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What is the 'FIFA Best Young Player Award'?

It is the award given to the ‘Best Player in the Tournament’ who is 21 years old or younger. The award was awarded for the ‘First time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. It was awarded to Germany's ‘Lukas Podolski’. Since the award was started in 2006, FIFA felt the need to honour previous year World Cups Best Young Players. FIFA, thus organized a survey on the Internet for users to choose the ‘Best Young Player’ of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. Based on the voting Pelé was the winner for the year 1958, when he was 17 years old.