Golden Boy 2025: Jobe Bellingham among the 25 finalists | OneFootball

With Lamine Yamal (2024), Jude Bellingham (2023), Gavi (2022), Pedri (2021), and Erling Haaland (2020), the winners of the Golden Boy Award in recent years read as an impressive list of prominent names. Now, the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport, which has been awarding the most promising young player annually since 2003, published the 25 candidates for the 2025 award on Wednesday evening, including a player from Borussia Dortmund.

While no German player made it into the final 25, two professionals currently under contract in the Bundesliga are included. One is Eliesse Ben Seghir, who only a few weeks ago transferred from AS Monaco to Bayer Leverkusen, and the other is Jobe Bellingham, who, two years after his brother Jude received the award, was nominated as a wildcard. Like Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter Milan), Aleksandar Stankovic (Club Brugge), Giovanni Leoni (Liverpool FC), and Rodrigo Mora (FC Porto), Bellingham was added to the candidate list due to his exceptional performances in the recent past. The remaining 20 players were selected via the Football Benchmark Golden Boy Index.

Generally, only players born on or after January 1, 2005, and playing for a European club are eligible for the award. Last year's winner, Lamine Yamal, would also still meet the requirements for participation at 18 years old. However, according to the regulations, a title defense is not possible.

The winner is decided by journalists from European football magazines, each of whom assigns points of 10, 7, 5, 3, or 1 to five of the nominees.

The 25 candidates at a glance:

Pau Cubarsi (FC Barcelona) Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain) Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal FC) Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain) Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid) Kenan Yildiz (Juventus Turin) Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal FC) Geovany Quenda (Sporting Lisbon) Jorell Hato (Ajax Amsterdam) Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur) Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen) Leny Yoro (Manchester United) Arda Güler (Real Madrid) Victor Froholdt (FC Porto) Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur) Mamadou Sarr (Racing Strasbourg) Senny Mayulu (Paris Saint-Germain) Estêvão (Chelsea FC) Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid) Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City) Jobe Bellingham (Dortmund) Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter Milan) Aleksandar Stankovic (Club Brugge) Giovanni Leoni (Liverpool FC) Rodrigo Mora (FC Porto)

The winner will be announced in November. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain) is considered the favorite.

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