Hello all, welcome back to the blog. Every year, I always do some over the top super long post that takes ages to make. This year, this is it. Or one of them, at least. I recently read a Bleacher Report article from back in 2015 that followed this same premise. I will go about things a little differently, and will do 18-year-old players and under, as of June 14th. We have a long list, so let’s get started.
100th: Arijon Ibrahimovic
Age: 17
Team: Bayern Munich
Don’t confuse this German midfielder with Zlatan, they’re not related. However, as one Ibrahimovic leaves the football scene, a new one bursts onto it. He’s made his senior debut for Bayern, 13 minutes off the bench vs Bochum, and has played all across Bayern’s youth setup.
99th: Filip Zivkovic
Age: 16
Team: NK Osijek
Making his senior debut in March, Filip Zivkovic has played intermittently for Osijek at the age of 16. The winger has time on his side and could gain a big move in the next couple of years.
98th: Gabriel Misehouy
Age: 17
Team: Ajax
Having made 27 appearances in the 2nd division for Jong Ajax at the age of 17, Gabriel Mosehouy could rise the ranks of this list soon. Soon, he could be the latest big money signing from Ajax’s academy.
97th: Ethan Butera
Age: 17
Team: Anderlecht
While Belgium’s current Golden Generation is coming to an end, Ethan Butera is looking to be a part of their next one. At the age of 17, he’s an irreplaceable center back for Anderlecht’s youth team.
96th: Joao Veloso
Age: 17
Team: Benfica
Still a few levels from the senior team, Joao Veloso has been doing well for the U23 side and may even start playing for the B Side soon before breaking into the first team.
95th: George Ilenikhena
Age: 16
Team: Amiens
This young striker was featured in my “9 young stars yet to break out that your club will regret not signing” post back in April. He finished with 17 Amiens appearances and 2 goals. Now looking like he’ll sign for Royal Antwerp in the summer, hopefully this will give Ilenikhena the first division experience he needs.
94th: Zidan Sertdemir
Age: 18
Team: Midtjylland
Back at Midtjylland after a failed spell at Leverkusen, Zidan Sertdemir is trying to rebuild his reputation at Midtjylland, and maybe even stay a little longer. The midfielder from Denmark is still yet to make a senior appearance for Nordsjalland, however.
93rd: Wisdom Amey
Age: 17
Team: Bologna
People who remember Amey being the youngest player in Serie A history, getting 1 minute off the bench for Bologna at the age of 15 in 2021, may be surprised to learn that Amey has only played 1 more game for Bologna’s senior side since then. Perhaps what Amey needs is some experience out on loan, rather than staying for another stagnant season at Bologna.
92nd: Mamadou Sarr
Age: 17
Team: Lyon
Having made his debut for Lyon in May, Mamadou Sarr will have his chance to make an impact for Lyon next season. For now though, his resume consists of a promising number of youth caps for France and Lyon’s B-Team.
91st: Serge Ngoma
Age: 17
Team: NY Red Bulls
This American winger has a clear path to the top of European football through the Red Bull system. However, he needs to work his way up quickly, as he still doesn’t have any appearances for the Senior or B-Team of New York Red Bulls in 2023.
90th: Dariusz Stalmach
Age: 17
Team: AC Milan
Dariusz Stalmach is a player who still looks like he’s finding his strengths. He’s played anywhere from CAM to CDM. His first season for Milan Primavera could have gone better. While he played many matches, he wasn’t a standout. However, at only 17, he still has time on his side to figure it out.
89th: Martin Georgiev
Age: 17
Team: Barcelona
While he’s not got much time in the limelight this season, Martin Georgiev is still a good prospect. In the Masia system, expect Georgiev to become a starting CB of a good European team in the future, if not of Barca themselves.
88th: Enes Sali
Age: 17
Team: Farul Constanta
And here we have an example of someone who left La Masia. Born in Toronto, Sali was in Barca’s youth setup for 1 full year, likely the only player in history to go from the Woodbridge Strikers to Barcelona. Sali has broken other records, the youngest debutant for Romania ever at 15 years 8 months old, and the youngest goalscorer in Romanian league history, at 15 years and 6 months old. A very strange prospect.
