Tri mlada hrvatska nogometaša našla su se među 100 nominiranih za 19. izdanje nagrade Golden Boy koju je 2003. godine utemeljio Tuttosport. Stipe Biuk (HNK Hajduk), Joško Gvardiol (GNK Dinamo / RB Leipzig) i Antonio Marin (GNK Dinamo) tako će se boriti za titulu najboljeg nogometaša do 21 godine starosti koji nastupa u europskim ligama.

Prošlogodišnji pobjednik bio je napadač Borussije Dortmund i norveške reprezentacije Erling Haaland dok su od hrvatskih igrača među nominiranima bili David Čolina (HNK Hajduk) i Antonio Marin (GNK Dinamo).

Na prvotnom popisu se nalazi 100 igrača, a svakog 15. u mjesecu iz konkurencije će otpasti njih 20 dok će pobjednik biti proglašen tijekom jeseni na gala večeri u Torinu.

Ovogodišnji žiri čini 40 novinara iz eminentnih europskih sportskih redakcija poput talijanskog Tuttosporta, Corriere dello Sporta i La Gazzetta dello Sporta, francuskog L’Équipea, španjolske Marce, njemačkog Bilda, engleskog Timesa, portugalske A Bole, nizozemskog De Telegraafa, ruskog Sport-Express, turskog Fanatika, ali i TV kuća poput Raija, Mediaseta, Skyja, La7 i Dazna. Paralelno će se proglasiti i Web Golden Boy kojeg će odrediti glasovi navijača putem web portala Tuttosporta.

Sto nominiranih predvode nogometaši Barcelone Pedri i Ansu Fati, član Borussije Dortmung Jude Bellinghem, igrač Bayerna Jamal Musiala, veznjak Rennesa Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo iz Real Madrida…

Nominirani za nagradu:

