Timothy Weah has been named in the Top 100 for the 2019 Golden Boy award.
The list, released by Italian outlet Tuttosport on Saturday, features Weah as the lone American candidate. Weah, 19, currently under contract with Ligue 1 giants PSG, is coming off international duty with the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team at the 2019 U-20 World Cup.
Weah has yet to make a splash domestically with PSG, playing the second-half of the 2018-19 season with Scottish Premier League side Celtic. He scored four goals in all competitions for the Glasgow side, helping them lift a seventh-consecutive SPFL title.
Also included in the list were several of Europe’s top young players at several different positions. Ajax’s Matthijs de Ligt, AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma, Juventus’ Moise Kean, Manchester City’s Phil Foden, and Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz headline the list.
Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho, Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi, and Benfica’s Joao Felix are also among the candidates. The roster will be trimmed later this summer after a fan vote is completed.
de Ligt claimed the award in 2018 and went on to lead Ajax to an domestic double and a berth in the UEFA Champions League semifinals.
Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, and Wayne Rooney are just a few of the past winners of the award.
Soto should be on the list.
worth noting:
Tim and Pulisic made the 2018 list, too, and both got enough votes to advance to the 40 man shortlist (Pulisic finished 6th)
Pulisic and CCV were both nominated in 2017 (Pulisic finished 11th)
The headline makes it sound like we usually have multiple contestants. We don’t.
Where was Weah ranked and why not post the list?
probably one of those awards where they whittle down the list every week from 100 to 30, then to final 10, or something like that.
His 95 on the list, but voting just started.
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Click the link and Vote for Weah!
He is 95th because the list is alphabetical, to clarify.