Drie Vitessenaren in IBWM100 van 2016

Drie Vitessenaren staan in de IBWM100 lijst van 2016. De prestigieuze lijst ‘ of the most exciting young* players in world football’, jaarlijks uitgebracht. Kevin Diks, Marvelous Nakamba en Milot Rachica.

On Wednesday, 23 December at 10am (GMT) we will publish the #IBWM100 for 2016 – our list of the most exciting young* players in world football.

As always, we’ve stuck with the format that served Don Balon so successfully for many years; 100 names and details of where each player is from.  We’ll revisit the list in twelve months’ time and assess how the year has panned out for each of the players concerned.

The process we use for selection remains exactly the same.  We talk to scouts, coaches, players, journalists, fans and bloggers from around the world to get a clear a picture of exactly who we should be watching and why.  Across the year, we monitor each player on our long list to see how things are going while considering what the future is likely to hold for them.  Eventually our long list becomes the #IBWM100 – nothing definitive, just the players that we believe will really soar in 2016.

By definition, the very best kids should already be at the biggest clubs.  While many already are, it’s the opportunity to play regularly which makes a huge difference.  Signing for a Champions League club in your early teens might offer good money, the best coaches and the best facilities, but if you’re not playing regularly by the time you turn 22, you’re going to be up against it.  Dozens of other kids will have already turned out for their club fifty times at a similar level.  It’s a cliché, but there really is no substitute for playing first team football.  We like players to be performing in the top division of the country they are based too. 

We want to ensure that the #IBWM100 has a good balance of nationalities and positions and we always try to bring as many new names into the mix as possible.  Because of this approach, many outstanding individuals don’t make the list. 

This year, for example, despite meeting our criteria for selection, we’ve not included Aymeric Laporte, Adrien Rabiot, Marquinhos, Matthias Ginter and Hakan Çalhanoğlu to name but a few.  Outstanding young footballers all, but players that we think may already be operating at the top end of their range.  We could have included them, certainly, but that means we’d have to ignore someone new and that goes against what we’re trying to do.  The #IBWM100 is all about catching the right player at the right time as they make their way to the top.

We don’t expect you to agree with all our choices, just to understand why we’ve picked the players that we have.  If we get it wrong, we’ll be here in December 2016 to justify our selections and assess how the year has gone for every single player on the list. 

There are 46 nations represented this year with some exceptional talents included.  Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands continue to lead the way but Eastern Europe – in particular the Adriatic States – is posting a clear warning of how things are likely to develop over the next decade.  Exciting times lie ahead.

As ever, we love to hear your opinions on the #IBWM100 so please feel free to leave comments below the line when the list published.  We’re also available on Twitter and will try to answer everything that comes our way. 

Enjoy watching the #IBWM100 in 2016, good luck to them all.

(* born on or after 1/1/1994)
 

