{"id":1230848,"date":"2022-10-21T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/21\/gavi-beats-musiala-jude-bellingham-to-win-golden-boy-award\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:44:31","slug":"gavi-beats-musiala-jude-bellingham-to-win-golden-boy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/21\/gavi-beats-musiala-jude-bellingham-to-win-golden-boy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavi beats Musiala, Jude Bellingham to win Golden Boy award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1419024601-696x391.jpg\"   alt=\"Gavi - (C)Getty Images\" title=\"Gavi - (C)Getty Images\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavi &#8211; (C)Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona\u2018s teenage midfielder\u00a0Gavi\u00a0was named the 2022 Golden Boy award winner on Friday, just days after claiming the\u00a0Kopa Trophy as Europe\u2019s best young player.<\/p>\n<p>The honour, presented by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best player aged 21 and under that is based in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u00a0international Gavi beat competition from some of Europe\u2019s most promising youngsters to land the award, including\u00a0England\u00a0and\u00a0Borussia Dortmund\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Jude Bellingham,\u00a0Real Madrid\u2018s\u00a0Eduardo Camavinga\u00a0and\u00a0Bayern Munich\u2018s\u00a0Jamal Musiala.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Tuttosport,\u201d Gavi said in a video message. \u201cI want to thank my family, who are there in the good and bad times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Barca, my teammates as without them this wouldn\u2019t be possible. It\u2019s an honour for me to get this award that any young player desires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gavi succeeds Barca teammate\u00a0Pedri, who was last year\u2019s winner. On Monday,\u00a0the 18-year-old also received the Kopa Trophy\u00a0at the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi broke into Barca\u2019s first-team in July 2021. He made 47 appearances, scoring two goals for the Catalan club in all competitions last season.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a call-up to the Spain national team and became the youngest player to represent\u00a0<em>La Roja<\/em>\u00a0at 17 years and 62 days and the\u00a0youngest ever player to score for them\u00a0at 17 years and 304 days.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi has since won 12 caps for Spain and is a regular for club and country heading into next month\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He recently\u00a0signed a new contract with Barca\u00a0that will keep him at the club until June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi,\u00a0Kylian Mbappe\u00a0and\u00a0Erling Haaland\u00a0are among the previous winners of the Golden Boy award.<\/p>\n<p>Tuttosport also named\u00a02022 Ballon d\u2019Or winners\u00a0Karim Benzema\u00a0and\u00a0Alexia Putellas\u00a0as their Golden Players in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"TV5Ft0u5B2g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youth advised to participate in gov\u2019t programmes to improve their businesses (20-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TV5Ft0u5B2g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavi &#8211; (C)Getty Images Barcelona\u2018s teenage midfielder\u00a0Gavi\u00a0was named the 2022 Golden Boy award winner on Friday, just days after claiming the\u00a0Kopa Trophy as Europe\u2019s best young player. 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