The final list for the European Golden Boy 2022 award announced

So far, it has not happened that a football player has been declared the best young player of the year twice in a row, so it is hard to believe that Barcelona's Pedri will defend the Golden Color trophy won in 2021. Especially considering the results of the Catalans. Nevertheless, the brilliant central midfielder found himself on Tutosport's shortlist and in the selection for this year. Besides him, there are 19 other names.

The Italian newspaper, the creator of this recognition, published a list of 20 candidates, and the ceremony during which the winner will be announced is scheduled for November 7 in Turin. The initial list included 100 footballers under the age of 21, and the shortened list included four Italians (Scalvini, Udoji, Miretti, Njonto) and Spaniards (Gavi, Pedri, Fati, Nico), three Portuguese (Mendes, Carvalho, Silva ), two Frenchmen each (Kamavinga, Tel) and Germans (Musiala, Adejemi) and one Slovenian (Sesko), Pole (Zalewski), Englishman (Bellingham), Dutchman (Gravenberch) and Croatian (Guardiol).

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Most of them are from Barcelona and Bayern, three each, two from Borussia Dortmund, and one each from Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain, Atalanta, Salzburg, Udinese (on loan until the end of the season from Tottenham), Roma, Juventus, Benfica, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Leeds, and RB Leipzig.

In terms of team performance, but also personal issues, the first candidate for victory this year is Eduardo Camavinga, champion of Spain and Europe with Real Madrid. His main competitors are Jude Bellingham from Dortmund and Jamal Musiala, who are shining this season in the Bundesliga. The Englishman became the first teenager to score a goal in each of the first four rounds of the Champions League group stage, while Musiala has five goals and assists in eight Bundesliga matches, and in total this season he has collected seven goals and eight assists in 13 appearances for the Bavarians.

Here is the complete list of candidates for 2022:

Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund/Germany)

Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich/Germany)

Nico (Valencia/Spain)

Nuno Mendes (PSG/Portugal)

Pedri (Barcelona/Spain)

Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta/Italy)

Benjamin Šeško (Salzburg/Slovenia)

Mathis Thel (Bayern Munich/France)

Destini Udozzi (Udinese/Italy)

Nikola Zalewski (Roma/Poland)

Fabio Miretti (Juventus/Italy)

Antonio Silva (Benfica/Portugal)

Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/England)

Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid/France)

Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool/Portugal)

Ansu Fati (Barcelona/Spain)

Gavi (Barcelona/Spain)

Willy Gnonto (Leeds/Italy)

Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich/Netherlands)

Josko Guardiol (RB Leipzig/Croatia)

Previous winners of the Golden Child Award:

2003: Raphael van der Vaart

2004: Wayne Rooney

2005: Lionel Messi

2006: Cesc Fabregas

2007: Sergio Aguero

2008: Anderson

2009: Alessandre Pato

2010: Mario Balotelli

2011: Mario Getze

2012: Isco

2013: Paul Pogba

2014: Raheem Sterling

2015: Anthony Martial

2016: Renato Sanchez

2017: Kylian Mbappe

2018: Matthias de Licht

2019: Joao Felix

2020: Erling Haaland

2021: Pedri

2022: ?