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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is P\u00e1ez and the second or maternal family name is Gavira.

Gavi

Gavi training with Barcelona in 2022

Personal information

Full name

\nPablo Mart\u00edn P\u00e1ez Gavira^[1]

Date of birth

\n5 August 2004 (age 20)^[2]

Place of birth

\nLos Palacios y Villafranca, Spain

Height

\n1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nCentral midfielder

Team information

Current team

\nBarcelona

Number

\n6

Youth career

2010\u20132013

\nLa Liara

2013\u20132015

\nBetis

2015\u20132021

\nBarcelona

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2021

\nBarcelona B

\n3

\n(0)

2021\u2013

\nBarcelona

\n96

\n(5)

International career^\u2021

2018\u20132020

\nSpain U15

\n4

\n(1)

2019\u20132020

\nSpain U16

\n7

\n(0)

2020\u20132021

\nSpain U18

\n3

\n(0)

2021\u2013

\nSpain

\n27

\n(5)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Spain\n
UEFA Nations League\n
Winner	2023 Netherlands	\n
Runner-up	2021 Italy	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
\u2021 National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Pablo Mart\u00edn P\u00e1ez Gavira^[a] (born 5 August 2004), known as Gavi,^[b] is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.^[4]^[5]\n

In 2022, Gavi won the Golden Boy award and received the Kopa Trophy, awarded by France Football during the 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony.\n

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Early life

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Gavi was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Sevilla, Andalusia.^[1]^[6]\n

Club career

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Early career

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Gavi started his career at La Liara Balompi\u00e9, a club in his hometown, where he spent two years, between 2010 and 2012.^[7] From there he moved on to Real Betis's youth academy, where he spent two seasons.^[8]^[9] He scored 95 goals for the youth team of Real Betis.^[10]\n

Barcelona

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Youth career

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In 2015, at the age of 11, he signed for Barcelona.^[11]^[12]\n

In September 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the Catalan club, and was promoted directly from the under-16 team to the under-19 team.^[13]^[14] He made his debut for Barcelona B on 21 February 2021, in the 6\u20130 home routing of L'Hospitalet, coming on as a substitute for Nico Gonz\u00e1lez in the 77th minute.^[15] He made his first start for Bar\u00e7a B the following 14 March in a 1\u20130 derby win against Espanyol B at the Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque.^[16]\n

2021\u201322 season

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Having featured twice for Barcelona B in the 2020\u201321 season, Gavi was promoted to the senior squad for pre-season friendlies with the first team ahead of the start of the new season.^[17]^[18] After good performances in wins against Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona and Girona, Gavi was reported to have pushed ahead of Riqui Puig in manager Ronald Koeman's squad selection.^[19]^[20] He continued this good run of form in a 3\u20130 win against German opposition VfB Stuttgart, earning comparisons with Barcelona legend Xavi.^[21]^[22]\n

On 29 August 2021, he played his first official match for Barcelona's first team in the 2\u20131 La Liga win over Getafe, replacing Sergi Roberto in the 73rd minute. On 18 December, he scored his first goal for the club and provided an assist in the 3\u20132 home win over Elche.^[23]\n

2022\u201323 season

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On 15 January 2023, Gavi scored a goal and provided two assists to be named man of the match in a 3\u20131 victory over Real Madrid in the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a Final.^[24] On 31 January, a Spanish court ruled in favor of accepting Gavi's new contract with Barcelona until 2026, signed in September the previous year, despite opposition from La Liga president Javier Tebas who argued that the new deal would not fit in the club's salary limit that season.^[25] On the same day, Barcelona announced that Gavi would acquire the number 6 shirt, previously worn by his coach Xavi.^[26] On 21 March, a court ruling ordered that the new deal to be revoked as it would exceed the club's salary limit, and a return to his previous enrolment as a youth-team player with his old number 30 shirt.^[27]^[28]^[29]\n

