What Happened To The 21 Golden Boy Winners?

The Golden Boy is an award given to the best young player in Europe that year. Sometimes the Golden Boy winners live up to the hype and become football greats, but other times, things go horribly wrong and they never fulfill their talent, so we’re going to find out what happened to football's 21 Golden Boy winners since the award was created..
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[@TopBinsFootyy]

Besides Messi, Who lived up to the hype the most? for me its Mbappe

[@r_pgaa]

ronny.

[@EAFCREBUILDINGKING]

Aguero

[@CalebPlayzGaming]

Me also mbappe

[@2771029]

Im french

[@stormwatch32]

Penaldo?​@@r_pgaa

[@Drunken_Master]

If you want to ruin your career, sign for Man Utd

[@TopBinsFootyy]

This is the football transfer rule

[@Ndumieso]

Rooney might disagree with you

[@D9v1D]

You mean Real Madrid or FCB

[@bithinsarkar4087]

For me MU is Alex FC, other than him they did nothing in this century. Sad for a mighty club like that.

[@zidxay]

​@@NdumiesoWhere is Rooney Now?😂😂😂

[@ercapo9199]

Even if Van der Vaart didn’t become a constant World Class Player I still think you did him a bit wrong here, as he managed to get 109 caps (25 goals) for the dutch national team and is found to be a legend at the HSV in Germany… also he got nominated for the Ballon d‘Or in 2008, managed to play for Real Madrid and had some pretty successful years at Tottenham too. So he might not have become an all time great but he was one of the best COMs in the world for a couple of years still

[@gravyeyes01]

Couldn't agree more, it feels like if you become a messi or Ronaldo they somehow had bad careers but he had a great compared to most especially considering he won trophies (obviously not at Spurs) so yeah done completely dirty.

[@pipengass3935]

RVV was a great player period.

[@johnnymarzouka]

Yeah was thinking the same thing van der vaart was a really great player, maybe the video says he didn't fulfil his golden boy status to get more comments and reactions, which is what we're doing right now

[@MrAwesumo]

The spurs part got me lol

[@davidjr4903]

Nah

[@mkdadon2245]

Messi is basically the most successful Golden Boy winner ever. While we're still waiting to see more of Haaland, Gavi, Pedri, Mbappe(even though he's won a world cup) & Bellingham

[@TopBinsFootyy]

yeah Messi cant really be compared to anyone on the list. hes in a class of his own

[@DontAttme]

I expect Lamine Yamal to win the next one

[@kgnkng16]

@@DontAttme COLE PALMER

[@DontAttme]

@@kgnkng16 class player but idk

[@hansschubert5656]

@@DontAttmeni was Wirtz and Musiala are way Better and this year Bundesliga is the best european league 2 Clubs in semi final CL (seria A just beacuse of euroleague). But i know German Football ist underated asf so you are right barca is paying more an Yamal will most probably win. But Trust me when Wirtz will go to Real for over 100 Million you will see why he is the best. Wait for the EM Musiala and wirtz midfield for Germany and say no more.

[@Kingston019]

How is it that Mourinho had to deal with both Balotelli AND Pogba 😂

[@TopBinsFootyy]

hahahahahah the unlucky one

[@aanuiwueze48]

Bad behaviors aside, its obvious Mourinho is a washed up dinosaur and should retire.

[@arifkimy4700]

​@@aanuiwueze48yeah,you should be a football critic with this fact

[@hunterplayz381]

​@@aanuiwueze48lol OK Ferdinand

[@gammarays666]

With blacks, you can never relax. Kek

[@Tooxiiic69]

What a coincidence that all players (besides Rooney) had a Downfall after joining United 😂

[@TopBinsFootyy]

hahahahah... DO NOT SIGN FOR MAN UNITED

[@DrRan617]

@@TopBinsFootyy unless you are a academy

[@learntooilpaint]

Except martial who was great until injuries, pogba was actually decent more than he is credited with and then had huge injuries, Anderson was also good until he had a Terrible injury. If anything it’s Real Madrid who kill careers

[@alrangelal]

Isco was a baller. Always felt gutted he didn't sign for Barça, who was a better fit for him imo. He surely doesn't regret going to Madrid since he won literally everything multiple times.

