Most fielded young players: the top 10s per position
The 204th edition of the CIES Football Observatory
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Players from all of the five major European championships except Germany head the big-5 league rankings:
Gianluigi"> (Milan) and Alban Lafont (Toulouse) for goalkeepers,
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5jb20vLVJhdGluZ3MtZW5nLT9jb2RlPTEyMTk3Mg>Kelvin Amian (Toulouse) for full backs, y5mb290YmFsbC1vYnNlcnZhdG9yeS5jb20vLVJhdGluZ3MtZW5nLT9jb2RlPTEwMTM0Mg>Lucas"> (Lyon) for defensive midfielders, Carlos Soler (Valencia) for attacking midfielders, as well as Richarlison (Watford) for forwards.
The most represented leagues
among the remaining 26 competitions studied are the Dutch and Slovakian top divisions (8 players each), followed by the Croatian (6) and Ukrainian (5) ones. The youngest footballer in the rankings is Juho Hyvärinen (Rovaniemi). The average age on the pitch for all clubs and leagues analysed is available in the exclusive CIES Football Observatory Digital Atlas.Follow us on Twitter
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