Who has been voted as the best young player on the continent?
With the nominees now having been announced for the 2014 Golden Boy award, voted on by journalists and handed to the best player under 21 in Europe, we decided to take a look back through the history of it and the 11 players who have been voted as the winner in its short history.
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Most of these would be shining examples for this year’s winner to emulate, a couple however….
2003 – Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax)