Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, May 29, 2025, 14:12 / Updated Thursday, May 29, 2025 14:12
Favori to win the trophy, this year, are Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), Desiré two (PSG), Lewis-Kelly (Arsenal), Zaire-Emery (PSG) and Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth).
On the list of the 100 U21 players, of which will be chosen Golden Boy 2025, Andrei Borza is 71st place and is the only Romanian player in the ranking made by the Italian daily Tuttosport, with the help of an algorithm created by Football Benchmark.
In the first place in the algorithmic top is the winner of last year, Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), but the 17 -year -old player can no longer win the trophy, according to the Regulation.
The Romanian previous one, Radu Drăgușin in 2022
This year, the favorites are the teammate Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), Desiré Doué (PSG), Lewis-Kelly (Arsenal), Zaire-Emery (PSG) and Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth), the defender that Real Madrid is preparing to register under Xabi Alonso. Most nominated players are French. 17 to total, on the following places being Belgium, with 10 names, England (8) and Spain (8).
The previous Romanian player nominated for this trophy was Radu Drăgușin, in 2022. At that time Juventus's player, the central defender had previously played at Sampdoria and Salernitana
The Golden Boy trophy is granted annually by Tuttosport and a jury made up of journalists from all over Europe to the best U21 footballer in the first step of a European country. The Golden Boy Web prize is also offered, decided by fans by online vote.
Ioan Becali: “Who wants Andrei Borza has to pay the termination clause”
Bought by Rapid with 800,000 euros in the summer of 2023, Andrei Borza became a basic man in the white-river gear. With 37 appearances this season in the championship and Cup, Borza is considered by specialists as one of the most influential world football footballers.
The businessman Ioan Becali explained the mechanism: whoever wants the young left defender must pay his termination clause, worth “almost 4 million euros”. From the information of the Sports Gazette, it would be 3.5 million euros.
“Borza will probably have this summer. There are several teams that want it, one will probably decide. It's simple, the clause is paid and it leaves. The clause is almost 4 million,” Becali revealed at the “Digisport Matinal” show.
Andrei Borza, in the top 10 left -wing U21 defenders in 2024
At the end of 2024, Cies Football Observatory, Swiss research center specialized in football analysis based on statistics, put on Borza in the top 10 left -wing defendants U21 in world football.
The side of the Rapid took the place in a calculation based on “the activity of the footballers in 6 aspects of the game: the ground defense, the air game, the construction, the generation of occasions, the dribbles and the completion”.