[@alifazili4050]

“It’s only spurs” was personal 🤣

[@TopBinsFootyy]

hahahahahahahahah

[@mohamedabdelrohman3860]

Man united is the biggest tomb of talents

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Bro woke up and chose to spit facts

[@mohamedabdelrohman3860]

@@TopBinsFootyy iam man united fan 😂💔

[@TopBinsFootyy]

@@mohamedabdelrohman3860 me too😓

[@vickclive1398]

True man. I don't even want talented players to come to united for the sake of their talents

[@hunterplayz381]

​@@mohamedabdelrohman3860except for the goat rooney

[@fringasbsj311]

Great vídeo. 17:50 was crazy, Iniesta reference turning into Gavi's part was smooth well done. Ps- As a Benfica fan I really feel like both Sanches and Félix could've already accomplished much more.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Such talented Portuguese players. They haven’t had bad careers but man I feel they could’ve done sm more

[@no-ot2xo]

@@TopBinsFootyy honestly I find that Felix has gained form with Barca unlike what we saw with Chelsea he's has been inconsistent but on his day he does madness like vs athleti both games vs Cadiz vs Las Palmas and ofc in the beginning of the season and thing is he's not been playing much recently which I think is temporary so idk id say Felix is heading in the right direction

[@donaldkaija5469]

Anderson was almost literally picked from the streets becuase of his talent and put immediately in the first team, so it was not really fair to him. He should have been trained before he got into the first team.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

What a baller but what a shame

[@apedroferreira]

Not true, he was very promising for Porto until he broke his leg then he was never the same again.

[@vipulsirohi8499]

It's a shame that there are so many misfits in this list and yet was never given to players like Cristiano, Neymar, Suarez, James Rodriguez, Bale, Vinicius Jr or Rodrygo despite being young and having more successful season

[@user-hm2ki7fv5i]

no one has ever lived the potential like lionel Messi 🦁 🐐⚽ 🏆

[@aryansood9521]

I think nobody will be able to achieve like messi..so comparing them to messi is unfair

[@DrRan617]

@@aryansood9521 yeah? What about Goatnaldo

[@brendanm4179]

Messi at the start of the list and he’s still going!

[@aryansood9521]

Bro said goatnaldo..as if he has world cup..only messi deserve goat status

[@DrRan617]

@@aryansood9521 messi rigged everything, ronaldo has better eyebrows

[@RudraStatistics]

love the editing

[@oxymmetry7248]

Sad to see the list end ❤.... great video... I dont normally like (I forget) or subscribe (only deserving channels) but this video got me liking and subscribing.... excellent work, well done

[@jersonricardo2444]

Anderson one is kinda unreal, it just shows how good of a coach Sir Alex was

[@violoncelo1000]

Anderson made some amazing things in Porto. He was a kid back then. And i'm from Sporting.

[@razhmazh]

Anderson had raw talent. He lost his acceleration when his knee was injured, and after that he was never the same player. Anderson, if luckier with injuries, would be mentioned with the likes of Rooney at United, because his natural abilities were that good.

[@violoncelo1000]

@@razhmazh true

[@cashmontoks]

Injuries ruined Anderson

[@ideiasradicaispt9772]

Kostas Katsouranis ended Anderson's career when he broke his leg. I'm a Benfica supporter and I loved Katsouranis, but had it not been for that wreckless tackle and Anderson might've gone down as one of the best players in history.

[@dawnfyre3337]

Calling the 2014 WC winner the most important goal in German history is such a stretch considering that Germany won 4 world cups anyway and espicially considering the importance of the '54 World Cup for early Post-War Germany.

[@Malam_NightYoru]

"he didn't fulfill his golden boy expectation" while talking about the netherlands legend Van der Vaart. You cannot just look at his club performance. In Netherlands national team, he was a menace, and performed incredibly over the peak of his carrer.

[@aryansood9521]

Messi won the golden boy..i didnt even knew that...from golden boy to greatest player of all time..what a journey🐐🐐

[@alberteinstein2291]

truly one of the greatest players of all time

[@gonzalo20000]

​@@alberteinstein2291 *the greatest

[@alberteinstein2291]

@@gonzalo20000 personally i think pele is better

[@gonzalo20000]

@@alberteinstein2291 ok

[@Drunkgg775]

​@@alberteinstein2291stop, Pele is king of football Messi is better than CR7 and one of greatest players of all time right Pele is 17 years old at the Three world cup, you can't Ronaldo fan and Messi fan are toxic in comments

[@EnriqueBartulac]

Small mistake but the most UCLs was won by Francisco Gento who won six.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

My bad brother. Thanks for pointing it out

[@duylongnguyen7154]

​@@TopBinsFootyy Gento won most European club cup, youre not wrong

[@alpbridges3553]

@@duylongnguyen7154 European cup was the old name for the Champions League. Saying he has won six UCL's is like saying Real have only won 8 UCLs, which is just not true.

[@christinemurray1444]

It was a very different format. The old EC, esp. back in the 50s and 60s had much fewer real contenders. I'd say the UCL qualifies as the top European competition like the EC was, but the EC is not the CL.

