Golden talent of Ukraine

Golden talent of Ukraine is unique national award for young Ukrainian footballers. Winners are determined on a basis of the calendar year results in two age categories – Under 21 (players who are not older than 21 at the end of the year) and Under 19 (players who are not older than 19 at the end of the year). Annual rating is based on monthly surveys of coaches, directors of sport schools, experts, journalists and fans. The final voting is held at the end of a year, to which the participants come with bonus points (for success in the monthly surveys).

The concept of the competition was developed by a football journalist Andrei Kudyrko. In March, 2013 the first monthly survey was held.

The competition conditions

Surveys are conducted in months when matches are played in the Ukrainian Championship (March, April, May, August, September, October and November, according to circumstances – June and July). Respondents call their top three of young and youthful players on a basis of the month results, their votes are summed up (1st place – 3 points, 2nd place – 2 points, 3rd place – 1 point). Indicators of monthly surveys form the annual ranking in both age categories – Under 21 and Under 19.

The top ten of a year is allowed for the final voting with bonus points (1st place – 10, 2nd – 9, ..., 10th – 1). Besides, the players who are trapped in the top 5 of a month at least once and got some bonus points (1st place – 5, 2nd – 4, ..., 5th – 1) are allowed to the final year voting. This ensures the objectivity of the competition – the players who played more consistently during a year (and not only last few months before the final voting) get additional promotion, in traditional polls the one wins more often who proved to be brighter than others at the finish, as recent events are more memorable.

The situation in the category Under 21 in 2013 clearly demonstrated that a complicated procedure of determining the winner in the competition Golden Talent of Ukraine is fair. Serhiy Bolbat got the most points in a year voting, he played the autumn excellent, but with the bonus points for the whole year Ivan Ordets celebrated total victory, who consistently played in spring and autumn.

Prizes

By the end of 2013 six best players (three winners in each of two age categories) received prizes provided by competition partners – diplomas, game shoes and watches.

The voting winners

2013

Month Player (under 21) Club Player (under 19) Club
March Ivan Ordets Illichivets Mariupol Eduard Sobol Shakhtar Donetsk
April Maksym Koval Dynamo Kyiv Eduard Sobol Shakhtar Donetsk
May Ivan Ordets Illichivets Mariupol Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk
July Maksym Koval Dynamo Kyiv Roman Pidkivka Karpaty Lviv
August Ivan Ordets Illichivets Mariupol Roman Pidkivka Karpaty Lviv
September Serhiy Bolbat[1] Metalurh Donetsk Eduard Sobol Shakhtar Donetsk
October Serhiy Bolbat[2] Metalurh Donetsk Dmytro Yarchuk[3] Tavriya Simferopol
November Serhiy Bolbat Metalurh Donetsk Dmytro Yarchuk Tavriya Simferopol
Redvan Memeshev[4] Volyn Lutsk
2013 (final)[5] Ivan Ordets Illichivets Mariupol Eduard Sobol Shakhtar Donetsk

2014

Month Player (under 21) Club Player (under 19) Club
March[6] Serhiy Bolbat Metalurh Donetsk Roman Pidkivka Karpaty Lviv
April[7] Mykyta Shevchenko Zorya Luhansk Roman Pidkivka Karpaty Lviv
May Serhiy Bolbat Metalurh Donetsk Eduard Sobol Shakhtar Donetsk
August[8] Ruslan Malinovskyi[9] Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych[10] Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
September Serhiy Bolbat[11] Metalist Kharkiv Valeriy Luchkevych[12] Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
October Mykyta Shevchenko Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
November Serhiy Myakushko[13] Hoverla Uzhhorod Valeriy Luchkevych Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2014 (final)[14] Ruslan Malinovskyi Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

2015

Month Player (under 21) Club Player (under 19) Club
March Serhiy Hryn[15] Illichivets Mariupol Valeriy Luchkevych Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
April Serhiy Hryn Illichivets Mariupol Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv
May Serhiy Hryn Illichivets Mariupol Valeriy Luchkevych Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
August Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk
September Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk
October [16] Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk
November Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk Oleksandr Zinchenko FC Ufa
2015 (final) [17] Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk

2016

Month Player (under 21) Club Player (under 19) Club
March[18] Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk Maryan Shved Sevilla_FC
April
May
August
September
October
November
2016 (final)

References

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  2. http://metallurg.donetsk.ua/ru/news/?id=11060
  3. http://www.sctavriya.com/page/publics/5957/
  4. http://ua.championat.com/football/news-1713973-bolbat-i-memeshev-priznany-luchshimi-molodymi-futbolistami-ukrainy-v-nojabre.html
  5. http://vesti.ua/sport/40035-zolotymi-futbolnymi-talantami-ukrainy-stali-ordec-i-sobol
  6. http://vesti.ua/sport/48892-bolbat-i-pidkivka-stali-luchshimi-molodymi-igrokami-ukrainy-v-marte
  7. http://vesti.ua/sport/52191-luchshimi-molodymi-futbolistami-ukrainy-v-aprele-stali-vratari
  8. http://vesti.ua/sport/70442-luchshimi-molodymi-futbolistami-ukrainy-v-avguste-stali-malinovskij-i-luchkevich
  9. http://www.dynamomania.com/news/262519-kalitvintsev-na-tretem-meste-v-spiske-luchshi-molodyh-igrokov-ukrainy-u-21-v-avguste
  10. http://www.fcdnipro.ua/ru/news/2014/09/22/7593/
  11. http://football24.ua/home/showSingleNews.do?bolbat_stav_naykrashhim_molodim_gravtsem_veresnya&objectId=228241
  12. http://www.fcdnipro.ua/ru/news/2014/10/27/7695/
  13. http://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/news/17-12-2014-zolotoy-talant-ukrainy-finishnyy-spurt-sergeya-mjakushko.html
  14. http://ru.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ukr/news/newsid=2203000.html
  15. http://footclub.com.ua/news/Ukraina/Prochie/518279598/Grin-luchshiy-molodoy-futbolist-Ukrainy-v-marte
  16. http://www.unian.ua/sport/1186139-petryak-i-kovalenko-viznani-kraschimi-molodimi-futbolistami-ukrajini-u-jovtni.html
  17. http://ru.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=2327194.html
  18. http://www.unian.net/sport/1328096-kovalenko-i-shved-priznanyi-luchshimi-molodyimi-futbolistami-ukrainyi-v-marte.html

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