GOLDEN BOY 2014 LIST 40 CANDIDATES

Italian Football media "Tuttosport" has let known the list of 40 candidates for the "2014 Golden Boy Award". Italian & prestigious European journalist vote who they believe is the "Best U-21 Football Player of the Year". Last year Pogba (Juventus ) with past winners Isco (Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabragas, Sergio Aguero & Mario Balotelli

Spanish Football has the following youngsters as candidates:

Gerard Deulofeu (Sevilla FC), Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), Munir El Haddai (FC Barcelona), Saul Niguez (Atletico de Madrid), Sandro Ramirez (FC Barcelona). Plus another Spaniard is a contender who is playing in Portugal, Oliver Torres , currently with Porto.

Other candidates & Leagues:

Premier League: Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham), Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United), Lazar Markovic (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), John Stones (Everton), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea).

Serie A: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Franco Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Kingsley Coman (Juventus), Keita Balde Diao (Lazio), Mateo Kovacic (Inter).

Bundesliga: Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen), Gianluca Gaudino (Bayern Munich), Mathias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Green (Hamburg), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Bayern Munich), Maximilian Meyer (Schalke).

Ligue 1: Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Marseille), Lucas Ocampos (Monaco), Divock Origi (Lille), Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain).

Others: Bruma (Galatasaray), Gonzalez (Basel), Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Aleksandr Mitrovic (Anderlecht), Nikola Ninkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Denis Praet (Anderlecht), , Oliver Torres (Porto), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Jetro Willems (PSV), Luka Zahovic (Maribor).

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FOOTBALL | LIST OF 40 CANDIDATES "GOLDEN BOY AWARD" FOR U-21

Italian media "Tuttosport", which hands the "Golden Boy Football Award" - the equivalent of the FIFA Golden Ball for U-21 players - , handed in its 40 candidates for this year. Last year the winner was Spanish International & Real Madrid midfielder Isco.

This year two Spanish U-21 Internationals are on the list: Oliver ( At.Madrid ) & Jese Rodriguez ( Real Madrid ). The favourite is Juventus & French International Pogba who won the FIFA U-20 World Cup & starring in Italy.

Full list of 40 Candidates:

Boakye (Ghana/Elche)

Bruma (Portugal/Galtasaray)

Can (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen)

Cristóforo (Uruguay/Sevilla)

Digne (France/PSG)

Draxler (Germany/Borussia Dortmund)

Ferreira Carrasco (Bélgium/Mónaco)

Fischer (Denmark/Ajax)

Fred (Brazil/Shakhtar Donetsk)

Gnabry (Germany/Arsenal)

Icardi (Argentina/Inter)

Iturbe (Argentina/Verona)

Januzaj (Bélgium/Manchester United)

Jesé (Spain/Real Madrid)

Kondogbia (France/Mónaco)

Kovacic (Croatia/Inter)

Laxalt (Uruguay/Bolonia)

López (Uruguay/Udinese)

Lukaku (Bélgium/Everton)

Maher (Holland/PSV Eindhoven)

Markovic (Serbia/Benfica)

Marquinhos (Brazil/PSG)

Mitrovic (Serbia/Anderlecht)

Nastasic (Serbia/Manchester City)

Niang (France/Milán)

Omeruo (Nigeria/Chelsea)

Chamberlain (England/Arsenal)

Perea (Colombia/Lazio)

Pogba (France/Juventus)

Quintero (Colombia/Oporto)

Radosevic (Croatia/Nápoles)

Rafinha (Brazil/Celta)

Rebic (Croatia/Fiorentina)

Sanogo (France/Arsenal)

Thauvin (France/Olympique de Marsella)

Tiago Ilori (Portugal/Liverpool)

Óliver Torres (Spain/Atlético)

Varane (France/Real Madrid)

Vilhena (Holland/Feyenoord)

Vitinho (Brazil/CSKA)

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MALAGA FC ISCO WINS 2012 GOLDEN BOY

Spanish U-21 International & MALAGA FC player ISCO was awarded the 2012 GOLDEN BOY, title given to the "Best U-21 Player in European Football". Isco wins ahead of El Shaarawy (Ac Milan ) with 125 votes , third went to Atletico de Madrid goalkeeper Courtois with 116 votes.

Past winners:
2012 Francisco Román Alarcón 'Isco' (Málaga)
2011 Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
2010 Mario Balotelli (Manchester City)
2009 Alexandre Pato (Milan)
2008 Anderson (Manchester United)
2007 Sergio Agüero (Atlético de Madrid)
2006 Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal)
2005 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2004 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2003 Van der Vaart (Ajax Amsterdam)

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SPANISH FOOTBALL CANDIDATES | GOLDEN BOY AWARD

Plenty of Spanish U-21 Internationals & Spanish Football based youngsters are on the list of candidates for this years "Golden Boy Award". The title is handed in by Italian paper "Tuttosport" with the votes of 30 journalists that will claim the "Best U-21 player in European Football". The winner will be announce December at the city of Turin ( Italy ) HQ of the Sports paper.