[@christinemurray1444]

VdV was not a flop for being second pick to Kaka. He was a star. He belongs in the middle class in this list unlike Anderson or Balo, or even Pogba who are players with technical and physical potential but poor mentality.

[@JACK_WALTERS]

It’s actually crazy to think that Ronaldo wasn’t a real great player in his early stages

[@TopBinsFootyy]

he took his time to get going but then he aged like a fine wine.

[@ahankumar555]

he was 2nd in voting when rooney won it, not like he was unheard of

[@kvaradona9248]

he didn't win it but he was 3rd in 2003 and 2nd in 2004, so it wasn't like he was an unknown player

[@no-ot2xo]

cr7 was definitely a shock player like Vini with Madrid in 2022 we just never expected that from him but he as still a great talent at sporting and at united being more of a dribbler than goalscorer which is why I find that dribbling youngsters like Leo, Vini, cr7,neymar etc. usually turn out the best and that's what players like yamal or doku can be they might not finish well but they have a higher ceiling in my opinion

[@pharaohmma8352]

Nice editing🔥🔥🔥

[@TopBinsFootyy]

🥶

[@riichobamin7612]

When Kaka was at Madrid, CR7 and Messi were above him as footballers.

[@Esotericspirits]

He was injured tho

[@CR_Editz170]

i still dont believe that how ronaldo never won the golden boy

[@nocapfacts9330]

Because Ronaldo didn't peak at the start. Ronaldo peaked in Madrid.

[@vedrancvetkovski4173]

Amazing video i am gonna subscribe

[@TopBinsFootyy]

thanks brother i appreciate it... welcome to the family ♥

[@De30XxE3Ps1]

nice vid keep going

[@rilindshehu2458]

Isco super underrated by people, it's sad

[@user-tg5lb1qp7x]

Excellent video

[@TopBinsFootyy]

thanks man! appreciate it

[@ADthehawk]

Imagine Gotze remaining in Dortmund, Balotelli listening to coaches, Aguero not getting arythmia, Pogba staying in Juventus, Pato not being so injury prone. They all had the talent to be among the all time bests. Aguero is a legend, but he could be even greater. Mbappe and Messi definitely lived up to the promise. But Halaand, Pedri, Gavi, Jude, cannot be discounted yet.

[@eugeneforever_]

How had cr7 never won the golden boy award😮😮

[@elmanmammadli7084]

“Its only spurs” you just earned new subscriber 😂👍

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Welcome to the family 🫡 😂

[@noble_6amer]

7:30 bro put the wrong badge 😭😭😭😭 It doesn’t loom the same and it says Ankara on top of the badge, it’s supposed to say Adana 😭

[@Zadora27]

Benfica: Yo, our player won Golden Boy award Atletico: Take my money

[@donaldpun00]

We can see that clubs like Dortmunt Monaco Ajax built great players ,and Manchester United destroyed them

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Facts

[@learntooilpaint]

How, because three of them got injured?

[@aydingharehbaghian7923]

I'm wondering how the hell didn't ronaldo win this award?!?

[@TopBinsFootyy]

he came second to rooney

[@DoggyRocks]

@@TopBinsFootyy😢😢

[@ScarredCore1]

When you say Adana Demirspor, another badge shows up. There is no team called “Ankara Demirspor”…

[@saavanelias8059]

" At the end of the day, its only spurs " 😂 legit

[@sebastiannoah3038]

The background music when they spoke about mbappe was Godly

[@santiagochilla5547]

The world has Jude to see, Real Madrid’s Jude. He’s a special kind.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Generational talent .

[@Krofna]

yamal is winning it this year

[@sweenmaschine6190]

Should be Wirtz by far

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@Krofna seems that way...

[@elijahknox4421]

19:07 Am I the only one that noticed he said England made it to the semi finals in 2022 😂

[@cashmontoks]

People can diss Anderson but he won 5 league titles, the ucl and countless trophies

[@ewutermohlen]

In the case on Van de Vaart, he was a big part of the success with the Dutch national team. Definitely not a bad career!

[@debuniinnocent4491]

One would say Mario Balotelli was actually a success, won almost everything while playing a major role!

[@TopBinsFootyy]

fair

[@christinemurray1444]

Way too inconsistent and his attitude made him a liability.

[@andremedeiros4275]

Gotze has a metabolism related disease, which rxplains why he dipped.

[@nserekokiwalabye8662]

Wish Balotelli locked in bruh he’ll forever be the biggest what if player🥲

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Bro needed that David Goggins mindset

[@_ATSF_]

Aguero is back playing 🤩

[@uyxhdhdjd]

Fr? What club? It’d be great to watch him again!

