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 20 final nominees for the Golden boy award 🏆 pic.twitter.com/QV41mM5pNn— FootballChampions (@ChampionsTV_) October 14, 2022 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).All-African Team in Top 5 European Leagues: Nigerian attacking duo torments keepers and sweepersMost 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.##NAJAVA_MECA_6724277##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 Vaart2004: Wayne Rooney2005: Lionel Messi2006: Cesc Fabregas2007: Sergio Aguero2008: Anderson2009: Alessandre Pato2010: Mario Balotelli2011: Mario Getze2012: Isco2013: Paul Pogba2014: Raheem Sterling2015: Anthony Martial2016: Renato Sanchez2017: Kylian Mbappe2018: Matthias de Licht2019: Joao Felix2020: Erling Haaland2021: Pedri2022: ?
