Tuttosport of Italy has been publishing a list of U-21 players for its Golden Boy Awards since 2003. The award went to Raffael Van der Vaart in 2003, Wayne Rooney in 2004, Lionel Messi in 2005, Cesc Fabregas in 2006, Sergio Aguero in 2007 and to Anderson last year. 2008 witnessed the tightest competition as Manchester United’s Anderson just got three more votes compared to Arsenal’s Theo Walcott. This year’s following candidates were born on 1st of February or later.
My bet is on Alexandre Pato. If you want to vote: http://www.tuttosport.com/sondaggi/calcio/vota-595/Vota+il+GOLDEN+BOY+2009
Dominic Adiyah (Fredrikstad FK, Ghana)
Jozy Altidore (Hull City, USA)
Holger Badstuber (Bayern München, Germany)
Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur, Walles)
Mario Balotelli (Internazionale, Italy)
Franco Di Santo (Blackburn Rovers, Argentine)
Giovani dos Santos (Tottenham, Hotspur, Mexico)
Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moskou, Russia)
Fernando Forestieri (Málaga, Argentine)
Timo Gebhart (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)
Eden Hazard (Lille, Belgium)
Emilio Insua (Liverpool, Argentine)
Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina, Montenegro)
Simon Kjaer (Palermo, Denmark)
Vladimir Koman (Bari, Hungary)
Bojan Krkic (Barcelona, Spain)
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Federico Macheda (Manchester United, Italy)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, Germany)
Thomas Muller (Bayern München, Germany)
Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao, Spain)
Tomas Necid (CSKA Moskou, Czech Republic)
Alberto Paloschi (Parma, Italy)
Dani Parejo (Getafe, Spain)
Javier Pastore (Palermo, Argentine)
Alexandre Pato (AC Milan, Brazil)
Pablo Piatti (Almería, Argentine)
Miralem Pjanic (Olympique Lyon, Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Andrea Poli (Sampdoria, Italy)
Rodrigo Possebon (Sporting Braga, Brazil)
Rafael Da Silva (Manchester United, Brazi)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal, Wales)
Ben Sahar (Espanyol, Israel)
Davide Santon (Internazionale, Italy)
Sidnei (Benfica, Brazil)
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea, England)
Carlos Vela (Arsenal, Mexico)
Theo Walcott (Arsenal, England)
Danny Welbeck (Manchester United, England)
Franco Zuculini (TSG Hoffenheim, Argentine)
