Gavi y Alexia, Golden Boy y Golden Girl 2022

Alexia Putellas revalidates award and Real Madrid wins awards for Benzema, Ancelotti and Florentino Pérez

BARCELONA, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

FC Barcelona midfielder Pablo Martín Páez, 'Gavi', won the 'Golden Boy 2022' award this Friday, which is awarded by the Italian sports newspaper 'Tuttosport' to the best footballer under 21 years of age, while Alexia Putellas revalidates the award as the best player and Real Madrid triumphs with Florentino, best president; Benzema, best of the year and Ancelotti, best coach.

In this way, Gavi wins the distinction for the best young man under 21 years of age in 2022, taking over from his teammate Pedri, who won the previous one, so he follows in his footsteps as happened with the Kopa Trophy the previous week. . Thus, the Spanish international surpasses Camavinga, Bellingham and Musiala to win the award.

Among the 100 candidates, up to seven Spanish footballers stood out, with Barça as one of the teams that contributes the most, with Ansu Fati, Alejandro Baldé, Nico González, Pedri and Gavi himself, along with Yéremy Pino, Nico Williams, the former Barça player Ilaix Moriba, on loan at Valencia and Raúl Moro, a Spanish footballer for Lazio.

ALEXIA PUTELLAS REVALIDES AWARD AND REAL MADRID RULES

In the case of Alexia Putellas, Ballon d'Or for the second consecutive year, the Italian sports newspaper 'Tuttosport' has also awarded her with the 'Golden Woman Player 2022', an award that she already obtained last year and that she will revalidate.

On the part of Real Madrid, the white team has also been the protagonist in the awards with Karim Benzema as the best footballer of the year, Florentino Pérez as the best president and Carlo Ancelotti as the best coach on the 20th anniversary of these awards.

Also, Paolo Maldini has been awarded as best sports director, in individual awards that will be distributed on November 7 at a gala in Turin (Italy).