The 100 nominees for the Golden Boy, one of the most prestigious awards in the world of football, are now known. 'Tuttosport', the media outlet in charge of awarding the trophy, published the list of the top 100 finalists on 15th June.
The Golden Boy awards the best young player of the year under 21. The last player to win this prestigious award was Barcelona's Pedri Gonzalez.
Previously, the trophy was lifted by Erling Haaland, the Norwegian star who left Borussia Dortmund this summer to join Manchester City. Other big names on the list of winners include Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling and Kylian Mbappe.
These are the 100 nominees:
-Karim-David Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund, Germany).
-Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan (Roma, Ghana)
-Lucien Jefferson Agoumé (Inter, France-Cameroon)
-Anouar Ait El Hadj (Anderlecht, Belgium-Morocco)
-Janis Antiste (Spezia, France)
-Alejandro Martinez Baldé (Barcelona, Spain)
-Jude Victor William Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund, England)
-Stipe Biuk (Hajduk Split, Croatia)
-Edoardo Bove (Roma, Italy)
-Jayden Jezairo Braaf (Borussia Dortmund, Netherlands)
-Brian Ebenezer Adjei Brobbey (RB Leipzig, Netherlands-Ghana)
-Eduardo Celmi Camavinga (Real Madrid, France)
-Matteo Cancellieri (Verona, Italy)
-Rayan Mathis Cherki (Olympique Lyon, France)
-Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers, France)
-Moustapha Elhadji Cissé (Atalanta, Guinea)
-Francisco Fernandes da Conceiçao (Porto, Portugal)
-Yan Bueno Couto (Manchester City, Brazil)
-Mohammed Daramy (Ajax, Denmark)
-Amar Dedic (RB Salzburg, Bosnia)
-Amad Traoré Diallo (Manchester United, Côte d'Ivoire)
-Manuel Jadon da Silva Diego Moreira, (Benfica, Portugal)
-Jérémy Doku (Rennes, Belgium)
-Radu Matei Dragusin (Juventus, Romania)
-Hugo Ekitike (Stade de Reims, France-Cameroon)
-Anthony David Junior Elanga (Manchester United, Sweden-Cameroon)
-Harvey Daniel James Scott Elliott (Liverpool, England)
-Sebastian Esposito (Inter Milan, Italy)
-Maxime Estève (Montpellier, France)
-Leandro Freitas Gouveia Fábio Carvalho (Liverpool, Portugal-England)
-Daniel Soares Fábio Silva (Wolves, Portugal)
-Anssumane Vieira Fati, (Barcelona, Guinea-Bissau-Spain)
-Pablo Martín Páez Gavira Gavi, (Barcelona, Spain)
-Joseph Paul Gelhardt (Leeds United, England)
-Degnand Wilfried Gnonto (Zurich, Italy)
-Ryan Jiro Gravenberch (Bayern Munich, Netherlands)
-Malo Gusto (Olympique Lyon, France)
-Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig, Croatia)
-Pereira Henrique Araújo (Benfica, Portugal)
-Aaron Buchanan Hickey (Bologna, Scotland)
-Piero Martin Reyna Hincapié (Bayern Leverkusen, Ecuador)
-Adam Hlozek (Bayern Leverkusen, Czech Republic)
-Ki-Jana Delano Hoever (Wolves, Netherlands)
-Kourouma Ilaix Moriba (RB Leipzig, Guinea)
-Augusto Mendes Mango Joelson Fernandes (Basel, Portugal)
-Ísak Bergmann Johannesson (Kobenhavn, Iceland)
-Nemanja Jovic (Partizan Beograd, Serbia)
-Arnaud Muinga Kalimuendo (PSG, France)
-Jakub Kaminski (Lech Poznan, Poland)
-Ansgar Knauff (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
-Kacper Kozlowski (Union Saint-Gilloise, Poland)
-Isaac Lihadji (Lille, France)
-Castello Junior Lukeba(Olympique Lyonnais, France)
-Chukwunonso Tristan Madueke (PSV, England)
-Eliot Matazo (AS Monaco, Belgium)
-Nathanaël Mbuku (Stade de Reims, France)
-Fabio Miretti (Juventus, Italy)
-Raul Prescoli Moro (Lazio, Spain)
-Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
-Yunus Dimoara Musah (Valencia, USA)
-Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich, Germany)
-Cher Ndour (Benfica, Italy)
-Luca Netz (Monchengladbach, Germany)
-Tanguy-Austin Kouassi Nianzou (Bayern Munich, France)
-Nicolás González (Barcelona, Spain)
-Nicholas Arthuer, Nico Williams (Athletic Club, Spai)
-Alexandre Tavares Nuno Mendes (PSG, Portugal)
-Becir Omeragic (ZURICH)
-Simone PAFUNDI, UDINESE
-Matías Damián PALACIOS, BASILEA
-Guilherme Gonçalves PAULO BERNARDO, BENFICA
-Pedro González López PEDRI, BARCELONA
-Yéremi Jesús Santos PINO, VILLARREAL
-Devyne Fabian Jairo RENSCH, AJAX
-Giovanni Alejandro REYNA, BORUSSIA DORTMUND
-Fabian RIEDER, YOUNG BOYS
-Duarte RODRIGO RIBEIRO, SPORTING LISBON
-Luka Bezzana ROMERO, LAZIO
-Georginio RUTTER, HOFFENHEIM
-Lazar Vujadin SAMARDZIC, UDINESE
-Cisse SANDRA, BRUJES
-Pape Matar SARR, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
-Joseph Michael SCALLY, BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH
-Giorgio SCALVINI, ATALANTA
-Benjamin SESKO, RED BULL SALZBURG
-Beanou-Junior Brandon Deflorent SOPPY, UDINESE
-Matías Malvano SOULÉ, JUVENTUS
-Filip STEVANOVIC, HEERENVEEN
-Luka SUCIC, RED BULL SALZBURG