A total of twelve current and future Bundesliga talents can be found on this year’s 100 list for the “Golden Boy” award. The award, initiated by the Italian “Tuttosport”, votes for talents who stand out in their clubs and national teams through particularly good performances within the calendar year – i.e. across seasons. Requirement: You must be under 21 years of age and have played in Europe during the relevant rating period.
Top 50: The current status in the “Golden Boy” ranking
50 Hakon Arnar Haraldsson | Copenhagen | Iceland | Golden Boy Index: 68.2
However, the selection process is different from previous years. From now on, an algorithm called “Golden Boy Index” will be combined with a final vote by 50 journalists from all over Europe. The 100 list is no longer reduced by 20 players every month, but all 100 candidates remain in the running until a month before the election just before the end of the year. Then there will be a cut based on the “Golden Boy Index”, which is mainly made up of athletic performance, playing time and club strength. The twenty best talents on the list and five wildcards advance to the final, where the jury votes.
Jamal Musiala (20) from FC Bayern has the best cards in the race at the start, who currently tops the list with a “Golden Boy Index” of 98.3 ahead of Jude Bellingham (19; Index: 95) who is still a BVB professional. and last year’s winner Gavi (18; index: 93) from FC Barcelona. From a Bundesliga perspective, Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz (20th; 7th place), the future Leipziger Benjamin Sesko (20th; 8th place), Bayern’s Mathys Tel (18th; 31st place), SGE access Hugo Larsson (18th; 36th place) follow Dortmund’s Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (18; 39th place) and Youssoufa Moukoko (18; 65th place), Bochum’s loanee Tim Oermann (19; 74th place) and Arne Engels (19; 75th place) from FC Augsburg. At the bottom of the list are Gladbach’s Luca Netz (20; 99th place) and Kevin Paredes (20; 100th place) from VfL Wolfsburg.
2022 Gavi: All previous Golden Boy award winners
2003: Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax Amsterdam – Netherlands)
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