Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi has been named on the shortlist for the 2025 Golden Boy award.
The 18-year-old is the only Barcelona player on the list, with Lamine Yamal unable to be nominated as he is the current holder.
Here’s the list in full:
Pau Cubarsì -FC Barcelona Désiré Doué – Paris Saint-Germain FC Dean Huijsen – Real Madrid CF Kenan Yildiz – Juventus FC Myles Lewis-Skelly – Arsenal FC Warren Zaire-Emery – Paris Saint-Germain FC Arda Güler – Real Madrid CF Franco Mastantuono – Real Madrid CF Ethan
Nwaneri – Arsenal FC Jorrel Hato – Chelsea FC Geovany Quenda – Sporting Estêvão – Chelsea FC Leny Yoro – Manchester United FC Senny Mayulu – Paris Saint Germain FC Nico O’Reilly – Manchester City FC Eliesse Ben Seghir – Bayer Leverkusen Victor Froholdt – FC Porto Lucas Bergvall – Tottenham Archie Gray – Tottenham Mamadou Sarr – Strasbourg
There are also five wild cards:
Jobe Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund
Francesco Pio Esposito – Inter
Rodrigo Mora – FC Porto
Giovanni Leoni – Liverpool FC
Aleksandar Stankovic – Club Brugge
Cubarsi is nominated after winning La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup titles last season.
He’s already a regular fixture for club and country, at the tender age of 18, but is likely to be an outsider for the award as they are rarely handed out to defenders.
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