Football at the 2024 Olympics starts later on this month and there is a major quantity of young skill choosing gold in Paris.
Ahead of the competition which kicks-off on July 24th, we’ve selected 5 interesting young gamers to watch on.
Désiré Doué (France)
Désiré Doué includes as part of the host country’s difficulty with France favourites to declare the gold medal on home soil. The teen is among Europe’s most sought after young skills after an amazing introduction at Rennes, that consisted of Doué ending up being the youngest French gamer to rating in European club competitors in 2022.
The 19-year-old scored 4 objectives and laid on 4 helps in Ligue 1 last season, while he ranked amongst the leading gamers in France’s top-flight for shot-creating actions per video game (7th), effective take-ons 5th) and fouls drawn (8th).
18 years of ages. Rennes’ star. Desiré Doué. pic.twitter.com/nwOYji1zF8
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) May 4, 2024
Such is his daring brand name of football, Doué’s numbers are much more outstanding when evaluated on a per 90 minute basis. He ranks in the 99th percentile of midfielders in Europe’s leading 5 leagues for progressive brings and effective take-ons per video game.
Bayern Munich and Tottenham are amongst the clubs keeping a close eye on him this summertime.
Claudio Echeverri (Argentina)
Manchester City acted rapidly to seal the finalizing of Claudio Echeverri in January, concurring an offer for among South America’s brightest potential customers. The assaulting midfielder got into the River Plate group as a 17-year-old and won the Golden Boot at the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
He satisfied once again as Argentina reached the last 4 of the u-17 World Cup last winter season, consisting of scoring a hat-trick in the 3-0 quarter-final win over Brazil. Echeverri stayed on loan at River Plate in 2024, where he scored 3 objectives in 23 senior video games. Under the management of ex-Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano this summertime, he will intend to lead La Albiceleste to a record-equalling 3rd gold medal.
Samu Omorodion (Spain)
Chelsea are among the clubs thinking about finalizing Samu Omorodion having had a €40m quote turned down for the Atletico Madrid forward previously this summertime. The 20-year-old invested last season on loan at Alaves and scored 8 La Liga objectives for the club, drawing in interest from the Premier League.
A powerful physical handful, the 6ft 4in centre-forward has actually scored two times in 7 looks for Spain’s u-21 side and will form part of a skilled La Roja crop in Paris, along with the similarity Pau Curbarsi and Alex Baena.
Samu Omorodion.
1⃣9⃣ years of ages.
1⃣3⃣ starts.
8⃣ objectives.One To Watch.#LALIGAHighlights pic.twitter.com/6gaRIStRwM
— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) February 7, 2024
Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco)
Morocco have actually finished a coup after encouraging Eliesse Ben Seghir to promise his global loyalty to the Atlas Lions.
Ben Seghir represented France approximately u-19 level and is considered as among Ligue 1’s brightest potential customers, having actually made 37 looks throughout the last 2 seasons for AS Monaco. The imaginative midfielder made an immediate effect at the The Stade Louis II, as he came off the bench to score two times on his senior launching in 2022.
He has actually scored as soon as in 4 caps for Morocco because his senior launching in March.
Eliesse Ben Seghir vous souhaite une bonne semaine #MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/lNC4BXARzV
— AS Monaco (@AS_Monaco) March 11, 2024
Oscar Gloukh (Israel)
Oscar Gloukh’s star is on the increase in Salzburg with the midfielder thriving in the Austrian side’s community for producing emerging skill.
Gloukh signed for Salzburg from Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 months back and his very first complete season was one to bear in mind, even if the Austrians relinquished their Bundesliga crown.
The 20-year-old scored 7 objectives and laid on a league-leading 11 league helps, in a project that highlighted his capacity. Already a recognized global at senior level with 12 caps, Gloukh will be going for more success with the nationwide group after making addition in the Team of the Tournament at the 2022 u-19 European Championship.
Your objective of the season for 2023/24, Oscar Gloukh’s peach versus Inter pic.twitter.com/t6eQpvbDm2
— FC Red Bull Salzburg EN (@FCRBS_en) May 30, 2024
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