Quenda shines, Sporting wonderkid up for top international award | OneFootball

The 25 finalists for the 2025 Golden Boy were announced this Wednesday, October 15. Geovany Quenda, a Sporting player, is one of the candidates for the award. Rui Borges’s protégé goes straight into the list of 20 finalists chosen according to the Golden Boy Index.

The initial list contained 100 names, and the 18-year-old from Sporting ‘survived’ the cut of 75 young players. The award aims to select the best under-21 player competing in European football, with the winner to be announced in November at a gala held in Turin.

The 25 players will be evaluated by 50 journalists who specialize in international football and will decide who will succeed Lamine Yamal. The date of the award ceremony has not yet been announced. The winner will be revealed in November, and the cash prize is 1.256 million euros.

On October 14, the Portuguese under-21 national football team defeated their Gibraltar counterparts 11-0, taking the lead in Group B of the qualifiers for the European Championship in this category, to be held in 2027. Geovany Quenda scored a stunning goal.

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