Desir Dou is the successor of Lamine Yamal as winner of the Golden Boy
The Paris Saint-Germain player won the award given by the newspaper 'TuttoSport' to the best player under 21 years old
French-Ivorian player Desir Dou, who replaced Spanish midfielder Lamine Yamal, who won the award last year, was presented with the 2025 Golden Boy prize on Monday, which was presented by the Italian newspaper TuttoSport. history.
Doue, age 20, won the medals 23rd Golden Boy since it was first given to the best person under 21 of all possible 500 votes in the voting.
The French winger, who learned the results last month, scored 16 goals ( one in the Champions League final against Inter Milan ) and contributed 14 assists in 2015 under Luis Enrique, who also played 61 games.
An award previously won by great players such as Lionel Messi ( 2005, Argentina ), Cesc Fabregas ( Spain, 2006 ), Kylian Mbappe ( 2017, France ), Pedri ( 2021, Spain ), and Jude Bellingham ( 2023, England ).
The' Golden Player ' award, which was won by the recently deceased Diego Jota and accepted by his wife ( Rute Cardoso ), the" Italians Golden Boy" award ( Pio Esposito, Inter ), and the Lifetime Achievement Award ( Lilian Thuram ), were also presented at the gala, which took place in the Italian city of Turin, among other highlights.
Every child has a desire to play football professionally, and I'm glad to have done so. I have won numerous awards, and I still have many more to go, both individually and collectively. I can rely on discipline and hard work for the rest of my occupation," Doue said after receiving the award.
Golden Boy winners include those people
2003– Rafael Van Der Vaart 2004 – Wayne Rooney 2005 – Lionel Messi 2006– Cesc Fabregas 2007– Sergio Aguero 2008– Anderson 2009– Alexandre Pato 2010– Mario Balotelli 2011– Mario Goetze2012 – Isco2013 – Paul Pogba2014 – Raheem Sterling2015 – Antony Marcial2016 – Renato Sanches2017 – Kylian Mbappe2018– Matthijs De Ligt2019 – Joao Felix2020 – Erling Haaland2021 – Pedri2022 – Gavi2023 – Jude Bellingham2024 – Lamine Yamal2025 – Desire Doue.
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