The Golden Boy award was founded by Italian Newspaper Tuttosport back in the 2003, Rafael van der Vaart was the first ever to win the award. It’s voted on by several newspapers around Europe including MARCA (Spain), The Times (UK), Bild (Germany) and several more.
Players that have won the award include Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, and Paul Pogba just to name a few. That’s a lot of talent there, and this year is no different - except that there are two young American’s among a list that includes the likes of Italian goalkeeping sensation GiGi Donnaruma, Kylian Mbappe, and Ousmane Dembélé.