The Golden Boy Award began being awarded in 2003 and there has been a winner every year since then. Bellingham was the 21st boy to win the award, but incredibly, only one of his predecessors has won the Ballon d’Or.
If you look at the names on the list of Golden Boy winners, it would be fair to assume that will change in the coming years. Players like Pedri, Gavi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé They are recent winners, and Now that Bellingham and Yamal are in the mix, either of them could win the Ballon d’Or. throughout his career.
It’s not hard to guess who managed to win both awards. It’s Lionel Messi, obviously. He was crowned the Golden Boy in 2005, when he burst onto the scene with Barcelona and surprised the world with his dribbling and close control. Four years later, he would win his first of eight Ballon d’Ors.
All Golden Boy Award Winners
One of the names of every individual award in football is Cristiano Ronaldo, but in this ranking he is left out for a matter of years. The award was presented for the first time in 2003, before the Portuguese exploded at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson. His sporting nemesis, Lionel Messi, won it in 2005 after being the under-20 world champion in the cup held in the Netherlands.
The Portuguese was also nominated in the year the Argentine won, while in 2004 he fell behind his teammate Wayne Rooney. Although he could easily be on this list, his talent took a little longer to shine and he had to settle for other incredible brands.
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