Ghana international Ernest Nuamah Appiah has been left out of the final 20-man shortlists for the 2023 Golden Boy award.
The Black Stars winger was part of the top 100 best young players following his superlative performance of Danish club FC Nordjaelland.
But the high-flying Ghanaian attacker, who currently ply his trade for French giants, Olympique Lyon has missed out on the final shortlists released on Thursday.
He was joined by compatriot and now KRC Genk player, Christopher Bonsu Baah - who also could not make the final 20 list.
Only two African players made the list, Ousmane Diamonde of Ivory Coast and Bilal El Khannouss of Morocco.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham seems to be the favourite to scoop the prize foolowing his top performance in recent times.
He faces competition from his teammate Arda Guler, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona and Jamal Musiala on Bayern Munich.
The Award is given to the best player in Europe below the age of 21 and was introduced in 2003 by Italian newspaper Tuttosport.
Rafael van der Vaart was the first winner 17 years ago and the former Tottenham Hotspur man was followed by Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero.
In recent times, Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Kylian Mbappe and Matthijs de Ligt, and Erling Haaland have all won the award.
Nuamah is currently in the Black Stars camp preparing for the international friendlies against Mexico and the United States.