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Shortlist for 2021 Golden Boy award revealed
- Stefan Bienkowski
- Updated: 9 Sep 2021 12:35 CEST
- 3 min read
Golden boy contenders: Jude Bellingham, Pedri and Eduardo Camavinga
The winner of the 2021 Golden Boy award is a step closer to being known, with Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga and Pedri among the leading contenders for the prize.
The Golden Boy award is given to the best player aged under 21 in European football, with Erling Haaland winning the gong last year.
Having had an initial shortlist of 100 players, it has been whittled down to 60, with 20 more to be cut each month until the final shortlist of 20 is created.
READ MORE: What is the Golden Boy award?
Here is the list of this year’s contenders:
What is the shortlist for the 2021 Golden Boy Award?
Karim-David Adeyemi - RB Salzburg
Rayan Ait-Nouri - Wolves
Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad
Jude Bellingham - Borussia Dortmund
Stipe Biuk - Hajduk
Myron Boadu - Monaco
Jayden Braaf - Man City
Brian Brobbey - RB Leipzig
Riccardo Calafiori - Rome
Edouard Camavinga - Real Madrid
Rayan Cherki - Lyon
Francisco Conceicao - Porto
Yusuf Demir - Barcelona
Ersin Destanoglu - Besiktas
Amad Traore Diallo - Manchester United
Jeremy Doku - Rennes
Sebastiano Esposito - Basel
Daniel Soares Fabio Silva - Wolves
Eric Garcia - Barcelona
Bryan Salvatierra Gil - Tottenham
Matias Ramos - Benfica
Ryan Gravenberch - Ajax
Mason Greenwood - Manchester United
Josko Gvardiol - RB Leipzig
Mohamed Ihattaren - PSV
Ilaix Moriba - RB Leipzig
Curtis Jones - Liverpool
Kaio Jorge - Juventus
Arnaud Kalimuendo - PSG
Odilon Kossounou - Club Brugge
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - Rubin Kazan
Kang-In Lee - Valencia
Luis Henrique - Marseille
Noni Madueke - PSV
Marcos Paulo - Atletico Madrid
Yunus Musah - Valencia
Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich
Nuno Mendes - PSG
Pedro Pedri - Barcelona
Roberto Piccoli - Atalanta
Yeremi Pino - Villarreal
Fabio Ranocchia - Juventus
Reinier - Borussia Dortmund
Gio Reyna - Borussia Dortmund
Bryan Reynolds - Rome
Nicolo Rovella - Juventus
Bukayo Saka - Arsenal
William Saliba - Nice
Martin Satriano - Inter
Luke Thomas - Leicester City
Thiago Tomas - Sporting Lisbon
Jurrien Timber - Ajax
Konstantinos Tzolakis - Olympiakos
German Valera - Atletico Madrid
Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen
Nicola Zalewski - Roma
Joshua Zirkzee - Anderlecht
Who has dropped off the shortlist?
Lucien Agoume - Inter
Marley Ake - Juventus
Faustino Anjorin - Chelsea
Adil Aouchiche - Saint Etienne
Benoit Badiashile - Monaco
Youssouph Badji - Club Brugge
Folar Balogun - Arsenal
Adrian Bernabe - Manchester City
Tanguy Coulibaly - Stuttgart
Cosimo Da Graca - Juventus
Ebrima Darboe - Rome
Charles de Ketelaere - Club Brugge
Radu Matei Dragusin - Juventus
Umaro Embalo - Benfica
Alexandre Felix Correia - Juventus
Billy Gilmour - Chelsea
Miguel Gutierrez - Real Madrid
Aaron Hickey - Bologna
Adam Hlozek - Sparta Prague
Ivan Ilic - Verona
Augusto Fernandes - Sporting Lisbon
Tanguy Nianzou - Bayern Munich
Takefusha Kubo - Real Madrid
Isaac Lihadji - Lille
Daniel Maldini - Milan
Darian Males - Inter
Feliz Mambimbi - Young Boys
Filip Marchwinski - Lech Poznan
Antonio Marin - Dinamo Zagreb
Aimen Moueffek - Saint Etienne
Youssoufa Moukoko - Borussia Dortmund
Pietro Pellegri - Milan
Nicolas Raskin - Standard Liege
Devyne Rensch - Ajax
Rordrygo - Real Madrid
Georginio Rutter - Hoffenheim
Eddie Salcedo - Inter
Lazar Samardzic - RB Leipzig
Xavi Simons - PSG
Filip Stevanovic - Manchester City
Khephren Thuram-Ulien - Nice
Alex Andersson - Bayern Munich
El Bilal Toure - Stade Reims
Lassina Traore - Ajax
Anatoliy Trubin - Shakhtar Donetsk
Adrien Truffert - Rennes
Christos Tzolis - PAOK
Yari Verschaeren - Anderlecht
Illya Zabarnyj - Dynamo Kiev
