The Golden Boy Awards are used to recognize talented young players.

The origin of the Golden Boy Award

The European Golden Boy was founded in 2003 by the Italian Turin Sports News. It was voted by important European media to identify the youngest player of the year. It is also considered an “adult ceremony” for young rookies. The target must be a young player who plays for the European club under the age of 21.

Previous Golden Boy Award Winners

Mbabe in 2017, Renato-Sanchez in 2016, Marshall in 2015, Sterling in 2014, Bogba in 2013, Isco in 2012, Gotze in 2011, Balotelli in 2010, Pato in 2009, Anderson in 2008, Aguero in 2007, Fabregas in 2006, Messi in 2005, Rooney in 2004, Van der Vaart in 2003

Since the establishment of the Golden Boy Award in 2003, 15 winners have been born. Some of the list has faded out of the eyes of the fans. Some are in the domicile but are unhappy, and some are not fulfilling their talents. Slowly sinking, and some have become superstars in football. Let’s take a look at the overview of the careers of these 15 Golden Boy winners;

True name

The first person in Messi’s well-deserved football has made countless achievements in Barcelona.

Messi

In 2005, 18-year-old Messi led Argentina to win the World Youth Championship and won the Golden Globe and Golden Boot Awards, and won the European Golden Boy Award. As the most talented young player in European football, Messi was highly hoped, and his career has fully fulfilled his great talent. He won countless honors with Barcelona and broke countless scoring records. In his career, he has won 9 La Liga titles, 4 Champions League titles, 6 Spanish Kings Cups, 8 Spanish Super Cups and 3 European Super Cups. In Barcelona, Messi won 33 big and small. The champion, ranked first in the history of the team, and is still at the peak of his career, will create more records. It can be said that Messi is the most successful player in the career of the Golden Boy Award.

Rooney has a very successful career

Rooney

When playing for Everton in 2002, in the Premier League against Arsenal, in the 90th minute, the score was still 1:1. In an attack, Rooney got the ball over Lauren and grabbed the right foot before Segan and Campbell. Pulling out the arc ball, the ball crossed the head of the old country door Seaman, hit the lower edge of the beam into the net, Everton staged a lore, and Rooney thus “one ball fame.” In the 2004 European Cup, Rooney’s performance attracted the attention of the world, and then joined Manchester United at a price of 25 million pounds at that time, and in the debut of the Red Devils, Wayne Rooney staged a hat trick. During his time at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney became the holder of Manchester United history and England team history scoring record. Now Rooney plays in the United States Major League, representing Washington United’s 11 games, Rooney scored 4 goals, assists 5 times, still can play the heat, Rooney can be said to be a typical representative of England’s young fame and grow into a generation of superstars.

Aguero is now the top forward of Manchester City in Guardiola, in a hot state

3. Aguero

In 2005, he won the World Youth Championship with Messi. In 2006, La Liga Atletico signed the 18-year-old Aguero at a price of 26 million euros. At the time, this fee was the most expensive in the history of the club. Will spend. In the 2007-2008 season, Aguero ranked third in the La Liga scorer with 19 goals and won the title of Best Latin American player in La Liga. During his time at Atletico Madrid, Aguero played 234 times for the team, dedicated 102 goals and 37 assists, and won the 09/10 UEFA Champions League and the European Super Cup. In the summer of 2011, Aguero switched to Manchester City with the transfer king of Manchester City Football Club history. Manchester City will pay a £35 million transfer fee to Atletico Madrid, in addition to a £3 million conditional floating transfer fee. In the first season of Manchester City, Aguero scored 23 goals in 34 games in the UK. As of 2017-2018, Aguero represented Manchester City in the Premier League with 137 goals; with Manchester City won 3 Premier League games. champion;

Pogba’s performance at Manchester United is inferior to the Juventus period.

4. Pogba

In 2012, 19-year-old Pogba chose to leave in the first team of Manchester United without re-use. He joined Serie A giant Juventus and scored 5 goals in 27 appearances in Juventus’ first season and won the 2012-2013 season. The Serie A champion, who grew up in Juventus as an influential first-line star in the world of football, won the European Golden Boy Award for 12 years. In 2016, Pogba returned to Old Trafford for £89 million. In the first season, he won the Europa League, the League Cup and the Community Shield Cup. Pogba has now fulfilled his talent and become A superstar in the world of football, a first-class B2B midfielder.

Medium-sized

Although the small law is still playing in the giants, the career is far from the expectations of people.

