{"id":1117197,"date":"2019-11-27T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1117197"},"modified":"2019-11-27T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:35:40","slug":"atletico-madrid-joao-felix-named-2019-golden-boy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/atletico-madrid-joao-felix-named-2019-golden-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Golden Boy award goes to Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atletico Madrid forward\u00a0Joao Felix has been named the 2019 <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tz9xxxtiipkh1316sj7a0tyyjmmwqnrq\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/golden_boy\">Golden Boy<\/span> after a stellar year at Benfica and the\u00a0<span>Wanda Metropolitano.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese ace joined Diego Simeone&#8217;s men in the summer from Benfica for a club-record \u00a3113m and has since made a blistering start to life in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How good has Felix been in 2019? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Felix helped guide Benfica to a record 37th\u00a0Primeira Liga title last season.<\/li>\n<li>He also became\u00a0<span>the youngest player in Europa League history to score a hat-trick.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Felix played a part in Portugal winning the inaugural\u00a0Nations League back in June.<\/li>\n<li>He joined Atleti for \u00a3113m in the summer and soon became the<span>\u00a0youngest player to score a Champions League goal<\/span>\u00a0for the club.<\/li>\n<li>Felix is only the second Portuguese player to win the award after\u00a0<span>Renato Sanches (2016).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7430941\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old phenom scored 20 goals and provided 11 assists across all competitions as Benfica reclaimed the Portuguese top-flight title in 2018\/19.<\/p>\n<p>His exploits earned him the Primeira Liga&#8217;s &#8216;Best Young Player of the Year&#8217; award, while he was also handed a first international cap for Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Since bursting into Fernando Santos&#8217; side he has racked up four appearances and played a part as his homeland triumphed in the inaugural National League against the Netherlands last June.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018De Bruyne?!\u2019 Manchester City fans quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PGx6Im8utU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This season Felix has already taken part in 13 games for Atletico Madrid club, scoring three goals and providing one assist in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He netted in the Champions League against <span>Lokomotiv Moscow\u00a0earlier this campaign, becoming\u00a0<\/span>the<span>\u00a0youngest player to score in the competition for the club as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Felix has beaten the likes of Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Jadon Sancho, goalscoring machine\u00a0<span>Erling Braut Haaland and former recipient of the accolade\u00a0Matthijs de Ligt.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid forward\u00a0Joao Felix has been named the 2019 Golden Boy after a stellar year at Benfica and the\u00a0Wanda Metropolitano. 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