[@GMBlunderfish1]

11:23 he was starting to lose his starting position at City. Raheem Sterling lost his position as a starter for City because Erling Haaland was beginning to eat away at him. He then joined CHELSEA.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

yeah true

[@Chris_gogetta]

🗣 Creator: “Hung up his boot” Still creator: “Playing for derby county in the championship”

[@ashwindate3308]

haaland and bellingham are pretty good i see england progressing cause of bellingham

[@TopBinsFootyy]

agreed. england seem to have their hands on some great talents at the moment. should be a good Euros for them

[@wexoticz862]

Phil foden by far the better player

[@LooKoo-hp8yz]

@@wexoticz862don’t make us laugh

[@JoJo-zp9nc]

🗣Ronaldo = pure hardwork👤

[@venvilhenrydsilva8354]

Ramires’s tackle on Gotze in The UEFA Super Cup 😢

[@La_pulga10106]

It's sad how Musiala didn't win last year golden boy award as his goal helped bayern to win league ,also his performance was far better than jude jude is performing this season but last season it was musiala's award

[@magasinetsundhed8728]

I think the analysis of van der vaart is incorrect

[@TopBinsFootyy]

mightve missed the mark on that one

[@BrieDogOfficial]

You don't need loads of trophy's to be good

[@christinemurray1444]

Pogba had the potential but not the mentality.

[@thehazardousgamerjr3119]

I pity martial dood speed was so dangerous sadly his muscle injury made him worst

[@marinogrivonlaverde6963]

Yeah, and that guy Lionel got one and now he plays in Miami..

[@Official_PinnacleZero]

Tons of people got ruined after they joined Real Madrid but ton got upgraded

[@mondemberane2659]

you forgot that Cesc asisted Iniesta on the wc final in South Africa and won the wc

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Ur right. Truly a great player

[@no-ot2xo]

@@TopBinsFootyy I don't think. he flopped at Barca either I mean he was a great bench player and at Chelsea he was at his peak

[@spinyslasher6586]

This year's Golden Boy award is either gonna go to Lamine Yamal or Endrick, but I can also see Kobbie Mainoo win it if he can win the Euros with England.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Mainnooooooo lets get it

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@TopBinsFootyy He has a real chance to win it.

[@coolsans5872]

Seems like sometimes golden boy awards are cursed

[@TopBinsFootyy]

yes bro, pogba has to be the worst of the lot

[@chiomaokeke5311]

​@@TopBinsFootyyIncase of injuries is literally not the person's fault

[@djcrazy941026]

Any thoughts on cole palmer winning it this year? Kind of sucks it's with a terrible Chelsea side

[@DrRan617]

I think villa would have been the best option

[@Benjiisme5]

Nice video ❤😊

[@TopBinsFootyy]

thanks man, appreciate it

[@Benjiisme5]

@@TopBinsFootyy np I will sub

[@TopBinsFootyy]

@@Benjiisme5 u da best :)

[@Benjiisme5]

@@TopBinsFootyy ty

[@just.tumelo]

You guys forget Liverpool is the first club to win a treble

[@TopBinsFootyy]

What a treble 🤣🤣

[@billy9412]

What if Messi never met his potential 🤔

[@Roberto-fg9oj]

Bro put a Messi photo when Messi wasnt even in psg in that time 😂

[@Walshy94]

The 2005 winner looks like he has decent potential

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Maybe he’ll win a cup

[@user-dh2ik9xc5x]

gotze , haaland, bellingham , dortmund conenction!!

[@shajitha...]

Where is ronaldo 😢

[@lukavujeva6584]

Totally unfair to say that Götze didn’t fulfilled his potential. FYI his career was seriously jeopardized by autoimmune disease. He did a long break before returning to PSV and later to Eintracht.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

I mean, he didnt really fulfill his potential tho

[@lukavujeva6584]

Well, he was a key man in Dortmund, winning everything there. He played a good role in Bayern and scored the winning goal in the World Cup final. He had a tough time being sick and was far away from football. I think that, perception-wise, US or North American fans will probably have trouble understanding that Dortmund is a football institution. Btw he was brought by Eintracht to play Champions League for them as a starting player after they have won Europa League. To say that he hasn't fulfilled his potential is wrong. He did a lot; he has won everything. And nowadays still playing here in Frankfurt for Eintracht which is a good and solid club and strong club. Many guys form this list went from hero to zero. Btw being a golden boy doesn't mean anything, it just puts a lot of pressure, and if you observe legends of the sport, many of them were top talents but became really top and world-class players after turning 24 or so like Modric, Xavi, Pirlo, De Bruyne.

