FIFA
Best Young Player award is awarded to the most elegant player who is
at most 21 years old in the World Cup tournament. The Best Young
Player award was started in 2006 in which fans could elect their
favorite player on Internet on the official website of FIFA.
Recently
FIFA organized a survey to elect the Best Young Player of the World
Cup tournament organized between 1958 and 2002. The stunning player
of the olden days Pele (Brazil) received the highest number of votes
(61%) defeating Teófilo Cubillas of Peru and Michael Owen of
England.
Best
Young Player Award
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World
Cup Venue
|
Year
|
Player
|
Age
|
Country
|
Sweden
|
1958
|
Pele
|
17
|
Brazil
|
Chile
|
1962
|
Florian
Albert
|
20
|
Hungary
|
England
|
1966
|
Franz
Beckenbauer
|
20
|
Germany
|
Mexico
|
1970
|
Teofilo
Cubillas
|
21
|
Peru
|
West
Germany
|
1974
|
Wladyslaw
Zmuda
|
20
|
Poland
|
Argentina
|
1978
|
Antonio
Cabrini
|
20
|
Italy
|
Spain
|
1982
|
Manuel
Amoros
|
21
|
France
|
Mexico
|
1986
|
Enzo
Scifo
|
20
|
Belgium
|
Italy
|
1990
|
Robert
Prosinecki
|
21
|
Socialist
Fedral Republic of Yugoslavia
|
United
States
|
1994
|
Marc
Overmars
|
21
|
Netherlands
|
France
|
1998
|
Michael
Owen
|
18
|
England
|
Korea/Japan
|
2002
|
Landon
Donovan
|
20
|
United
States
|
Germany
|
2006
|
Lukas
Podolski
|
21
|
Germany
|
South
Africa
|
2010
|
Thomas
Muller
|
20
|
Germany
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