87th: Valentin Barco
Age: 18
Team: Boca Juniors
Born on the 23rd of July in the 25th of May, Barco has slowly integrated himself in the Boca setup. He has a bright future, and is the favourite to be the future of Argentina’s Left Back position.
86th: Miguel Perez
Age: 18
Team: St Louis City
Perez has been a big part of the new St Louis City franchise in the MLS this season, representing the city in which he was born. The American has played 12 games for St Louis this season, and could attract a big European move soon.
85th: Nico Paz
Age: 18
Team: Real Madrid
After joining Real Madrid at the age of 12 from Tenerife, Nico Paz has risen the ranks of the club. It may be a while yet until he becomes a first team regular, but this Argentine midfielder may be a homegrown talent to become a Blanco regular.
84th: Ethan Nwaneri
Age: 16
Team: Arsenal
Making headlines in September for being the youngest player to ever play in the Premier League, Ethan Nwaneri hasn’t made headlines much since then, but is slowly working his way up the Arsenal youth ranks, and hopefully can make more appearances for Arsenal’s senior team in the future.
83rd: Kobbie Mainoo
Age: 18
Team: Manchester Utd
If you’re thinking about a Manchester United midfielder from Stockport, you’d think he’d be named Darren Smith or Declan Taylor, not Kobbie Mainoo. Mainoo joined the club at age 9 and has made a breakthrough in 22/23, apparently what sealed Zidane Iqbal’s fate, and is looking likely to get plenty of game time for the senior side next season.
82nd: Plamen Andreev
Age: 18
Team: Levski Sofia
Plamen Andreev is one of my favourite players on this list, and the only one who captains their senior side. Andreev has played 27 matches as Goalkeeper of Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First Division, and got 20 clean sheets. In 46 total appearances for the club, he’s got 29 clean sheets. It’s only a matter of time until he gets his big break out of Bulgaria.
Editing Jim: Sorry about this. I didn’t write testimonials on the rest of these players as I started this around 2 months ago, but I still wanted to post this as I had already put a lot of effort into this. With the other projects I have in store to work on I just can’t see myself finishing this before it’s out of date.
81st: Benja Cremaschi
Age: 18
Team: Inter Miami
80th: Andre Gomes
Age: 18
Team: Benfica
79th: Garang Kuol
Age: 18
Team: Hearts (On Loan from Newcastle)
78th: Adyson
Age: 17
Team: America MG
77th: Jacob Dicko Eng
Age: 18
Team: Valerenga
76th: Mateus Fernandes
Age: 18
Team: Sporting
75th: James Beadle
Age: 18
Team: Brighton
74th: Luca D’Andrea
Age: 18
Team: Sassuolo
73rd: Nelson Weiper
Age: 18
Team: Mainz
72nd: Noah Sadiki
Age: 18
Team: Anderlecht
71st: Joshua Wynder
Age: 18
Team: Benfica
70th: Iker Bravo
Age: 18
Team: Real Madrid (On loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
69th: Kenan Yildiz
Age: 18
Team: Juventus
68th: Yasin Ozcan
Age: 17
Team: Kasimpasa
67th: Obed Vargas
Age: 17
Team: Seattle Sounders
66th: Badredine Bouanani
Age: 18
Team: Nice
65th: Jorne Spileers
Age: 18
Team: Club Brugge
64th: Alan Matturro
Age: 18
Team: Genoa
63rd: Pedrinho
Age: 17
Team: Corinthians
62nd: Joao Neves
Age: 18
Team: Benfica
61st: Malick Fofana
Age: 18
Team: Gent
60th: Kaide Gordon
Age: 18
Team: Liverpool
59th: Lovro Zvonarek
Age: 18
Team: Bayern Munich
58th: Ashley Phillips
Age: 17
Team: Blackburn
57th: Rokas Pukstas
Age: 18
Team: Hajduk Split
56th: George Hall
Age: 18
Team: Birmingham
55th: Luka Romero
Age: 18
Team: Lazio (To become Free Agent)
54th: Dario Essugo
Age: 18
Team: Sporting
53rd: Jordan James
Age: 18
Team: Birmingham
52nd: Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
Age: 18
Team: Toronto FC
51st: Noah Mbamba
Age: 18
Team; Leverkusen
50th: Cher Ndour
Age: 18
Team: Benfica
49th: Jobe Bellingham
Age: 17
Team: Sunderland
48th: Diego Moreira
Age: 18
Team: Benfica
47th: Mario Stroeykens
Age: 18
Team: Anderlecht
46th: Caleb Wiley
Age: 18
Team: Atlanta United
45th: Hugo Larsson
Age: 18
Team: Eintracht Frankfurt
44th: Rooney Bardghji
Age: 17
Team: Copenhagen
43rd: Jorrel Hato
Age: 17
Team: Ajax
42nd: Lamine Yamal
Age: 15
Team: Barcelona
41st: Rodrigo Ribeiro
Age: 18
Team: Sporting
40th: Tom Rothe
Age: 18
Team: Dortmund
39th: Antonio Nusa
Age: 18
Team: Club Brugge
38th: Ilyes Housni
Age: 18
Team: PSG
37th: Valentin Carboni
Age: 18
Team: Inter
36th: Jeanuel Belocian
Age: 18
Team: Rennes
35th: Roger Fernandes
Age: 17
Team: Braga
34th: Tom Bischof
Age: 17
Team: Hoffenheim
33rd: Cihan Canak
Age: 18
Team: Standard Liege
32nd: Luis Guilherme
Age: 17
Team: Palmeiras
31st: Simone Pafundi
Age: 17
Team: Udinese
30th: Paul Wanner
Age: 17
Team: Bayern Munich
29th: Sergey Pinyaev
Age: 18
Team: Lokomotiv Moscow
28th: Wilson Odobert
Age: 18
Team: Troyes
27th: Leny Yoro
Age: 17
Team: Lille
26th: Gianluca Prestianni
Age: 17
Team: Velez
25th: Sael Kumbedi
Age: 18
Team: Lyon
24th: El Chadaille Bitshiabu
Age: 18
Team: PSG
23rd: Facundo Buonanotte
Age: 18
Team: Brighton
22nd: Lewis Hall
Age: 18
Team: Chelsea
21st: Alvaro Rodriguez
Age: 18
Team: Real Madrid
20th: Stefan Bajcetic
Age: 18
Team: Liverpool
19th: Julien Duranville
Age: 17
Team: Dortmund
18th: Arthur Vermeeren
Age: 18
Team: Royal Antwerp
17th: Ivan Fresneda
Age: 18
Team: Real Valladolid
16th: Desire Doue
Age: 18
Team: Rennes
15th: Evan Ferguson
Age: 18
Team: Brighton
14th: Eliesse Ben Seghir
Age: 18
Team: Monaco
13th: Angelo Gabriel
Age: 18
Team: Santos
12th: Arda Guler
Age: 18
Team: Fenerbahce
11th: Rico Lewis
Age: 18
Team: Manchester City
10th: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens
Age: 18
Team: Borussia Dortmund
9th: Kendry Paez
Age: 16
Team: Independiente DV (Joining Chelsea in 2025)
8th: Mathys Tel
Age: 18
Team: Bayern Munich
7th: Luka Vuskovic
Age: 16
Team: Hajduk Split
6th: Vitor Roque
Age: 18
Team: Atlético Paranaense
5th: Alejandro Garnacho
Age: 18
Team: Manchester United
4th: Warren Zaire-Emery
Age: 17
Team: PSG
3rd: Youssoufa Moukoko
Age: 18
Team: Dortmund
2nd: Gavi
Age: 18
Team: Barcelona
1st: Endrick
Age: 16
Team: Palmeiras (Joining Real Madrid in 2024)
That’s all for this one, thank you for reading this. Sorry for the last 81 players not having bios, but as I said at the top, I just couldn’t finish before it’s outdated. I’m Jim James, until next time.