Since 2003, the Italian sports magazine Tuttosport has presented the annual Golden Boy award for the best young player. This year's list of nominees includes players born in 2005 or younger - including Bayer 04 newcomer Eliesse Ben Seghir. Ben Seghir is joined by only one other Bundesliga player in Jobe Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund (via the wild card). In previous years, former Bayer 04 players Florian Wirtz, Odilon Kossounou, Piero Hincapie and Paulinho have been on the shortlist.
The top 100 young players are compiled using an algorithm developed by Football Benchmark and Golden Boy. The decisive factors here are performances at club level and for the respective national team. The top 20 and five wildcard players have now been selected from the 100 nominees. From these nominees, 50 international journalists will select the Golden Boy.
Werkself fans can vote for Ben Seghir in the Golden Boy Web award, an online public vote that includes the full list of 100 nominees: Click HERE to cast your vote.
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