On 20 June 2023, Barcelona managed to complete Gavi's registration to La Liga as a first-team player, subsequently extended his contract with Barcelona until June 2026, which contained a release clause of \u20ac1bn.^[30]\n

2023\u2013present

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Gavi who had been injured since November 2023 came back to training on 12 September 2024.^[31] On 31 January 2025, he extended his contract with the club until 2030.^[32]\n

International career

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Gavi has represented Spain at under-15 and under-16 level.^[1]^[10]\n

On 30 September 2021, Gavi received a surprise call-up to the senior Spain national team by the manager Luis Enrique. He made his debut in their UEFA Nations League semi-final win against Italy on 6 October, becoming the youngest player to ever represent Spain at senior level.^[33]^[34] In the final against France on 10 October, Spain ultimately suffered a 2\u20131 defeat.^[35] On 5 June 2022, he scored his first senior goal in the Nations League away against the Czech Republic, becoming the youngest player to ever score representing Spain at senior level.^[36]\n

Gavi was named in Spain's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in which he started in all four matches.^[37] With his goal against Costa Rica in Spain's first game of the tournament, Gavi became the third youngest player (only behind Pel\u00e9 and Manuel Rosas) to score in a World Cup match.^[38]\n

On 15 October 2023, Gavi scored the only goal in a 1\u20130 away win over Norway during the Euro 2024 qualifying, securing his national team's qualification to the major tournament.^[39] A month later, on 19 November, he sustained an ACL injury in his right knee and a damaged meniscus during a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia, which would force him to miss both the Euro 2024 finals and the 2024 Olympic Games for Spain.^[40]\n

Style of play

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Graham Hunter of ESPN hailed Gavi as a highly promising young player in 2021, comparing him to former Barcelona midfielders Xavi and Andr\u00e9s Iniesta due to his dribbling, anticipation, intelligence, vision, passing, first touch, close control, change of pace, and quick reflexes.^[41] Following his performance in Spain's semi-final victory over Italy in the 2021 Nations League Finals, Italian defender Emerson Palmieri described Gavi as a player who \"has huge potential\".^[34]\n

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 17 February 2025^[42]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition\n
Club\n	Season\n	League\n	Copa del Rey\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Barcelona B\n	2020\u201321\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B\n	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	0\n
2021\u201322\n	Primera Divisi\u00f3n RFEF\n	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Total\n	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	3	0\n
Barcelona\n	2021\u201322\n	La Liga\n	34	2	1	0	11^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	47	2\n
2022\u201323\n	La Liga\n	36	2	5	0	6^[e]	0	2^[d]	1	49	3\n
2023\u201324\n	La Liga\n	12	1	0	0	3^[f]	1	0	0	15	2\n
2024\u201325\n	La Liga\n	14	0	2	1	5^[f]	0	2^[d]	1	23	2\n
Total\n	96	5	8	1	25	1	5	2	134	9\n
Career total\n	99	5	8	1	25	1	5	2	137	9\n

^ Spanish pronunciation: [\u02c8pa\u03b2lo ma\u027e\u02c8tim \u02c8pae\u03b8 \u0263a\u02c8\u03b2i\u027ea];^[3]\n
^ pronounced [\u02c8\u0261a\u03b2i]\n
^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League\n
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance(s) in Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\n
^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League\n
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Champions League\n

International

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As of match played 19 November 2023^[43]

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Appearances and goals by national team and year\n
National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Spain\n	2021	4	0\n
2022	13	3\n
2023	10	2\n
Total	27	5\n

As of match played 15 October 2023

Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gavi goal^[43]