Muniain, Koke & Isco

List of final caniddates:

Alaba (Bayern Munich); Ananidze (Spartak de Moscú); Atsu (Porto); Bahebeck (Troyes); Campell (Betis); Castaignos (Twente); Courtois (Atlético de Madrid); Coutinho (Inter de Milán); Deulofeu (FC Barcelona B); Draxler (Schalke 04); Dudu (Dinamo de Kiev); El Shaarawy (Milan); Eriksen (Ajax); Gotze (Borussia Dortmund); Guidetti (Manchester City); Isco (Málaga CF); Jesé (Real Madrid Castilla); John (Benfica); Kadlec (Sparta de Praga); Koke (Atlético de Madrid); Kovacic (Dinamo de Zagreb); Lalkovic (Victoria Guimaraes); Lamela (AS Roma); Longo (RCD Espanyol); Markovic (Partizan de Belgrado); Martins Indi (Feyenord); Muniain (Athletic Club); Musa (CSKA Moscú); Obiang (Sampdoria); Oxlade Chamberlain (Arsenal); Ozdoev (Lokomotiv de Moscú); Pogba (Juventus); Salah (Basilea); Shelvey (Liverpool); Sterling (Liverpool); Varane (Real Madrid); Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) & Xhaka (Borussia M'Gladbach).

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FC BARCELONA PLAYER THIAGO ALCANTARA SECOND PLACE IN 2011 "GOLDEN BOY AWARD"

Congratulations to Borussia Dortmund youngster MARIO GOETZE who was awarded by the Italian newspaper "Tuttosport" this years "GOLDEN BOY AWARD", or the "Best Under - 21 European Footballer".

The news has taken some back here in Spain, & perhaps in Barcelona,  as the "hot favourite" was FC BARCELONA & Spanish Football International midfielder THIAGO ALCANTRA. The Barça player finished 2º in the voting ahead of Belgium (French Club Lille player) youngster Eden Hazard who finished in  3º place. More than 30 Sports journalists around Europe were in charge of placing their votes to acclaim the overall winner.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL DOMINATES "GOLDEN BOY U-21 AWARD" CANDIDATES

The list of candidates that will opt for this years "GOLDEN BOY AWARD" has been handed in with a clear SPANISH FOOTBALL flavour. The Award has a "peculiar" title but is no less prestigious as it its the equivalente to the "FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD",  but in this case for Under-21 players.

The Spanish National players are Thiago Alcantara, Muniain, Oriol, Alvaro Vazquez, Rodrigo, Sergio Canales & Dani Pacheco, while other non-Spanish youngsters elected as candidates, & playing in Spanish Football are Varane, Courtois & Griezmann. According to some media sources the favourite is THIAGO ALCANTARA (FC Barcelona).

Thiago

Here is the full list of candidates: name, country & club:


David Alaba AUS Bayern
Álvaro Vázquez SP Espanyol
Jordan Ayew GHA Ol. Marsella
Fabio Borini ITA Roma
Joel Campbell CSR Lorient
Sergio Canales SP Valencia
Thibaut Courtois BEL Atlético
P. Coutinho BRA Inter
E. P. Dudú BRA Dinamo Kiev
Lorenzo Ebecilio HOL Ajax
S. El Shaarawy ITA Milan
Christian Eriksen DIN Ajax
Mario Götze GER Bor. Dortmund
Clement Grenier FRA Ol. Lyon
A. Griezmann FRA Real Sociedad
Eden Hazard BEL Lille
Philip Jones ENG Man. United
Sergei Kryvtsov UCR Shakhtar D.
A. Lacazette FRA Ol. Lyon
Adem Ljajic SER Fiorentina
Romelu Lukaku BEL Chelsea
Eliaquim Mangala FRA Oporto
Alex Merkel ALE-KAZ Genoa
Iker Muniain SP Athletic Club
Miguel Nelson POR Benfica
Joel Obi NIG Inter
O. Chamberlain ING Arsenal
Dani Pacheco SP Rayo Vallecano.
Rodrigo Moreno SP Benfica
James Rodríguez COL Oporto
Jack Rodwell ENG Everton
Oriol Romeu SP Chelsea
Davide Santon ITA Newcastle
Stefan Savic MON Man. City
Georgi Sennikov RUS CSKA Moscú
Xherdan Shaqiri SUI Basilea
Thiago Alcantara SP Barcelona
Raphael Varane FRA Real Madrid
Jack Wilshere ENG Arsenal
Granit Xhaka SUI Basilea
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