Fabregas

Fabregas is from the La Masia youth camp in Barcelona, but joined Arsenal in September 2003. Growing up as the core of the team’s organization during Arsenal’s effectiveness, breaking Arsenal’s many records. In 2011, Fabregas returned to Barcelona for 35 million euros, but the three years in Barcelona was not successful. In the summer of 2014, Fabregas will join Chelsea for £27 million.

In terms of the national team, Fabregas started his national career in the Finnish World Cup in 2003. In 2006, due to his outstanding performance in Arsenal, Fabregas won the Golden Boy Award of the year and was selected for the Spanish national football team that year. With the national team participated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the 2008 European Cup, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the 2012 European Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but due to the presence of Iniesta and Harvey in the midfield, Fabregas The role is not heavy.

Isco’s performance can only be said to be law-abiding and unstable.

Isco

As a new generation of golden children in Spain, Isco has carried the hope of the whole of Spain. In 2011, Isco helped his hometown team Málaga to enter the Champions League race and created history. In 2013, Isco first represented the Spanish national team and represented the Spanish U21 in the European Youth Championship. In the same year, he moved to Real Madrid. As the main force, he won 4 Champions League titles, 1 La Liga title, 1 King’s Cup, 3 World Cup Cups, 3 European Super Cups and 1 Spanish Super Cup. Isco is the fastest-growing player in La Liga in the 2011-12 season. In the 2016-17 season, Isco was shortlisted for the Champions League . In the 2017-18 season, Isco was nominated for the best team in La Liga. Although Isco has won a lot of honors with Real Madrid, but personal performance is still a certain gap from people’s expectations, can only be said to be law-abiding.

Sterling carries the future of England, but there is still a long way to go before I can achieve something.

3. Sterling

As England’s latest generation of golden children, Sterling is well known to fans in Liverpool and moved to Manchester City for £49 million in 2015, becoming the team’s main force. In today’s Manchester City of Guardiola, Sterling played an important role, winning the Premier League title with Manchester City last year. Sterling is fast and flexible, but the shooting ability is slightly weaker. In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Sterling, as the main force, scored the top 4 with England and lost to Croatia in the final competition.

Nothing

Anderson is a typical representative of high-altitude and low-altitude, and has long since disappeared into the eyes of everyone.

The Golden Boy Award, which did not grow up in the end, was not in the minority, with a halo of thousands of pets, but in the end it was stunned in the shackles, just like the meteors in the sky, and the debut was the peak and then quickly fell. Van der Vaart, Anderson, Pato, Balotelli, Gotze, Martial, Sanchez; In fact, it is a bit contradictory to classify Van der Vaart as this type. As the most talented genius that has emerged in the Netherlands, he has received extensive attention. There are many flashes in his career. The most powerful team is Real Madrid, but his injury is his number one enemy. It is the injury that limits his play and determines his upper limit. The most beautiful moment of Anderson’s career is to transfer to Manchester United, but we also saw the result, perhaps it is not suitable for the Premier League style, perhaps it has suffered too much. Concerns, Anderson gradually became a marginal player, and finally forced to leave; Pato as a former Golden Boy of Milan, once let Milan fans see Kaka after a superstar is rising, but Pato is also ruined by injuries, When he stepped into the golden stage of his career, repeated injuries caused his state to falter, and he left Milan in 2013 to return to Corinthians, Brazil. Now Pato moved to Tianjin Quanjian and became the thigh of Quanjian, but once the genius chasing teenagers had to play in the low-level league in their golden age, they had to be embarrassed; Balotelli was Destroyed by his unruly personality; Gotze is no longer able to find the state after the big injury; Marshall was transferred to the United States for the first time at the sky-high price, and was later recognized by the United States. In the league, he showed a gratifying talent, and scored a wonderful goal in the first show, but with Mourinho entering Manchester United, Martial gradually became a substitute, even the opportunity to play Not much; Sanchez, as Portugal’s hope, gradually disappeared into the eyes of everyone after the transfer to Bayern, and it is impossible to honor his so-called talent;

Waiting to wait

Mbape’s temper will affect his development

As the latest generation of Golden Boy Mbape has been undoubtedly expected to play in the past two years. He played very well in this year’s World Cup in Russia, led France to win the championship and won the best young player award, and now has a price of 180 million. The transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, together with Neymar, carries the expectations of Greater Paris to rule Europe. However, we saw in the World Cup and the last round of the league that Mbappe had a swaying heart under the introverted appearance. If he could not control his temper, Balotelli was his forerunner.