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Chelsea defender Jorrel Hato is the only Dutch player among 25 nominees for the 2026 Golden Boy award, according to ANP. The winner is due to be announced on 26 October.
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Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport, which organises the Golden Boy award, announced the nominations on Monday, 5 October, according to ANP. The prize is for footballers under 21 playing for European clubs. Hato, 20, is a left-back in his second season at Chelsea. ANP reports that he often starts for the club but is usually on the bench for the Netherlands. [1]
The nominees also include Hato’s Chelsea teammate Estêvão, Bayern Munich’s Lennart Karl and Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsí. Dutch players Rafael van der Vaart and Matthijs de Ligt won the award in 2003 and 2018 respectively. [1]
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