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List of international goals scored by Gavi\n
No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1	5 June 2022	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	8	$\"\"$ Czech Republic	1\u20131	2\u20132	2022\u201323 UEFA Nations League A	^[44]\n
2	17 November 2022	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	13	$\"\"$ Jordan	2\u20130	3\u20131	Friendly	^[45]\n
3	23 November 2022	Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar	14	$\"\"$ Costa Rica	5\u20130	7\u20130	2022 FIFA World Cup	^[46]\n
4	12 September 2023	Nuevo Los C\u00e1rmenes, Granada, Spain	23	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	^[47]\n
5	15 October 2023	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	25	$\"\"$ Norway	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	^[48]\n

Honours

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Barcelona\n

La Liga: 2022\u201323^[49]
Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a: 2023,^[50] 2025^[51]

Spain\n

UEFA Nations League: 2022\u201323

Individual\n

Kopa Trophy: 2022^[52]
Golden Boy: 2022^[53]
IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team^{[broken anchor]}: 2022,^[54] 2023^[55]
IFFHS Men's Youth (U20) UEFA Team: 2022,^[56] 2023^[57]
Trofeo Aldo Rovira: 2021\u201322^[58]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Gavi at WorldFootball.net\n
^ ^a ^b \"Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Spain (ESP)\" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2024.\n
^ In isolation, Mart\u00edn and Gavira are pronounced [ma\u027e\u02c8tin] and [\u0261a\u02c8\u03b2i\u027ea] respectively.\n
^ \"Camavinga and Gavi fight it out for the Golden Boy Award\". Marca. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.\n
^ Williams, George (4 April 2022). \"Gavi collects the 'Next Generation' award as the third best young player in the world\". Sports Finding. Retrieved 18 June 2022.\n
^ Navarro, Cristina (6 September 2021). \"\"El equipo de Gavi\"\" [\"Gavi's Team\"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2022.\n
^ Hart, Simon (8 December 2021). \"Gavi: The FC Barcelona youngster with undone laces who was 'born' for the big stage\". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.\n
^ Cala, Rafael (8 October 2021). \"La Liara reivindica a Gavi: \"Era Oliver Atom\"\" [La Liara vindicates Gavi: \"He was Oliver Atom\"]. estadiodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2021.\n
^ \"A special fixture for Gavi\". FC Barcelona. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.\n
^ ^a ^b Navarro, Alicia (4 December 2018). \"Gavi, el maestro de La Mas\u00eda\" [Gavi, the maestro of La Mas\u00eda]. vavel.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Sanderson, Tom (30 July 2021). \"FC Barcelona Preseason Has Seen Coach Ronald Koeman Find New 'Golden Boys'\". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Kulig, Jacek (19 May 2020). \"Scouting report on Pablo Paez 'Gavi' - the little maestro from La Masia\". tribuna.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ \"Young star Gavi signs new contract with Barcelona\". sport.es. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Soldevila, Adri\u00e0 (3 June 2021). \"Gavi: La Masia wonderkid set to be the future of Barcelona's midfield\". goal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ \"Gavi becomes 14th Under-19s player to debut for Bar\u00e7a B under Garcia Pimienta\". FC Barcelona. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.\n
^ Rog\u00e9, Albert (14 March 2021). \"La fiesta 'juvenil' del Bar\u00e7a B hunde al RCD Espanyol B\". sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2021.\n
^ Sharma, Rik (2 August 2021). \"Gavi, Demir & the Barcelona wonderkids impressing Koeman in pre-season\". goal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Bona, German (17 July 2021). \"Gavi, puro arte y mucho duende\". sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Mart\u00ednez, Ferran (22 July 2021). \"Gavi se creci\u00f3 entre los mayores en su debut\". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Clark, Gill (27 July 2021). \"Koeman Prefers Barcelona Teen To Riqui Puig: Report\". heavy.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ K\u00f6nig, Kosta (2 August 2021). \"16-year-old Barca kid Gavi stuns fans with fantastic performance, gets compared to Xavi\". tribuna.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ Law, Joshua (2 August 2021). \"Gavi & a delicate touch that showed he could well be Barcelona's new Xavi\". planetfootball.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.\n
