Friday, August 29, 2014

Top 100 players in World Football under the age of 20 - 8/29/2014

In the upcoming Gaffer & Hooligan podcast Kamal Hylton (@KamalHylton) and I plan to talk about the 2014 American College Soccer season including the top prospects for the 2015 MLS Draft/Homegrown signing period. As a companion piece for our upcoming Gaffer & Hooligan European Podcast on War Room Sports Radio Network we will be discussing the top prospects in European football. 

I produce prospects lists and videos for each world soccer league I cover statistically although the definition of the term prospect varies on awareness of the player so some players might be as young as seventeen well others can be as old as twenty-four also there are large differences in the quality of leagues.

In January of 2013 I put together a list of what I felt were the top 100 players in World Football under the age of 20 -http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2013/01/world-football-top-100-players-under-20.html and for our European Podcast I updated this list for 8/29/2014. As I mentioned in my previous list, statistically I don't have as much information on a younger player compared to a player who has played a number of seasons. Although I did cover major youth tournaments over recent years and have recently added the UEFA Youth League and English Premier Under 21 League to leagues I cover statistically.  

  1. Raheem Sterling, Wg, Liverpool(Eng)/England
  2. Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fw, Anderlecht(Bel)/Serbia  
  3. Timo Werner, Fw, VfB Sturgart(Ger)/Germany
  4. Adnan Januzjaj, Mf, Manchester United(Eng)/Belgium
  5. Luke Shaw, Df, Manchester United(Eng)/England
  6. Domenico Berardi, Fw, Sassuolo(Ita)/Italy
  7. Max Meyer, Mf, Schalke 04(Ger)/Germany
  8. Kurt Zouma, Df, Chelsea(Eng)/France
  9. Leon Goretzka, Mf, Schalke 04(Ger)/Germany
 10. Zakaria Bakkali, Wg, PSV Eindhoven(Hol)/Belgium
 11. Saul Niguez, Mf, Rayo Vallecano(Spa)/Spain
 12. Keita Balde Diao, Fw, SS Lazio(Ita)/Spain
 13. Divock Orgi, Fw, Lille OSC(Fra)/Belgium
 14. Richairo Zivkovic, Fw, Ajax Amsterdam(Hol)/Netherlands
 15. Oliver Torres, Mf, Atletico Madrid(Spa)/Spain 
 16. Leandro Paredes, Mf, Boca Juniors(Arg)/Argentina
 17. Calum Chambers, Df, Arsenal(Eng)/England
 18. Angel Corea, Mf, Atletico Madrid(Spa)/Argentina
 19. Serge Gnarby, Mf, Arsenal(Eng)/Germany
 20. Adama Traore, Wg, FC Barcelona B(Spa 2)/Spain
 21. Munir El Haddadi, Fw, FC Barcelona B(Spa 2)/Spain
 22. Bruno Fernandes, Mf, Udinese(Ita)/Portugal
 23. Imbrahima M'Baye, Df, Livorno(Ita)/Senegal
 24. Bruma, Wg, Galatasaray(Tur)/Portugal
 25. Benjamin Mendy, Df, Marseille(Fra)/France
 26. James Ward-Prowse, Mf, Southampton(Eng)/England
 27. Doria, Df, Botafogo(Bra)/Brazil
 28. Marcos Lopes, Mf, Lille OSC(Fra)/Portugal
 29. Antonio Sanabria, Fw, AS Roma(Ita)/Paraguay
 30. Youri Tielemans, Mf, Anderlecht(Bel)/Belgium 
 31. Julian Green, Wg, Bayern Munchen(Ger)/United States
 32. Wallace, Df, Sporting Braga(Por)/Brazil
 33. Agustin Allione, Mf, Velez Sarsfield/Argentina
 34. Nathan Ake, Df, Chelsea(Eng)/Netherlands
 35. Bjorn Engels, Df, Club Brugge (Bel), Belgium
 36. Kingsley Coman, Df, Paris St-German(Fra)/France
