The 2025 European Golden Boy Award has entered a critical stage, with the organizer officially unveiling this year’s 25-man shortlist.
The 25 candidates for the 2025 Golden Boy Award are as follows:
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), Jorrel Hato (Chelsea), Giovanni Queirós (Sporting CP), Estêvão Willian (Chelsea), Leny Yoro (Manchester United), Seny Mayulu (Paris Saint-Germain), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen), Viktor Froholdt (Porto), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur), Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur), Mamadou Sarr (RC Strasbourg), Jobe Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Pio Esposito (Inter Milan), Rodrigo Mora (Porto), Giovanni Leonardi (Liverpool), Aleksandar Stanković (Club Brugge).
The Golden Boy Award, founded by Italy’s Tuttosport in 2003, specifically honors the most outstanding under-21 young players in European leagues each year. It is regarded as one of the "highest honors for young footballers in the world," with past winners including Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, and Pedri.