Golden Boy names nine Primeira Liga players, five from FC Porto | OneFootball

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·21 May 2026

Golden Boy names nine Primeira Liga players, five from FC Porto

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The respected Italian sports daily Tuttosport released, late on Wednesday afternoon, the final list of the 100 players nominated for the Golden Boy, an award given to the best under-21 player of the year. Among those selected are nine players currently playing in the Primeira Liga, four of them Portuguese.

As a point of interest, Mateus Mané, of Wolves, is one of the five Portuguese players in the running, along with Quenda, João Simões (Sporting), Rodrigo Mora and Martim Fernandes (FC Porto)


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The winner will only be announced next December. After Lamine Yamal in 2024, the award was given to Desiré Doué in 2025.

FC Porto, with five players, is the club with the biggest representation on this final list, followed by Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, both with four. The names are Rodrigo Mora, Martim Fernandes, Victor Froholdt, Oskar Pietuszewski and William Gomes.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.

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