David ADEYEMI (19, Salzburg, Germany)
- Lucien Jefferson AGOUMÉ (19, Inter, France)
- Rayan AÏT-NOURI (20 years old, Wolverhampton, France-Algeria)
- Marley AKÉ (20, Juventus, France)
- Faustino Adebola Rasheed ANJORIN (19, Chelsea, England-Nigeria)
- Adil AOUCHICHE (18 years old, AS Saint-Étienne, France)
- Benoît Mukinayi BADIASHILE (20, AS Monaco, France)
- Youssouph BADJI (19 years old, Bruges, Senegal)
- Folarin Jerry BALOGUN (19, Arsenal, England-USA)
- Ander Muguruza BARRENETXEA (19, Real Sociedad, Spain)
- Jude Victor William BELLINGHAM (17, Borussia Dortmund, England)
- Adrián Garcia BERNABÉ (20, Manchester City, Spain)
- Stipe BIUK (18 years old, Hajduk Split, Croatian)
- Myron BOADU (20, AZ, Netherlands)
- Brian Ebenezer Adjei BROBBEY (19, RB Leipzig, Netherlands)
- Armando BROJA (19, Chelsea, England-Albania)
- Riccardo CALAFIORI (19, AS Roma, Italy)
- Eduardo CAMAVINGA (18 years old, Stade Rennais, France)
- Rayan Mathis CHERKI (17 years old, Olympique Lyonnais, France)
- Francisco Fernandes da CONCEIÇÃO (18, FC Porto, Portugal)
- Tanguy COULIBALY (20 years old, Stuttgart, France)
- Cosimo Marco DA GRACA (19, Juventus, Italy-Portugal)
- Ebrima DARBOE (20, AS Roma, Gambia)
- Charles DE KETELAERE (20 years old, Bruges, Belgium)
- Ersin DESTANOGLU (20, Besiktas, Turkey)
- Amad Traoré DIALLO (18, Manchester United, Ivory Coast)
- Jérémy DOKU (19 years old, Stade Rennais, Belgium)
- Radu Matei DRAGUSIN (19, Juventus, Romania)
- Úmaro EMBALÓ (20, Benfica, Portugal)
- Sebastiano ESPOSITO (18, Inter, Italy)
- Fabio SILVA (18 years old, Wolverhampton, Portugal)
- Nicolò FAGIOLI (20, Juventus, Italy)
- Félix CORREIA (20, Juventus, Portugal)
- Eric Martret GARCÍA (20, FC Barcelona, Spain)
- Bryan Salvatierra GIL (20, Sevilla FC, Spain)
- Billy Clifford GILMOUR (20, Chelsea, Scotland)
- Gonçalo RAMOS (20 years old, Benfica, Portugal)
- Ryan Jiro GRAVENBERCH (19, Ajax, Netherlands)
- Mason Will John GREENWOOD (20, Manchester United, England)
- Miguel Ortega GUTIÉRREZ (19, Real Madrid, Spain)
- Joško GVARDIOL (19, RB Leipzig, Croatia)
- Aaron Buchanan HICKEY (19, Bologna, Scotland)
- Adam HLOZEK (18, Sparta Prague, Czech R.)
- Mohamed Amine IHATTAREN (19, PSV, Netherlands-Morocco)
- Ilaix MORIBA (18 years old, FC Barcelona, Spain)
- Ivan ILIC (20, Hellas, Serbia)
- Joelson FERNANDES (18, Sporting CP, Portugal)
- Curtis Julian JONES (20, Liverpool, English)
- Odilon KOSSOUNOU (20 years old, Bruges, Ivory Coast)
- Tanguy-Austin Nianzou KOUASSI (19, Bayern Munich, France)
- Takefusa KUBO (20, Real Madrid, Japan)
- Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA (20, Rubin Kazan, Georgia)
- Kang-in LEE (20, Valencia CF, South Korea)
- Isaac LIHADJI (19 years old, Lille, France)
- Luis HENRIQUE (19 years old, Olympique de Marseille, Brazil)
- Daniel MALDINI (19, AC Milan, Italy)
- Darian MALES (20 years old, Inter, Switzerland-Serbia)
- Felix Khonde MAMBIMBI (20 years old, YB Berne, Switzerland-Congo)
- Filip MARCHWINSKI (19 years old, Lech Poznan, Poland)
- Marcos PAULO (20, Atlético de Madrid, Portugal-Brazil)
- Antonio MARIN (20, Dinamo Zagreb, Croatian)
- Gabriel Teodoro Silva MARTINELLI (19, Arsenal, Brazil)
- Aïmen MOUEFFEK (20 years old, AS Saint-Étienne, France-Morocco)
- Youssoufa MOUKOKO (16, Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
- Yunus Dimoara MUSAH (18, Valencia CF, USA)
- Jamal MUSIALA (18, Bayern Munich, Germany)
- Nuno MENDES (18 years old, Sporting CP, Portugal)
- Pedro González López PEDRI (18 years old, FC Barcelona, Spain)
- Pietro PELLEGRI (20, AS Monaco, Italy)
- Roberto PICCOLI (20 years old, Atalanta, Italy)
- Yéremi Jesús Santos PINO (18, Villarreal, Spain)
- Nicolas Thierry RASKIN (20 years old, Standard de Liège, Belgium)
- REINIER (19 years old, Borussia Dortmund, Brazil)
- Devyne Fabian Jairo RENSCH (18, Ajax, Netherlands)
- Giovanni Alejandro REYNA (19, Borussia Dortmund, USA)
- Bryan Keith REYNOLDS (19, AS Roma, USA)
- RODRYGO (20, Real Madrid, Brazil)
- Nicolò ROVELLA (19, Juventus, Italy)
- Georginio RUTTER (19, Hoffenheim, France)
- Bukayo SAKA (19, Arsenal, England)
- Eddie Anthony Mora SALCEDO (19, Inter, Italy-Colombia)
- William Alain André Gabriel SALIBA (20, Arsenal, France)
- Lazar Vujadin SAMARDZIC (19 years old, RB Leipzig, Germany-Serbia)
- Xavi Quentin Shay SIMONS (18 years old, Paris SG, Netherlands)
- Filip STEVANOVIC (18, Manchester City, Serbia)
- Luke Jonathan THOMAS (20, Leicester City, England)
- Khéphren THURAM-ULIEN (20 years old, OGC Nice, France)
- Tiago TOMÁS (18, Sporting CP, Portugal)
- Jurriën David Norman TIMBER (19, Ajax, Netherlands)
- Alex Emilio TIMOSSI ANDERSSON (20, Bayern Munich, Sweden)
- El Bilal TOURÉ (19 years old, Stade de Reims, Mali)
- Lassina TRAORÉ (20 years old, Ajax, Burkina Faso)
- Anatoliy Volodymyrovych TRUBIN (19 years old, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
- Adrien TRUFFERT (19 years old, Stade Rennais, France-Belgium)
- Konstantinos TZOLAKIS (18 years old, Olympiakos, Greece)
- Christos TZOLIS (19 years old, PAOK, Greece)
- Germán Karabinaite VALERA (19 years old, Atlético de Madrid, Spain)
- Yari VERSCHAEREN (20 years old, Anderlecht, Belgium)
- Florian WIRTZ (18, Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
- Illya Borysovych ZABARNYI (18 years old, Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine)