Country	Player	Age	Position	Club
Albania	Elseid Hysaj	21	Defender	Napoli
	Milot Rashica	19	Midfielder	Vitesse
Argentina	Héctor Villalba	21	Midfielder	San Lorenzo
	Sebastián Driussi	19	Striker	River Plate
Australia	Alex Gersbach	18	Defender	Sydney FC
Belgium	Edmilson Junior	21	Midfielder	Sint Truidense VV
	Thomas Foket	21	Defender	KAA Gent
	Youri Tielemans	18	Midfielder	RSC Anderlecht
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Armin Hodžić	21	Striker	Dinamo Zagreb
	Goran Karačić	19	Goalkeeper	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
Brazil	Gabriel	19	Striker	Santos
	Malcom	18	Striker	Corinthians
	Otávio	21	Midfielder	Atlético Paranaense
Canada	Cyle Larin	20	Striker	Orlando City
Colombia	Harold Preciado	21	Striker	Deportivo Cali
Croatia	Alen Halilović	19	Midfielder	Sporting de Gijón (on loan from FC Barcelona)
	Duje Ćaleta-Car	19	Defender	FC Red Bull Salzburg
	Josip Posavec	19	Goalkeeper	Inter Zaprešić (on loan from Palermo)
Denmark	Andreas Christensen	19	Defender	Borussia Mönchengladbach (on loan from Chelsea)
	Mikkel Duelund	18	Midfielder	FC Midtjylland
Ecuador	José Angulo	20	Striker	Independiente del Valle
Egypt	Kahraba	21	Midfielder	Zamalek
England	Dele Alli	19	Midfielder	Tottenham Hotspur
	Eric Dier	21	Defender	Tottenham Hotspur
	John Stones	21	Defender	Everton
	Raheem Sterling	21	Midfielder	Manchester City
France	Anthony Martial	20	Midfielder	Manchester United
	Corentin Tolisso	21	Midfielder	Olympique Lyonnais
	Kingsley Coman	19	Midfielder	FC Bayern München
	Vincent Koziello	20	Midfielder	OGC Nice
Gabon	Didier N'Dong	21	Midfielder	Lorient
Germany	Emre Can	21	Midfielder	Liverpool
	Jonathan Tah	19	Defender	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
	Julian Weigl	20	Midfielder	Borussia Dortmund
	Leroy Sané	19	Midfielder	FC Schalke 04
	Mahmoud Dahoud	19	Midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Donis Avdijaj	19	Striker	SK Sturm Graz (on loan from Schalke 04)
Guinea	Amadou Diawara	18	Midfielder	Bologna
	Naby Keïta	20	Midfielder	FC Red Bull Salzburg
Italy	Adam Masina	21	Defender	Bologna
	Alessio Romagnoli	20	Defender	Milan
	Federico Bernardeschi	21	Striker	Fiorentina
	Gianluigi Donnarumma	16	Goalkeeper	Milan
Jamaica	Leon Bailey	18	Midfielder	KRC Genk
Japan	Takahiro Sekine	20	Midfielder	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Takumi Minamino	20	Midfielder	FC Red Bull Salzburg
Lithuania	Lukas Spalvis	21	Striker	Aalborg BK
Mali	Almamy Touré	19	Defender	AS Monaco
Mexico	Hirving Lozano	19	Midfielder	Pachuca
	Orbelin Pineda	19	Midfielder	Chivas
Netherlands	Jaïro Riedewald	19	Defender	Ajax
	Kevin Diks	19	Defender	Vitesse
	Rick Karsdorp	20	Defender	Feyenoord
	Riechedly Bazoer	19	Midfielder	Ajax
Nigeria	Blessing Eleke	19	Striker	NK Olimpija
	Isaac Success	19	Striker	Granada CF
Norway	Alexander Sørloth	20	Striker	FC Groningen
	Iver Fossum	19	Midfielder	Strømsgodset
	Kristoffer Ajer	17	Midfielder	IK Start
Paraguay	Antonio Sanabria	19	Striker	Sporting de Gijón (on loan from AS Roma)
Peru	Luis da Silva	18	Striker	Sporting Cristal
Poland	Arkadiusz Milik	21	Striker	Ajax
	Bartłomiej Drągowski	18	Goalkeeper	Jagiellonia Białystok
	Bartosz Kapustka	18	Midfielder	Cracovia Kraków
	Mariusz Stępiński	20	Striker	Ruch Chorzów
	Piotr Zieliński	21	Midfielder	Empoli (on loan from Udinese)
Portugal	Bernardo Silva	21	Midfielder	AS Monaco
	Diogo Jota	19	Midfielder	Paços de Ferreira
	Gonçalo Guedes	19	Midfielder	Benfica
Romania	Florin Tănase	20	Midfielder	Viitorul Constanța
Russia	Aleksey Miranchuk	20	Midfielder	Lokomotiv Moscow
Scotland	Kieran Tierney	18	Defender	Celtic
	Sam Nicholson	20	Midfielder	Heart of Midlothian
Senegal	Assane Dioussé	18	Midfielder	Empoli
Serbia	Andrija Živković	19	Midfielder	FK Partizan
	Luka Jović	17	Striker	Crvena Zvezda
	Marko Grujić	19	Midfielder	Crvena Zvezda
	Sergej Milinković-Savić	20	Midfielder	Lazio
	Srđan Plavšić	20	Midfielder	Crvena Zvezda
Slovakia	Matúš Bero	20	Midfielder	AS Trenčín
Slovenia	Andraž Šporar	21	Striker	FC Basel
	Grega Sorcan	19	Goalkeeper	ND Gorica
South Africa	Phakamani Mahlambi	18	Midfielder	Bidvest Wits
Spain	Gerard Deulofeu	21	Midfielder	Everton
	Héctor Bellerín	20	Defender	Arsenal
	Iñaki Williams	21	Striker	Athletic Club
	Jonny	21	Defender	Celta de Vigo
	Marco Asensio	19	Midfielder	RCD Espanyol (on loan from Real Madrid)
	Samu Castillejo	20	Midfielder	Villarreal CF
	Víctor Camarasa	21	Midfielder	Levante UD
Sweden	Ludwig Augustinsson	21	Defender	FC København
	Simon Gustafson	20	Midfielder	Feyenoord
Switzerland	Breel Embolo	18	Striker	FC Basel
	Shani Tarshaj	20	Striker	Grasshopper Club Zürich
Turkey	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	21	Defender	Gençlerbirligi
	Emre Taşdemir	20	Defender	Bursaspor
Ukraine	Oleksandr Zinchenko	18	Midfielder	FC Ufa
Uruguay	José Giménez	20	Defender	Atlético Madrid
USA	Matt Miazga	20	Defender	New York Red Bulls
Zimbabwe	Marvelous Nakamba	21	Midfielder	Vitesse

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