Barcelona’s Pedri and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka are among 80 others who were shortlisted for the Golden Boy 2021 award.
Italian newspaper Tuttosport award Golden Boy to the best player in European football under the age of 21 considering performance over preceding calendar year.
Last year, Erling Haaland was named the Golden Boy 2020, Barcelona’s Ansu Fati was named second.
The followings are shortlisted for 2021 Golden Boy award.
| Players | Club |
| Adam Hlozek | Sparta Prague |
| Adil Aouchiche | Saint-Étienne |
| Adrien Truffert | Rennes |
| Nuno Alexandre Mendes | Sporting Lisbon |
| Amad Traoré Diallo | Manchester United |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Ander Muguruza | Real Sociedad |
| Armando Broja | Chelsea. |
| Bandiougou Fadiga | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás | Sporting Lisbon |
| Benoît Mukinayi Badiashile | AS Monaco |
| Billy Clifford Gilmour | Norwich City |
| Brian Ebenezer Adjei Brobbey | RB Lipsia |
| Bryan Reynolds | Roma |
| Bryan Salvatierra Gil | Seville |
| Bukayo Saka | Arsenal |
| Charles de Ketelaere | Club Brugge |
| Christos Tzolis | Thessaloniki |
| Marcos Paulo Costa | Atlético Madrid |
| Curtis Jones | Liverpool |
| Fábio Daniel Soares Silva | Wolverhampton |
| Devyne Rensch | Ajax |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Rennes |
| El Bilal Touré | Stade Reims. |
| Eric Martret García | Barcelona. |
| Ersin destanoglu | Besiktas. |
| Filip Stevanovic | Heerenveen. |
| Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Francisco Fernandes | Porto. |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Arsenal. |
| Germán Valera | Atlético Madrid. |
| Giovanni Reyna | Borussia Dortmund. |
| Illya Borysovych Zabarnyj | Dynamo Kiev. |
| Illya Borysovych Zabarnyj | Dynamo Kiev. |
| Isaac Lilla | Marseille. |
| Jamal Musiala | Stuttgart. |
| Jayden Braaf | Manchester City. |
| Jérémy Doku | Rennes. |
| Jesus Reinier | Borussia Dortmund. |
| Joško Gvardiol | Zagreb. |
| Jude Victor William Bellingham | Dortmund. |
| Jurriën David | Ajax. |
| Kacper Kozlowski | Pogon Stettino. |
| Kang-in Lee | Valencia. |
| Karim-David Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg. |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Rubin Kazan. |
| Konstantinos Tzolakis | Olympiakos Piraeus. |
| Kourouma Moriba | Barcelona. |
| Lassina Chamste | Shakhtar. |
| Lucien Jefferson Agoumé | Inter. |
| Luke Thomas | Leicester City. |
| Mason Greenwood | Manchester United. |
| Matias Gonçalo Ramos | Benfica. |
| Miguel Ortega Gutiérrez | Real Madrid. |
| Mohamed Ihattaren | PSV Eindhoven. |
| Mohammed Daramy | Copenhagen. |
| Myron Boadu | AZ Alkmaar. |
| Nicolò Fagioli | Juventus. |
| Nicolò Rovella | Genoa. |
| Odilon Kossounou | Club Brugge. |
| Pedro Pedri | Barcelona. |
| Radu Dragusin | Juventus. |
| Rayan Aït-nouri | Wolves. |
| Rayan Cherki | Lyon. |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Roma. |
| Roberto Piccoli | Atalanta. |
| Ryan Jiro Gravenberch | Ajax. |
| Sebastiano Esposito | Basilea |
| Silva Rodrygo | Real Madrid |
| Stipe Biuk | Split |
| Takefusha kubo | Real Madrid |
| Tanguy Coulibaly | Stuttgart |
| Tanguy-austin Nianzou | Bayern Munich |
| Tomás Suslov | Groningen |
| Tomaz Henrique | Olympique Marseille |
| Umaro Embaló | Benfica |
| William Saliba | Arsenal |
| Yari Verschaeren | Anderlecht |
| Yéremi Pino | Villarreal |
| Youssoufa Moukoko | Borussia Dortmund |
| Yunus Musah | Valencia |
