{"id":29258,"date":"2023-11-17T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportybroker.com\/blog\/?p=29258"},"modified":"2023-11-17T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:02:44","slug":"golden-boy-2023-jude-bellingham-wins-award-equals-kylian-mbappe-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportybroker.com\/blog\/golden-boy-2023-jude-bellingham-wins-award-equals-kylian-mbappe-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Boy 2023: Jude Bellingham wins award &amp; equals Kylian Mbappe record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham has won&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Tuttosport&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;Golden Boy award for 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellingham took home a staggering 97% of the voting to claim this year&#8217;s prize, equalling Kylian Mbappe&#8217;s 2017 record for highest percentage of votes received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20-year-old enjoyed a stellar final season at Borussia Dortmund, leading them to within a point of winning their first Bundesliga title since 2012, only to be pipped to first place on the final day by Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since signing for Real Madrid,\u00a0Bellingham\u00a0has become a global superstar, already grabbing 13 goals and three assists in 14 games for Los Blancos. His penchant for scoring late winners &#8211; including away at Barcelona in\u00a0<em>El Clasico<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; and iconic arms-out celebration have seen him become a meme in Spain too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a pre-recorded acceptance speech, Bellingham said: &#8220;I just wanted to thank everyone who voted for me for the 2023 Golden Boy, I really appreciate it. I&#8217;d like to thank everyone that&#8217;s been part of my journey so far at Birmingham, Dortmund and now\u00a0Madrid. It wouldn&#8217;t be possible without them &#8211; there&#8217;s so many that I&#8217;d be here for hours naming them all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportybroker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportybroker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png 720w, https:\/\/sportybroker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bellingham has become an icon for club and country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Lastly, and most importantly, my family who give me the support and motivation and the love every day to keep striving. Now that I&#8217;ve got this beautiful award, I want to keep going and pushing the limits of my potential and hopefully there&#8217;s many more trophies to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellingham beat the likes of Bayern Munich&#8217;s Jamal Musiala, Barcelona&#8217;s Alejandro Balde, RB Leipzig&#8217;s Xavi Simons and Benfica&#8217;s Antonio Silva to the award. He also recently took home France Football&#8217;s Kopa Trophy at the 2023\u00a0Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two other Englishmen have won the Golden Boy award before &#8211; Wayne Rooney in 2004 and Raheem Sterling in 2014. The most recent recipients of the Golden Boy were Gavi in 2022, Pedri in 2021 and Erling Haaland in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham has won&nbsp;Tuttosport&#8217;s&nbsp;Golden Boy award for 2023. 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