Yamal wins 2024 Golden Boy award

ROME, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal won the 2024 Golden Boy award, the Turin-based media outlet Tuttosport announced on Wednesday.

Starting in 2003, the Golden Boy prize rewards the best players aged 21 or under in Europe. Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart won the first edition, while Lionel Messi, Mario Balotelli, Kylian Mbappe are also on the winners list.

Following his Kopa Trophy, 17-