World Cup 2018: 5 awards given out at the end of the tournament and who could win them

Germany v Argentina: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final
Neuer and Messi at the World Cup 2014 awards ceremony

#5 Best young player award

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French youngsters Mbappe (left) and Dembele are favorites to win the award

The best young player award is a young award in itself, having been introduced at the 2006 world cup. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years of age.

The three recipients so far have been Lukas Podolski, Thomas Muller and most recently, Paul Pogba. All three of them went on to become household names in the world of football.

FIFA organised an online survey for users to choose the "best young player" of the World Cup between 1958 and 2002, naming the best young player of each tournament.

This saw some familiar names pop up, such as Pele way back in 1958 and more recently Michael Owen from the 1998 world cup.

Potential Winners

Kylian Mbappe - France

Gabriel Jesus - Brazil

Ousmane Dembele - France

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