December 15 – The CIES Football Observatory has launched its latest top 10 rankings of the best performing players in Europe born in the 2000s and playing for clubs outside Europe’s Big 5 leagues.
The rankings data points big clubs looking to recruit high performing young players towards the Dutch leagues who have the highest number of players ranked in the six categories defined as: Rigour, Recovery, Distribution, Take-on, Chance Creation and Shooting.
RB Salzburg also stand out with the two players topping ranking categories.
The CIES data looks at the current season and only players who have at least 450 domestic league minutes up December 7th are included in the rankings.
“Nathan Collins (Stoke City – pictured) stands out when it comes to rigour (duels). He should soon receive his first call for the Irish senior national team. At the top for recovery, Mohamed Camara (RB Salzburg) is following on the footsteps of other top footballers trained in the academies ran according to the precepts of the French maestro Jean-Marc Guillou. Born in 2002, Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax) heads the distribution table, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia(Rubin Kazan) has the top score for take on,” say the report authors
“Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburg) and the 2002-born striker Noni Madueke (PSV Eindhoven) are at the top for chance creation and, respectively, shooting.”
See the full ranking at https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2020/wp317/en/
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