🤩 Doué, Champions League final star, named Golden Boy 2025 | OneFootball

The Frenchman Désiré Doué, a standout player for Paris Saint-Germain in their recent Champions League victory, has been named the Golden Boy 2025.

The award is organized by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport to recognize the best under-21 player active in European football.

Golden season at PSG

In his first season wearing the PSG jersey, Doué scored 16 goals and provided 14 assists in 61 matches.

The most memorable moment came in the 2024/25 Champions League final, where he scored two goals and assisted Hakimi in a 5-0 victory over Inter Milan — a performance that solidified him as one of the great revelations in world football.

The attacking midfielder Estêvão, formerly of Palmeiras and currently at Chelsea, was the only Brazilian among the 20 finalists for the award.

Golden Boy 2025 Finalists

Désiré Doué (PSG)

Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona)

Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid)

Kenan Yildiz (Juventus)

Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)

Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG)

Arda Güler (Real Madrid)

Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid)

Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal)

Jorrel Hato (Chelsea)

Geovany Quenda (Sporting)

Estêvão (Chelsea)

Leny Yoro (Manchester United)

Senny Mayulu (PSG)

Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)

Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen)

Victor Froholdt (Porto)

Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham)

Archie Gray (Tottenham)

Mamadou Sarr (Strasbourg)

Tradition and history of the award

Established in 2003, the Golden Boy is one of the most traditional awards in European football.

Only players up to 21 years old, born from 2004 onwards, and playing in clubs from the top 25 UEFA leagues can compete.

The current winner, Lamine Yamal, could not be nominated again — the rules prohibit repeat winners.

Among those who have won the trophy are Lionel Messi (2005), Kylian Mbappé (2017), Erling Haaland (2020), and Jude Bellingham (2023).

Golden Boy Winners List

2025 – Désiré Doué

2024 – Lamine Yamal

2023 – Jude Bellingham

2022 – Gavi

2021 – Pedri

2020 – Haaland

2019 – João Félix

2018 – De Ligt

2017 – Mbappé

2016 – Renato Sanches

2015 – Martial

2014 – Sterling

2013 – Pogba

2012 – Isco

2011 – Götze

2010 – Balotelli

2009 – Alexandre Pato

2008 – Anderson

2007 – Agüero

2006 – Fàbregas

2005 – Messi

2004 – Rooney

2003 – Van der Vaart

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