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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