
The Barcelona defender awarded as the best European Under 21; prizes also for Ahanor, Schröder and Galli.
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The Golden Boy is a football award established by Tuttosport in 2003 for the best Under 21 player in Europe.
Pau Cubarsi is the winner of the 'Golden Boy 2026', born in 2003 from an intuition of the journalist Massimo Franchi and established by Tuttosport to reward the best Under 21 who plays in a European team.
The 19-year-old talent of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, with whom he won the World Cup, obtained 475 points out of a maximum of 500. The second place, Diomande of Real Madrid, had almost 250 points less, while Warren Zaire-Emery of Paris Saint Germain also climbed onto the podium. Cubarsi is the second defender to win the trophy in 24 editions.
The Best Italian Golden Boy was won by Honest Ahanor of Crystal Palace, the Golden Girl Absolute Best went to Felicia Schröder of Real Madrid and the Best Italian Golden Girl to Giulia Galli (Barcelona). The winners were announced in a press conference at the 'Mapei Football Center' in Sassuolo while the awards ceremony is scheduled for Monday 14 December in Turin.
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