List last updated October 1, 2018- Click here for 2018 40 player nominee list
Here are the list of Golden Boy winners. The trophy was first given in 2003- nominees must be below 21 and must player in a European top flight league. The country to have won the most number of Golden Boy awards is France, who have won it thrice through Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Kylian Mbappe respectively.
The shortlist of the 2015 Ballon D’Or has been announced, and there is only one British player in the shortlist- Welsh superstar Gareth Bale. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the shortlist, with Bayern also contributing the likes of Lewandowski, Muller, Robben and Neuer.
Chelsea and Arsenal have Eden Hazard and Alexis Sanchez respectively on the list, with Man City contributing 3 representatives- Aguero, De Bruyne and Yaya Toure. Paul Pogba is Juve’s representative (Vidal is also on the list) while Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the sole Ligue 1 nominee on the list
These Puskas award nominees (VIDEO BELOW) have been shortlisted by world football’s governing body for the best goals of 2014. These are the top ten goals scored between 3 October 2013 and 26 September 2014, which explains why recent stunners like Erik Lamela’s rabona wonder in the Europa League didn’t make it to this list.
Some obvious crackers in the list- Zlatan’s beauty, Cahill, RVP and James from the World Cup, Kasami against Fulham, but also check out Stephanie Roche’s goal.