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Kylian Mbappe has been confirmed as the winner of the Golden Boy award for the best playing under the age of 21 in Europe, although there is confusion about who came third.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker, who joined on loan from Monaco this summer ahead of a £160m deal next year, has four goals and four assists this season as well as helping his former club to the Champions League semi-finals and the Ligue 1 title.
He is now one third of one of the most terrifying front threes in Europe alongside Neymar and Edinson Cavani and joins the likes of Lionel Messi , Wayne Rooney and Paul Pogba who have also won the award.
FIFPro 55 best players in the worldShow all 55 1 /55FIFPro 55 best players in the world FIFPro 55 best players in the world Gianluigi Buffon - Italy, Juventus
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world David De Gea - Spain, Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Keylor Navas - Costa Rica, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Manuel Neuer - Germany, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Jan Oblak - Slovenia, Atletico Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world David Alaba - Austria, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Jordi Alba - Spain, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Dani Alves - Brazil, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Jerome Boateng - Germany, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Leonardo Bonucci - Italy, Juventus/AC Milan
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Dani Carvajal - Spain, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Giorgio Chiellini - Italy, Juventus
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Diego Godin - Uruguay, Atletico Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Mats Hummels - Germany, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Phillipp Lahm - Germany, Bayern Munich/retired
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world David Luiz - Brazil, Chelsea
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Marcelo - Brazil, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Javier Mascherano - Argentina, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Pepe - Portugal, Real Madrid/Besiktas
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Gerard Pique - Spain, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Sergio Ramos - Spain, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Thiago Silva - Brazil, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Samuel Umtiti - France, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Antonio Valencia - Ecuador, Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Raphael Varane - France, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Thiago Alcantara - Spain, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Sergio Busquets - Spain, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Casemiro - Brazil, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Philippe Coutinho - Brazil, Liverpool
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Eden Hazard - Belgium, Chelsea
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Andres Iniesta - Spain, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Isco - Spain, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world N'Golo Kante - France, Chelsea
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Toni Kroos - Germany, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Nemanja Matic - Serbia, Chelsea/Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Luka Modric - Croatia, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Mesut Ozil - Germany, Arsenal
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Paul Pogba - France, Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Marco Verratti - Italy, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Arturo Vidal - Chile, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Gareth Bale - Wales, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Karim Benzema - France, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Edinson Cavani - Uruguay, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Paulo Dybala - Argentina, Juventus
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Antoine Griezmann - France, Atletico Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden, Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Harry Kane - England, Tottenham Hotspur
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Robert Lewandowski - Poland, Bayern Munich
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Romelu Lukaku - Belgium, Manchester United
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Kylian Mbappe - France, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Lionel Messi - Argentina, Barcelona
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Neymar - Brazil, Paris Saint-Germain
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal, Real Madrid
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Alexis Sanchez - Chile, Arsenal
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FIFPro 55 best players in the world Luis Suarez - Uruguay, Barcelona
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Mbappe beat Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele to win but Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford appears to have beaten City’s Gabriel Jesus into third, despite not being including in the three finalists revealed last week.
Mbappe won with 291 votes ahead of Dembele’s 149 but Tuttosport , who said it was Jesus joining the other wtwo in the final, reported that Rashford received 76 votes, with the Brazilian receiving just 72.
AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma came in fifth with Borussia Dortmund ’s Christian Pulisic in sixth.
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