ONLY TWO FOOTBALLERS HAVE WON THE GOLDEN BALL AT TE UNDR 20 WORLD CUP AND WORLD CUP.

 In football history only two footballers have gone and won the Golden Ball  at he under 20, world up and later at the F.I.F.A WorldCap.

1) Diego Maradona won the golden ball in the under 20 world cups in 1979, and world cup 1986.

2) Lionel Messi. won the under 20 world cup 2005 and the world cup 2014 /2022.

 Please note Lionel Messi is the only footballer in history to win the world cup twice 2014 / 2022.

 Here both are Argentineans. 

Kylian Mbappe said that South American footballers are not as good as the European footballers.