The anticipation for the 2025 Golden Boy Award — celebrating Europe’s most outstanding footballer under 21 — reached new heights on Wednesday evening as the full list of nominees was revealed. The lineup features a blend of familiar wonderkids from elite clubs and emerging prospects making waves across Europe’s top leagues.

Among the standout names are Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsí, PSG’s Warren Zaïre-Emery, and Real Madrid’s Arda Güler, alongside Arsenal’s teenage talents Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri. The list also includes Chelsea’s Brazilian prodigy Estevão, Manchester United’s defensive sensation Leny Yoro, and Borussia Dortmund’s Jobe Bellingham — the younger brother of 2022 Golden Boy winner Jude Bellingham.

Here’s the complete roster of nominees:

Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona/Spain), Désiré Doué (PSG/France), Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid/Spain), Kenan Yildiz (Juventus/Turkey), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal/England), Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG/France), Arda Güler (Real Madrid/Turkey), Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid/Argentina), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), Jorrel Hato (Chelsea/Netherlands), Geovany Quenda (Sporting CP), Estevão (Chelsea/Brazil), Leny Yoro (Manchester United), Senny Mayulu (PSG), Jobe Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen/Morocco), Rodrigo Mora (Porto), Giovanni Leoni (Liverpool), Victor Froholdt (Porto/Denmark), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham/Sweden), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter/Italy), Archie Gray (Tottenham), Mamadou Sarr (Chelsea/Strasbourg), and Aleksandar Stankovic (Club Brugge/Serbia).

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