[@LilianCaos]

"It is only Spurs" :( it broke my heart

[@TopBinsFootyy]

the truth hurts

[@hristiyanhristov2480]

Lol, Messi didn't live up to the hype, Messi made the hype unfair for other footballers. What Messi achieved no hype can ever suggest. I am a Real fan, but let's get... real.

[@TheMaize9]

7.29 A club called Adana Demirspor not Ankara ahaahha

[@adeolaolaiya3449]

Kinda weird BERNARDO SILVA didn't win it 2016

[@TopBinsFootyy]

That’s defo a shout

[@Dekogangster207]

Renato Sanches was hyped A LOT back then

[@Dekogangster207]

Anderson was very good in his first season in United. Then he got lazy and that was the end

[@razhmazh]

He got injured. An injury that would set him back enough that he could not get back to the absolute best. He then started to party more and more.

[@weebros5286]

2024 Kobbie Mainoo Lamine Yamal Endrick

[@zreeragkn]

MAN-U, the grave of golden boys⚰️

[@harderway8568]

Yamal the next one for sure.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

good shout. he could win any of the next 5 hes so young

[@DonPablo-oh1me]

Next to Messi everyone looks like a failure lol.... especially Penaldo

[@JAPNOOR_10]

Yessss🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🎖🏅🏅🏅🎖🥇🥇🏅🏅🏅🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥅🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐🏐

[@zura5205]

Grow up blud. Smart people acknowledge both of these great ballers

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Rooney at 16 already looked 35.

[@robertosantibanez]

If you're a Golden Ball winner, please take care of yourself and join Real Madrid.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

just avoid man united and you should be chilling

[@zephawisher751]

Yamine will be next

[@Dr.Rae-101]

Very very surprising that Neymar didnt win this. I thought he had.

[@masonsamuels347]

"But its Spurs"

[@Mancity443]

De Ligt is a monster

[@TopBinsFootyy]

A BEAST

[@maartenpoel84]

Mbappe's golden boy status is overshadowed by his childish attitude. Move to real or stay at PSG but stop complaining about your team staff

[@mr.legend1196]

The next golden boy is lamine and after him is paw and after him is dani or Marc giu or maybe vitor or gully Fernandez

[@vinivici6579]

Messi is what golden boy supposed to be end the careers

[@MessixPrashant]

Fabregas is one of the best

[@TopBinsFootyy]

oozes class

[@yourdearmirror]

Many talented youngsters falls in Real Madrid and Manchester United. But not Bellingham. So be confident that you are going to play matches before you sign, otherwise wait a year or two.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

yeah sometimes the sporadic gam time along with big pressure gets to them

[@Kagura94xx]

I miss Van der vart

[@TopBinsFootyy]

what a player

[@robertkabiru1792]

How many people got killed at Man U?

[@HeinesDrez]

Damn being goldwnboy and geta loaned to swansea😂

[@TopBinsFootyy]

hahahahhaahhaha what a fall from grace

[@pmp1337]

Rooney's career lasted longer than his hairline. Which isn't saying much given his hairline started receding when he was 18.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

hahhahahahahahah rooney started extremely young though. so even though he slowed down on the 'younger' side he had a normal career length. and what a career it was

[@BiplabGhosh-fg4sw]

No need to watch only one player had became goat after winning the golden ball

[@CR7thegoatnolie]

2024 will be Cole Palmer

[@JaniJRM]

Surprising that Ronaldo isn’t there 😂😂😂😘

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Yeah he got close tho. Came second to Rooney

[@kivilo]

A big part of those players who declined played for United, in the post Ferguson era, coincidence?

[@TopBinsFootyy]

Definitely not a coincidence. United are cursed

[@elijahknox4421]

I noticed that too😂

[@zhiarverse299]

There is a lot of records messi has you didn't talk about

[@elijahknox4421]

The video is already 20 mins long😂

[@DrRan617]

@@elijahknox4421 if the talked about messi then it would have been 3hr

[@nishanpokhrel1374]

England lost to France in 2022 WC quarterfinal, how did Bellingham made it to the WC semifinal?

[@davidjr4903]

2018

[@nishanpokhrel1374]

@@davidjr4903 bellingham debuted in October 2018

[@davidjr4903]

@@nishanpokhrel1374 nvm then

[@gravyeyes01]

If it wasn't for the drug ban and the whole JuJu thing Pogba still would been classed as having a great career when you look at his trophy cabinet but alas he proved Mourinho right in the end.

[@TopBinsFootyy]

A real bitter ending to a great career

[@gravyeyes01]

@@TopBinsFootyy it's why we love the game