 37. Carlos Gruezo, Mf, VfB Stuttgart(Ger)/Ecuador
 38. Tiemoue Bakayoko, Mf, AS Monaco(Fra)/France
 39. Andre Silva, Wg, FC Porto(Por)/Portugal
 40. Federico Bernardeschi, Fw, Fiorentina(Ita)/Italy
 41. Tin Jedvaj, Df, AS Roma(Ita)/Italy
 42. Rochinha, Mf, Benfica(Por)/Portugal
 43. Ricardo Horta, Wg, Vitoria Setubal/Portugal
 44. Jordi Hiwula, Wg, Manchester City (Eng)/England
 45. Simone Scuffet, Gk, Udinese(Ita)/Italy
 46. Luis Pavez, Df, Colo Colo(Chi)/Chile
 47. Anthony Martial, Fw, AS Monaco(Fra)/France
 48. Josh Murphy, Wg, Norwich City(Eng)/England
 49. Will Hughes, Mf, Derby County(Eng)/England
 50. Junior Malanda, Mf, Zulte-Waregem/Belgium
 51. Alen Halilovic, Mf, FC Barcelona B(Spa 2)/Croatia
 52. Jonathan Tah, Df, Hamburg SV(Ger)/Germany
 53. Ante Rebic, Wg, Fiorentina(Ita)/Croatia
 54. Rodrigo Aguirre, Fw, Udinese(Ita)/Uruguay
 55. Franco Acosta, Fw, Sporting Braga(Por)/Uruguay
 56. Niklas Sule, Df, TSG Hoffenhiem(Ger)/Germany
 57. Lewis Baker, Mf, Chelsea(Eng)/England
 58. Ryan Gould, Mf, Sporting Lisbon(Por)/Scotland
 59. Cristian Cueves, Mf, PSV Eindhoven(Hol)/Chile
 60. Leonardo Bittencourt, Wg, Hannover 96(Ger)/Brazil
 61. Tonny Vilhena, Mf, Feyenoord(Hol)/Netherlands
 62. Marian Sarr, Df, Borussia Dortmund(Ger)/Germany
 63. Jean Dongou, Fw, FC Barcelona B(Spa 2)/Cameroon
 64. Bilal Basacikoglu, Mf, Feyenoord(Hol)/Turkey
 65. Pione Sisto, Mf, FC Midtjylland(Hol)/Denmark
 66. Tim Holscher, Mf, FC Twente(Hol)/Netherlands
 67. Luke Williams, Fw, Middlesbrough(Eng 2)/England
 68. Adrien Rabiot, Mf, Paris St-Germain(Fra)/France
 69. Jack Grealish, Mf, Aston Villa(Eng)/Republic of Ireland
 70. Naby Keita, Wg, RB Salzburg(Aut)/Guinea
 71. Gennaro Tutino, Fw, Napoli(Ita)/Italy
 72. Diego Rojas, Mf, U. Catolica(Chi)/Chile
 73. Devante Cole, Fw, Manchester City(Eng)/England
 74. Mouez Hassen, Gk, OGC Nice(Fra)/France 
 75. Andreas Pereira, Mf, Manchester United(Eng)/Brazil
 76. Muamer Tankovic, Fw, AZ Alkmaar(Hol)/Sweden
 77. Nathan, Mf, Athletico Paranaense(Bra)/Brazil
 78. Joachim Andersen, Df, FC Twente(Hol)/Denmark
 79. Kelechi Iheanacho, Fw, Manchester City(Eng)/Nigeria
 80. Davie Selke, Fw, Werder Bremen(Ger)/Germany
 81. Georgi Kitanov, Gk, Cherno Mere(Bul)/Bulgaria
 82. Lucas Evangelista, Mf, Sao Paulo(Bra)/Brazil
 83. Nemanja Maksimovic, Mf, Domzale(Ser)/Serbia 
 84. Pedro Azogue, Mf, Oriente Petrolero(Bol)/Bolivia
 85. David Costas, Df, Celta de Vigo(Spa)/Spain
 86. Juan Fuentes, Mf, O'Higgins(Chi)/Chile
 87. Ivan Ochoa, Fw, Pachuca(Mex)/Mexico
 88. Artem Radchenko, Mf, Metalist Kharkiv(Ukr)/Ukraine
 89. Dele Alli, Mf, MK Dons(Eng 3)/England
 90. Hany Mukhtar, Mf, Hertha Berlin(Ger)/Germany
 91. Otavio, Mf, International(Bra)/Brazil
 92. Takumi Minamino, Wg, Cerezo Osaka(Jap)/Japan
 93. Sinan Bytyqi, Wg, Manchester City(Eng)/Austria
 94. Sardar Azmoun, Mf, Rubin Kazan(Rus)/Iran
 95. Ramzi Safouri, Wg, Hapoel Tel Aviv(Isr)/Israel
 96. Mats Daehli, Mf, Cardiff City(Eng 2)/Norway
 97. Ebenezer Ofori, Df, AIK Stockholm(Swe)/Ghana
 98. Alexsis Zapata, Mf, Sassuolo(Ita)/Colombia
 99. Dorin Rotariu, Wg, Dinamo Bucurest(Rom)/Romania
100. Moses Simon, Wg, Trencin(Slo)/Nigeria

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