• Karim-David ADEYEMI (19, Salzburg, Germany)
• Lucien Jefferson AGOUMÉ (19, Inter, France)
• Rayan AÏT-NOURI (20 years old, Wolverhampton, France-Algeria)
• Marley AKÉ (20, Juventus, France)
• Faustino Adebola Rasheed ANJORIN (19, Chelsea, England-Nigeria)
• Adil AOUCHICHE (18 years old, AS Saint-Étienne, France)
• Benoît Mukinayi BADIASHILE (20, AS Monaco, France)
• Youssouph BADJI (19 years old, Bruges, Senegal)
• Folarin Jerry BALOGUN (19, Arsenal, England-USA)
• Ander Muguruza BARRENETXEA (19, Real Sociedad, Spain)
• Jude Victor William BELLINGHAM (17, Borussia Dortmund, England)
• Adrián Garcia BERNABÉ (20, Manchester City, Spain)
• Stipe BIUK (18 years old, Hajduk Split, Croatian)
• Myron BOADU (20, AZ, Netherlands)
• Brian Ebenezer Adjei BROBBEY (19, RB Leipzig, Netherlands)
• Armando BROJA (19, Chelsea, England-Albania)
• Riccardo CALAFIORI (19, AS Roma, Italy)
• Eduardo CAMAVINGA (18 years old, Stade Rennais, France)
• Rayan Mathis CHERKI (17 years old, Olympique Lyonnais, France)
• Francisco Fernandes da CONCEIÇÃO (18, FC Porto, Portugal)
• Tanguy COULIBALY (20 years old, Stuttgart, France)
• Cosimo Marco DA GRACA (19, Juventus, Italy-Portugal)
• Ebrima DARBOE (20, AS Roma, Gambia)
• Charles DE KETELAERE (20 years old, Bruges, Belgium)
• Ersin DESTANOGLU (20, Besiktas, Turkey)
• Amad Traoré DIALLO (18, Manchester United, Ivory Coast)
• Jérémy DOKU (19 years old, Stade Rennais, Belgium)
• Radu Matei DRAGUSIN (19, Juventus, Romania)
• Úmaro EMBALÓ (20, Benfica, Portugal)
• Sebastiano ESPOSITO (18, Inter, Italy)
• Fabio SILVA (18 years old, Wolverhampton, Portugal)
• Nicolò FAGIOLI (20, Juventus, Italy)
• Félix CORREIA (20, Juventus, Portugal)
• Eric Martret GARCÍA (20, FC Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Bryan Salvatierra GIL (20, Sevilla FC, Spain)
• Billy Clifford GILMOUR (20, Chelsea, Scotland)
• Gonçalo RAMOS (20 years old, Benfica, Portugal)
• Ryan Jiro GRAVENBERCH (19, Ajax, Netherlands)
• Mason Will John GREENWOOD (20, Manchester United, England)
• Miguel Ortega GUTIÉRREZ (19, Real Madrid, Spain)
• Joško GVARDIOL (19, RB Leipzig, Croatia)
• Aaron Buchanan HICKEY (19, Bologna, Scotland)
• Adam HLOZEK (18, Sparta Prague, Czech R.)
• Mohamed Amine IHATTAREN (19, PSV, Netherlands-Morocco)
• Ilaix MORIBA (18 years old, FC Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Ivan ILIC (20, Hellas, Serbia)
• Joelson FERNANDES (18, Sporting CP, Portugal)
• Curtis Julian JONES (20, Liverpool, English)
• Odilon KOSSOUNOU (20 years old, Bruges, Ivory Coast)
• Tanguy-Austin Nianzou KOUASSI (19, Bayern Munich, France)
• Takefusa KUBO (20, Real Madrid, Japan)
• Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA (20, Rubin Kazan, Georgia)
• Kang-in LEE (20, Valencia CF, South Korea)
• Isaac LIHADJI (19 years old, Lille, France)
• Luis HENRIQUE (19 years old, Olympique de Marseille, Brazil)
• Daniel MALDINI (19, AC Milan, Italy)
• Darian MALES (20 years old, Inter, Switzerland-Serbia)
• Felix Khonde MAMBIMBI (20 years old, YB Berne, Switzerland-Congo)
• Filip MARCHWINSKI (19 years old, Lech Poznan, Poland)
• Marcos PAULO (20, Atlético de Madrid, Portugal-Brazil)
• Antonio MARIN (20, Dinamo Zagreb, Croatian)
• Gabriel Teodoro Silva MARTINELLI (19, Arsenal, Brazil)
• Aïmen MOUEFFEK (20 years old, AS Saint-Étienne, France-Morocco)
• Youssoufa MOUKOKO (16, Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
• Yunus Dimoara MUSAH (18, Valencia CF, USA)
• Jamal MUSIALA (18, Bayern Munich, Germany)
• Nuno MENDES (18 years old, Sporting CP, Portugal)
• Pedro González López PEDRI (18 years old, FC Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Pietro PELLEGRI (20, AS Monaco, Italy)
• Roberto PICCOLI (20 years old, Atalanta, Italy)
• Yéremi Jesús Santos PINO (18, Villarreal, Spain)
• Nicolas Thierry RASKIN (20 years old, Standard de Liège, Belgium)
• REINIER (19 years old, Borussia Dortmund, Brazil)
• Devyne Fabian Jairo RENSCH (18, Ajax, Netherlands)
• Giovanni Alejandro REYNA (19, Borussia Dortmund, USA)
• Bryan Keith REYNOLDS (19, AS Roma, USA)
• RODRYGO (20, Real Madrid, Brazil)
• Nicolò ROVELLA (19, Juventus, Italy)
• Georginio RUTTER (19, Hoffenheim, France)
• Bukayo SAKA (19, Arsenal, England)
• Eddie Anthony Mora SALCEDO (19, Inter, Italy-Colombia)
• William Alain André Gabriel SALIBA (20, Arsenal, France)
• Lazar Vujadin SAMARDZIC (19 years old, RB Leipzig, Germany-Serbia)
• Xavi Quentin Shay SIMONS (18 years old, Paris SG, Netherlands)
• Filip STEVANOVIC (18, Manchester City, Serbia)
• Luke Jonathan THOMAS (20, Leicester City, England)
• Khéphren THURAM-ULIEN (20 years old, OGC Nice, France)
• Tiago TOMÁS (18, Sporting CP, Portugal)
• Jurriën David Norman TIMBER (19, Ajax, Netherlands)
• Alex Emilio TIMOSSI ANDERSSON (20, Bayern Munich, Sweden)
• El Bilal TOURÉ (19 years old, Stade de Reims, Mali)
• Lassina TRAORÉ (20 years old, Ajax, Burkina Faso)
• Anatoliy Volodymyrovych TRUBIN (19 years old, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
• Adrien TRUFFERT (19 years old, Stade Rennais, France-Belgium)
• Konstantinos TZOLAKIS (18 years old, Olympiakos, Greece)
• Christos TZOLIS (19 years old, PAOK, Greece)
• Germán Karabinaite VALERA (19 years old, Atlético de Madrid, Spain)
• Yari VERSCHAEREN (20 years old, Anderlecht, Belgium)
• Florian WIRTZ (18, Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
• Illya Borysovych ZABARNYI (18 years old, Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine)