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Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho make 2016 Golden Boy Award shortlist.

Nigerian Internationals, Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho have become the first Nigerians to make it to the 2016 Golden Boy Award shortlist. The Golden Boy Award is dedicated to honouring the best player below the age of 21 in the European nation’s cup division.

Other names included in the list include Tottenham’s Dele Alli, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Andreas Christensen and Nathan, Leicester City’s Demarai Gray, Liverpool’s Marko Grujic and Manchester City’s Leroy Sane.

Iheanacho has made 30 appearances in the Premier League, scored 10 goals and made 4 assists. Iwobi on thr other hand has made 17 appearances, netted twice and delivered 3 assists.

Congrats and we hope one or both of you bring it home.
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Photo: Manchester United' Anthony Martial wins Golden Boy 2015 award

Manchester United player, Anthony Martial has won the Golden Boy award for year 2015.
The prestigious prize is being given by Italian newspaper, Tuttosport to reward exceptional players under the age of 21. Votes are cast by journalists from 30 major newspapers across the continent.
Previous recipients include Wayne Rooney and Anderson in 2004 and 2008 respectively. 
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Nigeria's Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon nominated for the 2015 Golden Boy Award.

Super Eagles players, Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon have made it to the 40-man shortlist for the 2015 Golden Boy award. The prize which was won by Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling last year was established by Italian newspaper, Tuttosport.

Candidates are usually under 21 years and must be playing in the top tier of a European league.

NOMINEES

English Premier League:

Nathan Ake (Watford; on loan from Chelsea), Dele Alli (Tottenham), Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), Jordon Ibe (Liverpool), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Divock Origi (Liverpool), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), Adama Traoré (Aston Villa).

La Liga:

Marco Asensio (Espanyol), Zakaria Bakkali (Valencia), Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid), Danilo Barbosa (Valencia), Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona), Alen Halilovic (Barcelona), Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona),

Bundesliga:

Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Dahoud Mahmoud (Borussia M’gladbach), Francisco Rodríguez (Wolsfburg), Pierre-Emile Hojberg (Schalke), Adnan Januzaj (Borussia Dortmund; on loan from Manchester United), Max Meyer (Schalke),

Serie A:

Ricardo Kishna (Lazio), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan)

Ligue 1:

Mario Pasalic (Monaco; on loan from Chelsea), Adrien Rabiot (PSG), Adama Traoré (Monaco)

Turkish Super Lig:

Jason Denayer (Galatasaray; on loan from Manchester City)

Dutch Eredivise: Anwar El Ghazi (Ajax Amsterdam), Gaston Pereiro (PSV), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)

Portuguese Primeira Liga:

Goncalo Guedes (Benfica), Ruben Neves (Porto)

Kazakhstan Premier League:

Nemanja Maksimovic (Astana)

Croatian Prva Liga:

Marko Pajca (Dinamo Zagreb)

Belgian Jupiler Pro league:

Moses Simon (KAA Gent), Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht)

Serbian SuperLiga:

Andrija Zivkovic (Partizan Belgrade)

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