^ \"First goals for Gavi and Jutgl\u00e0\". FC Barcelona. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.\n
^ \"Barcelona ease past Real Madrid to win Spanish Super Cup as PSG lose again\". The Guardian. 15 January 2023.\n
^ Marsden, Sam; Llorens, Moises (31 January 2023). \"Court ruling allows Barcelona to register Gavi's new contract; LaLiga to appeal\". ESPN.\n
^ \"Gavi to wear the number 6 jersey for Bar\u00e7a\". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2023.\n
^ Marsden, Sam; Llorens, Moises (21 March 2023). \"Barcelona to appeal court's decision to reverse Gavi's registration - source\". ESPN.\n
^ Ball\u00fas, Pol. \"Gavi could leave Barcelona for free after court ruling\". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 March 2023.\n
^ \"Dear Gavi, here's why you should join [insert club name] on a free transfer\". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 March 2023.\n
^ \"Barcelona complete Gavi registration with La Liga\". OneFootball. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.\n
^ \"Gavi returns to Barcelona training after ACL tear\". ESPN. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.\n
^ \"Gavi, blaugrana until 2030\". FC Barcelona. 31 January 2025.\n
^ \"Italy 1 Spain 2\". BBC Sport. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.\n
^ ^a ^b Lowe, Sid (8 October 2021). \"How 17-year-old Gavi became Spain's present and future\". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2021.\n
^ \"Spain vs. France \u2013 Football Match Report\". ESPN. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.\n
^ \"Gavi becomes youngest ever goalscorer for Spanish national side\". FC Barcelona. 6 June 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.\n
^ \"Spain at the 2022 World Cup: who is in Luis Enrique's 26-man squad?\". Reuters. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.\n
^ Furniss, Matt (23 November 2022). \"The Youngest Players to Score at a World Cup\". The Analyst. Retrieved 23 January 2023.\n
^ \"Norway 0-1 Spain: Gavi goal seals qualification for La Roja and secures Scotland's spot at Euro 2024\". Eurosport. 16 October 2023.\n
^ Sanderson, Tom (19 November 2023). \"FC Barcelona Star Gavi Tears ACL And Is Out For Rest Of Season, AS Reports\". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2023.\n
^ Hunter, Graham (28 September 2021). \"Ansu Fati and Gavi are Barcelona's future rising from the depths of a lost season\". ESPN. Retrieved 13 February 2022.\n
^ \"Gavi: Summary\". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 August 2022.\n
^ ^a ^b \"Gavi\". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 August 2022.\n
^ \"Czech Republic vs. Spain 2\u20132: Summary\". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 August 2022.\n
^ \"Jordan vs. Spain 1\u20133: Summary\". Soccerway.\n
^ \"Spain vs. Costa Rica 7\u20130: Summary\". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 November 2022.\n
^ \"Spain vs. Cyprus 6\u20130: Summary\". Soccerway.\n
^ \"Spain vs. Norway 1\u20130: Summary\". Soccerway.\n
^ \"FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!\". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.\n
^ \"Spanish Super Cup: Barcelona beat Real Madrid\". BBC Sport. 15 January 2023.\n
^ \"FC Barcelona win the Super Cup in a final for the history books (2-5)\". Real Federaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de F\u00fatbol. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.\n
^ \"Gavi (Bar\u00e7a), vainqueur du Troph\u00e9e Kopa 2022\". l'\u00e9quipe. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.\n
^ \"DIRETTA Il Golden Boy 2022 \u00e8 Gavi!\". Tuttosport. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.\n
^ \"IFFHS MEN'S WORLD YOUTH (U20) TEAM 2022\". 12 January 2023.\n
^ \"IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2023\". IFFHS. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.\n
^ \"IFFHS MEN'S CONTINENTAL YOUTH (U20) TEAMS 2022 - UEFA\". 26 January 2023.\n
^ \"IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) UEFA TEAM 2023\". 5 February 2024.\n
^ FCBarcelona (9 February 2023). \"Alexia and Gavi receive the Aldo Rovira award for the 2021/22 season\". fcbarcelona. Retrieved 10 February 2023.\n

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gavi (association football player).

