Golden Boy 2024 Finalists: Full List
The finalists for the Golden Boy 2024 award features the best young talent across Europe. including Barcelona's Lamine Yamal.
For the last two decades, Italian outlet Tuttosport presents the Golden Boy award to the best soccer player under 21 years old competing across Europe. Previous winners range from Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney to Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé.
Last year, Jude Bellingham bagged the award by a record margin after a string of impressive performances for Borussia Dortmund, England and Real Madrid . Now, the next rising star is set to receive the award on Dec. 4.
Here's the 20 players up for this year's Golden Boy award.
Golden Boy 2024 Finalists
Lamine Yamal is the favorite to win this year's Golden Boy award after his exceptional performance for Spain at Euro 2024. The Barcelona winger recorded one goal and four assists in seven appearances for La Roja. Not only did he leave Germany as a Euro 2024 winner, but he also won the Young Player of the Tournament award a day after he turned 17 years old.
If Yamal does win the award, he will be the third Barcelona player in the last four years to take home the prize. He would also join the legendary list of previous winners, featuring some of the sport's best players of all time.
Previous Golden Boy Award Winners
Barcelona's Gavi is the youngest player to ever receive the Golden Boy award at age 18 and 77 days.
This was originally published on www.si.com as Golden Boy 2024 Finalists: Full List .
This story was originally published October 17, 2024, 12:32 PM.
