Porto player well placed in the race for Golden Boy 2026 | OneFootball

Victor Froholdt, an FC Porto midfielder, is well placed in the race for the 2026 Golden Boy, the award given by Italian newspaper Tuttosport to the best under-20 player in Europe, which in the past has also honoured Renato Sanches (2016) and João Félix (2019).

The latest update to Transfermarkt’s statistical/technological ranking, created to filter the candidates for the Tuttosport award, saw the Dane, who is in the top-10, climb one more place, strengthening his bid. Bouaddi, a Moroccan who has been one of the biggest revelations of the 2026 World Cup, also moved up and is closing in on the top spots.

Also on the rise is a Benfica player, who gained eight places and entered the top-30. The Portuguese players, meanwhile, are slipping: the five who appeared in the initial ranking all lost places, and Mateus Mide (FC Porto) even dropped out of the top-100, although he was replaced by another Portuguese footballer: Diogo Sousa, one of the 16 new faces in the standings, who swapped Vitória de Guimarães for Strasbourg.

Lamine Yamal remains well clear at the top, but as he already won the award in 2024, he cannot be honoured again.

The Spaniard will remain in the top-100 ranking, but he will not be able to make the group of 25 finalists, made up of the top 20 in the standings plus another 5.

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