Profile at the FC Barcelona website
Profile at the Royal Spanish Football Federation website (in Spanish)
Gavi \u2013 UEFA competition record (archive) $\"Edit$

v t e FC Barcelona – current squad
\n \n 1 Ter Stegen \n 2 Cubars\u00ed \n 3 Balde \n 4 Ara\u00fajo \n 5 Mart\u00ednez \n 6 Gavi \n 7 Ferran \n 8 Pedri \n 9 Lewandowski \n 10 Fati \n 11 Raphinha \n 13 Pe\u00f1a \n 14 Torre \n 15 Christensen \n 16 Ferm\u00edn \n 17 Casad\u00f3 \n 18 V\u00edctor \n 19 Yamal \n 20 Olmo \n 21 De Jong \n 23 Kound\u00e9 \n 24 Garc\u00eda \n 25 Szcz\u0119sny \n Coach: Flick \n \n

v t e Spain squad \u2013 2022 FIFA World Cup
\n 1 S\u00e1nchez \n 2 Azpilicueta \n 3 Garc\u00eda \n 4 P. Torres \n 5 Busquets (c) \n 6 Llorente \n 7 Morata \n 8 Koke \n 9 Gavi \n 10 Asensio \n 11 F. Torres \n 12 Williams \n 13 Raya \n 14 Balde \n 15 Guillam\u00f3n \n 16 Rodri \n 17 Pino \n 18 Alba \n 19 Soler \n 20 Carvajal \n 21 Olmo \n 22 Sarabia \n 23 Sim\u00f3n \n 24 Laporte \n 25 Fati \n 26 Pedri \n Coach: Luis Enrique \n	$\"Spain\"$

Awards

v t e Kopa Trophy
\n France Football magazine award \n
\n 2018: $\"France\"$ Mbapp\u00e9 \n 2019: $\"Netherlands\"$ De Ligt \n 2020: not awarded \n 2021: $\"Spain\"$ Pedri \n 2022: $\"Spain\"$ Gavi \n 2023: $\"England\"$ Bellingham \n 2024: $\"Spain\"$ Yamal \n
Ballon d'Or additional awards (Ballon d'Or F\u00e9minin, Yashin Trophy, Gerd M\u00fcller Trophy, S\u00f3crates Award, Super Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or Dream Team)

v t e Golden Boy award winners
\n 2003: Van der Vaart \n 2004: Rooney \n 2005: Messi \n 2006: F\u00e0bregas \n 2007: Ag\u00fcero \n 2008: Anderson \n 2009: Pato \n 2010: Balotelli \n 2011: G\u00f6tze \n 2012: Isco \n 2013: Pogba \n 2014: Sterling \n 2015: Martial \n 2016: Sanches \n 2017: Mbapp\u00e9 \n 2018: De Ligt \n 2019: F\u00e9lix \n 2020: Haaland \n 2021: Pedri \n 2022: Gavi \n 2023: Bellingham \n 2024: Yamal \n

v t e Aldo Rovira Trophy
Men's winners \n 2009\u201310: Messi \n 2010\u201311: Messi \n 2011\u201312: Abidal \n 2012\u201313: Messi \n 2013\u201314: Mascherano \n 2014\u201315: Messi \n 2015\u201316: Su\u00e1rez \n 2016\u201317: Messi \n 2017\u201318: Messi \n 2018\u201319: Piqu\u00e9 \n 2019\u201320: Ter Stegen \n 2020\u201321: Pedri \n 2021\u201322: Gavi \n 2022\u201323: Ter Stegen
Women's winners \n 2020\u201321: Putellas \n 2021\u201322: Putellas \n 2022\u201323: Bonmat\u00ed

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Gavi (footballer)

Talks

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