da fezbet： The annual NXGN lists are back for another year, highlighting 50 of the most incredible talents to have been born after January 1, 2005
da bet7： The annual NXGN lists are back for 2024, as GOAL ranks the world's top teenage talents in men's and women's football, crowning winners that will follow names like Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo, Jadon Sancho and Lena Oberdorf in being recognised as the best young footballer on the planet.
Covering all five continents and representing 17 different countries, the 2024 NXGN list is a truly global one, featuring established senior internationals, title winners and names that are set to light up major tournaments this summer.
So without further ado, here is the 2024 NXGN list, ranking the 50 top young talents born on or after January 1, 2005…
GOAL50Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland)
Talk about pressure… For the uninitiated, Jobe Bellingham is the younger brother of Real Madrid star Jude, and there are those who believe the 18-year-old will eventually reach a similar level to that of the England international.
Like Jude, Jobe made his Birmingham City debut at the age of 16, but surprisingly departed his boyhood club to join Sunderland in the summer of 2023. Comfortable playing as a central striker or box-to-box midfielder, Jobe has made over 30 starts in the Championship since moving to the Stadium of Light and even though he has yet to set the world alight with his goal-scoring, that hasn’t stopped some of Europe’s biggest clubs from showing an interest in signing him.
AdvertisementGOAL49Nestory Irankunda (Adelaide United)
Not since Tim Cahill retired have Australian soccer fans had a genuine world star to call their own, but that might be about to change following the emergence of Nestory Irankunda. The forward has already agreed to join Bayern Munich in the summer of 2024 for a fee that will double the previous record sale by an A-League club, and it’s easy to see why the German giants were so keen to snap him up.
Irankunda’s rocket of a left foot helped him reach double-figures for top-flight goals before his 18th birthday and earned him a first Australia call-up in 2023. Able to play off both flanks, his dead-ball ability is particularly eye-catching, with Chelsea among those who showed an interest in signing him before Bayern swooped.
GOAL48Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami)
Most young players can only dream of getting to train alongside Lionel Messi on a daily basis, so Benjamin Cremaschi must have been dumbstruck when the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner arrived at Inter Miami last summer.
Cremaschi, 19, had already established himself in the Miami midfield by that point, but his game went to the next level during the second half of the 2023 MLS season as he began to build up a strong bond with Messi on the pitch. That relationship could yet continue at international level if Cremaschi opts to represent Argentina, for whom he is eligible, though his call-up to the United States squad late last year suggested he will opt to represent the country of his birth.
GOAL47Sverre Nypan (Rosenborg)
Once a staple of European competitions, Norwegian outfit Rosenborg have fallen on harder times in recent years, but in Sverre Nypan do seem to have developed a talent worth following.
The 17-year-old midfielder, who has been likened to compatriot Martin Odegaard in his homeland due to his two-footedness and passing range, is already a regular in the Rosenborg first team after becoming the club’s youngest-ever debutant back in 2022. Manchester United are among the clubs who are said to be tracking the teenager’s progress closely, with Nypan having already entrusted super-agent Rafaela Pimenta with negotiating his next move.