Best young player in the 2010 World Cup

[Shzm13]

Germany midfielder Thomas Muller, Mexico forward Giovani dos Santos and Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew have made it onto the three-man shortlist for the award of young player of the 2010 World Cup.

FIFA's technical study group made the announcement on Friday, ahead of Sunday's final between the Netherlands and Spain.

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No doubt in my mind Mueller will win it. Pretty cool to have someone from the CONCACAF in there though 8)

 

[Dr. Jones]

What were the requirements??? Age?

Isn't Gyan from Ghana young as well?

 

[Shzm13]

He's 24. If it weren't for his PKs made, he was pretty much average imo.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

He's 24. If it weren't for his PKs made, he was pretty much average imo.

He missed the most important one of his life.

 

[Milgod]

It has been a whole two World Cups since a CONCACAF player won the award. What country was he from again?

 

[Shzm13]

The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1985. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
FIFA organized a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "best young player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament.[5] With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé. "O Rei" (The King) finished ahead of the Peruvian Teofilo Cubillas, the best young player at Mexico 1970, and England’s Michael Owen, who reached similar heights at France 98.[

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