2018 Golden Boy Award: Mbappe Headlines 100-Man List

The list of nominees for this year’s Golden Boy Award and unsurprisingly Paris Saint Germain (PSG) forward Kylian Mbappe headlines it.

The 19-year-old French international has been named on the list released by popular Italian media outlet Tuttosport alongside 99 others.

Mbappe has been one of the stars at the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia.

He scored two goals on Saturday afternoon to help France book a quarterfinal spot via a 4-3 win over Argentina in their last 16 clash.

There were some notable absentees on the list made public on Monday.

Young stars like Real Madrid wonderkid Vinicius Junior, a £39.6m signing at the age of 16; Juventus youngster Moise Kean, who became the first player born in 2000 to feature in the Serie A; and last season’s English Championship Player of the Year, Ryan Sessegnon of Fulham were all conspicuously absent from the list.

The Golden Boy Award is for players who feature in a European nation’s top tier and are under the age of 21.

Full List:

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool

Carles Alena, Barcelona

Jose Maria Amo, Sevilla Atletico

Angel Gomes, Manchester United

Mirko Antonucci, Roma

Houssem Aouar, Lyon

Giorgi Arabidze, Shakhtar Donetsk

Joaquin Ardaiz, Royal Antwerp

Ismail Azzaoui, Willem II

Musa Barrow, Atalanta

Fabian Benko, Bayern Munich

Sander Berge, Racing Genk

Justin Bijlow, Feyenoord

Bilal Boutobba, Sevilla

Brahim Diaz, Manchester City

Lorenzo Callegari, Paris Saint-Germain

Lazar Carevic, Barcelona

Daniele Collinge, Stuttgart

Patrick Cutrone, AC Milan

Dani Olmo, Dinamo Zagreb

Tom Davies, Everton

Matthijs De Ligt, Ajax

Abdou Diakhate, Fiorentina

Krepin Diatta, Club Brugge

Javairo Dilrosun, Hertha Berlin

Diogo Dalot, Manchester United

Moussa Djenepo, Standard Liege

Ritsu Doan, Groningen

Mamadou Doucoure, Borussia Monchengladbach

Odsonne Edouard, Celtic

Marcus Edwards, Tottenham

Sergei Eremenko, Spartak Moscow

Zackarias Faour, Osters

Francisco Feuillassier, Real Madrid

Phil Foden, Manchester City

Mamadou Fofana, Alanyaspor

Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Crystal Palace

Juan Foyth, Tottenham

Dennis Geiger, Hoffenheim

Giorgos Giannoutsos, AEK Athens

Ianis Hagi, Viitorul Constanta

Achraf Hakimi, Real Madrid

Amadou Haidara, Red Bull Salzburg

Kai Havertz, Bayer Leverkusen

Callum Hudson-odoi, Chelsea

Nanitamo Ikone, Montpellier

Alexander Isak, Borussia Dortmund

Arnel Jakupovic, Juventus

Dejan Joveljic, Red Star Belgrade

Herbie Kane, Liverpool

Yann Karamoh, Inter Milan

Teun Koopmeiners, AZ Alkmaar

Han Kwang-Song, Cagliari

Alban Lafont, Toulouse

Leandrinho, Napoli

Dimitris Limnios, PAOK

Justin Kluivert, Roma

Lincoln, Gremio

Jordan Lotomba, Young Boys

Davor Lovren, Fortuna Dusseldorf

Sandi Lovric, Sturm Graz

Mikhail Lysov, Lokomotiv Moscow

Arne Maier, Hertha Berlin

Dennis Man, Steaua Bucharest

Manu Garcia, Manchester City

Faitout Maouassa, Rennes

Mauro Junior, PSV Eindhoven

Stephy Mavididi, Arsenal

Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain

Weston McKennie, Schalke

Jan Mlakar, Maribor

Nikola Moro, Dinamo Zagreb

Reiss Nelson, Arsenal

Lukas Nmecha, Manchester City

Martin Odegaard, Heerenveen

Abdulkadir Omur, Trabzonspor

Matej Oravec, Spartak Trnava

Reece Oxford, Borussia Monchengladbach

Pedro Pereira, Genoa

Pietro Pellegri, Monaco

Alejandro Pozo Pozo, Sevilla

Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund

Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Arsenal

Panagiotis Retsos, Bayer Leverkusen

Rui Pedro, Boavista

Yusuf Sari, Marseille

Ismaila Sarr, Rennes

Malang Sarr, Nice

Borna Sosa, Dinamo Zagreb

Moussa Sylla, Monaco

Antonio Moya Vega, Atletico Madrid

Idrissa Toure, Werder Bremen

Dayot Upamecano, Red Bull Leipzig

Moussa Wague, KAS Eupen

Chris Willock, Benfica

Ben Woodburn, Liverpool

Rafik Zekhnini, Rosenborg

Andi Zeqiri, Lausanne

Baris Zeren, Galatasaray

Luca Zidane, Real Madrid