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Raheem Sterling picks up award for best U21 player in European football

Published 10:08 20 Dec 2014 GMT

Updated 10:56 20 Dec 2014 GMT

Sean Nolan
Raheem Sterling picks up award for best U21 player in European football

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New haircut and now a new trophy for the mantelpiece

In midweek he rediscovered his goalscoring form and today Liverpool's Raheem Sterling has picked up one of the most prestigious awards in European football. Sterling has been given the Golden Boy award for 2014, the prize given to the best player under 21 according to a panel of football journalists. Previous winners include the likes of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Cesc Fabregas. Sterling is only the second English player to get it, following on from Wayne Rooney, who picked it up in 2004. Almost all the previous winners have gone on to have stellar careers, with the only notable exception being 2008 winner Anderson. The jury remains out on 2010 winner, and now team-mate of Sterling, Mario Balotelli.

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