June 16, 2020 – Two footballers from the Croatian First League, Hajduk’s David Colina and Dinamo’s Antonio Marin, are among the 100 promising young football players nominated for the Golden Boy award.
Namely, Nogomet Plus reports that the Golden Boy award, which was founded in 2003 by Tuttosport, chooses the best footballers under the age of 21 that play in European leagues.
Alongside Colina and Marin, among the nominees this year are stars such as Erling Halland and Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, Vinicius and Rodrygo from Real Madrid, Ansua Fati from Barcelona, Phil Foden from Man City, and Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea. Twenty of the best young players will advance to the finals, after which journalists will vote for the best.
Born in Zagreb,David Colina played in Dinamo’s youth system before joining Monaco in 2018. In July 2019, Colina signed a four-year contract with Hajduk Split.
Also born in Zagreb, Marin began his career with NK ZET and signed for the Dinamo Academy in 2009. While there was speculation he’d be going to giants like Milan, Manchester City, PSG or Juventus, he signed a three-year-long professional contract with Dinamo in October 2019.
In addition to Tuttosport, journalists from Bild (Germany), Blick (Switzerland), A Bole (Portugal), l’Équipe (France), France Football (France), Marca (Spain), Mundo Deportiv (Spain), Ta Nea (Greece), Sport Express (Russia), De Telegraaf (Netherlands) and The Times (United Kingdom) also took part in the voting.
The previous winners are Joao Felix, Matthijs de Ligt, Kylian Mbappe, Renato Sanches, Anthony Martial, Raheem Sterling, Paul Pogba, Isco, Mario Gotze, Mario Balotelli, Alexandre Pato, Anderson, Sergio Aguero, Cesc Fabregas, Lionel Messi and Wayne Ro Rafael van der Vaart.
The list of nominees can be seen on the Tuttosport website, where you can also vote for your favorite young footballer online.
Best of luck to David and Antonio!
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