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Top 50 Best Young Players Under 21 Years

This is FC's list of the Top 50 Best Young Players Under 21 Years in the world at the moment according to our algorithm. It contains the most talented football players under 21 years. We update this list every Monday. If you want more information on how our algorithm is calculated, please click here.

We also have a list with the Top 50 football players under the age of 21 whose form is improving right now. Looking for transfervalues of the biggest talents under 21? FootballTransfers.com published a list of most valuable players under 21 years old.

These are the 50 best young soccer players on the planet right now:

Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age
1	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	ESP	AM, W (R)	18	99
2	Pau Cubarsí	Barcelona	ESP	D (C)	19	87
3	Désiré Doué	PSG	FRA	W (R), M (C)	20	86
4	Dean Huijsen	Real Madrid	ESP	D (C)	20	84
5	Kenan Yıldız	Juventus	TUR	AM (CL)	20	84
6	Warren Zaïre-Emery	PSG	FRA	M (C), D (R)	20	82
7	Ibrahim Maza	Bayer 04	DZA	AM, M (C)	20	81
8	Nico O’Reilly	Man City	GBR	D (L), M (C)	20	80
9	Lewis Miley	Newcastle	GBR	M (C), D (R)	19	79
10	Senny Mayulu	PSG	FRA	M, S (C)	19	79

11	Mika Godts	Ajax	BEL	W, AM (L)	20	79
12	Finn Jeltsch	Stuttgart	DEU	D (CR)	19	78
13	Can Uzun	Frankfurt	TUR	AM, S (C)	20	78
14	Johan Manzambi	Freiburg	CHE	DM, AM (C)	20	78
15	Mike Penders	Strasbourg	BEL	GK	20	77
16	Jon Martin	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	19	77
17	Tom Bischof	Bayern	DEU	DM (C), D (L)	20	76
18	Archie Gray	Tottenham	GBR	D, M (C)	20	76
19	Alejandro Jiménez	Bournemouth	ESP	D, AM (R)	20	76
20	Jean Mattéo Bahoya	Frankfurt	FRA	AM (LC)	20	75
21	Mamadou Sarr	Chelsea	SEN	D (CL)	20	75
22	Jack Hinshelwood	Brighton	GBR	D (R), DM (C)	20	75
23	Kobbie Mainoo	Man Utd	GBR	DM, M (C)	20	75
24	Noahkai Banks	Augsburg	USA	D (RL)	19	74
25	Antonio Nusa	RB Leipzig	NOR	W, M (L)	20	74
26	Leny Yoro	Man Utd	FRA	D (RC)	20	74
27	Samir El Mourabet	Strasbourg	MAR	DM (C)	20	74
28	Arijon Ibrahimović	Heidenheim	DEU	AM (CR)	20	74
29	Honest Ahanor	Atalanta	ITA	D (L)	18	73
30	Christian Mawissa	Monaco	FRA	D (CL)	20	73
31	Myles Lewis-Skelly	Arsenal	GBR	D (L)	19	73
32	Davide Bartesaghi	Milan	ITA	M, D (L)	20	73
33	Assane Diao	Como	SEN	AM (RL)	20	73
34	Ayyoub Bouaddi	Lille	FRA	DM, M (C)	18	72
35	Ethan Nwaneri	Marseille	GBR	M (C), W (R)	18	72
36	El Chadaille Bitshiabu	RB Leipzig	FRA	D (CL)	20	71
37	Lucas Bergvall	Tottenham	SWE	M, AM (C)	20	71
38	Mert Kömür	Augsburg	DEU	AM, S (C)	20	71
39	Pau Navarro	Villarreal	ESP	D (RC)	20	71
40	Jérémy Jacquet	Rennes	FRA	D (CR)	20	71
41	Malick Fofana	Lyon	BEL	AM, W (L)	20	70
42	Paul Wanner	PSV	DEU	AM, M (C)	20	68
43	Mats Rots	Twente	NLD	D (L)	20	68
44	Mathys Tel	Tottenham	FRA	S (C), AM (L)	20	68
45	Louis Leroux	Nantes	FRA	D (L), M (C)	20	68
46	Sael Kumbedi	Wolfsburg	FRA	D, DM (R)	20	67
47	Sidiki Cherif	Fenerbahçe	FRA	S (C)	19	65
48	Marvin Young	Sparta	NLD	D (C)	20	65
49	Givairo Read	Feyenoord	NLD	D (R)	19	65
50	Kees Smit	AZ	NLD	M, DM (C)	20	65

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