La rivista spagnola Don Balon ha stilato la lista dei migliori calciatori nati dopo l’1 gennaio 1992, quindi sostanzialmente gli “under 22”. Gli italiani presenti sono 5: El Shaarawy, De Sciglio, Mastour, Verratti e Berardi. Tra i giocatori stranieri della serie A ci sono Pogba, Kovacic, Icardi e Niang.
Ecco la lista completa:
1. Ali Adnan, Rizespor, 19
2. David Alaba, Bayern Monaco, 21
3. Zakaria Bakkali, PSV, 17
4. Saido Berahino, West Bromwich, 20
5. Domenico Berardi. Sassuolo (prestito dalla Juve), 19
6. Bernard, Shakhtar Donetsk, 21
7. Bruma, Galatasaray, 19
8. Ross Barkley, Everton, 19
9. Emre Can, Bayer Leverkusen, 19
10. Joel Campbell, Arsenal (prestito Olympiakos), 21
11. Tom Carroll, Tottenham, 21
12. Federico Cartabia, Valencia, 20
13. Luc Castaignos, FC Twente, 21
14. Nathaniel Chalobah, Nottingham Forest, 18
15. Thibaut Courtois, Atletico Madrid, 21
16. Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool, 21
17. Mats Møller Dæhli, Molde, 18
18. Memphis Depay, PSV, 19
19. Mattia De Sciglio, AC Milan, 21
20. Gerard Deulofeu, Everton, 19
21. Lucas Digne, PSG, 20
22. Jean Marie Dongou, Barcelona, 18
23. Stephan El Shaarawy, AC Milan, 21
24. Christian Eriksen, Tottenham, 21
25. Julian Draxler, Schalke, 20
26. Viktor Fischer, Ajax, 19
27. Mario Gotze, Bayern Monaco, 21
28. Serge Gnabry, Arsenal, 18
29. Julian Green, Bayern Munich, 18
30. Alen Halilovic, Dinamo Zagreb, 17
31. Thorgan Hazard, Zulte-Waregem, 20
32. Angelo Henriquez, Real Zaragoza, 19
33. Son Heung-Min, Bayer Leverkusen, 21
34. Pierre Højbjerg, Bayern Monaco, 18
35. Gabriel Iancu, Steaua Bucarest, 18
36. Mauro Icardi, Inter, 20
37. Kelechi Iheanacho, Taye Academy, 17
38. Isco, Real Madrid, 21
39. Adnan Januzaj, Manchester United, 18
40. Phil Jones, Manchester United, 21
41. Koke, Atletico Madrid, 21
42. Sead Kolasinac, Schalke, 20
43. Geoffrey Kondogbia, Monaco, 20
44. Mateo Kovacic, Inter, 19
45. Maksym Koval, Dinamo Kiev, 20
46. Erik Lamela, Tottenham, 21
47. Romelu Lukaku, Everton, 20
48. Lewis Macleod, Rangers, 19
49. Adam Maher, PSV, 20
50. Lazar Markovic, Benfica, 19
51. Marquinhos, PSG, 19
52. Hachim Mastour, AC Milan, 15
53. Max Meyer, Schalke, 18
54. Ahmed Musa, CSKA Mosca 21
55. Aleksandar Mitrovic, Anderlecht, 19
56. Alvaro Morata, Real Madrid, 21
57. Ravel Morrison, West Ham, 20
58. Mosquito, Atletico Paranaense, 17
59. Lucas Moura, PSG, 21
60. Iker Muniain, Athletic Bilbao, 20
61. Nathan, Atletico Paranaense, 17
62. Matija Nastasic, Manchester City, 20
63. Neymar, Barcelona, 21
64. M’Baye Niang, AC Milan, 18
65. Jan Oblak, Benfica, 20
66. Lucas Ocampos, Monaco, 19
67. Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Arsenal, 20
68. Lucas Piazon, Vitesse Arnhem, 19
69. Paul Pogba, Juventus, 20
70. Nick Powell, Wigan, 19
71. Dennis Praet, Anderlecht, 19
72. Alex Pritchard, Swindon, 20
73. Sergi Roberto, Barcelona, 21
74. Juan Quintero, Porto, 20
75. Karim Rekik, PSV, 18
76. Jese Rodriguez, Real Madrid, 20
77. Mohamed Salah, Basel, 21
78. Sergi Samper, Barcelona, 18
79. Luke Shaw, Southampton, 18
80. Suso, Almeria, 19
81. Dennis Suarez, Barcelona, 17
82. Marc-André ter Stegen, Borussia Monchengladbach, 21
83. Raheem Sterling, Liverpool, 18
84. Jonathan Tah, Amburgo, 17
85. Talib Tawatha, Maccabi Haifa, 21
86. Florian Thauvin, Marseille, 20
87. Oliver Torres, Atletico Madrid, 19
88. Samuel Umtiti, Lyon, 19
89. Marco van Ginkel, Chelsea, 20
90. Raphael Varane, Real Madrid, 20
91. Marco Verratti, PSG, 21
92. Tonny Vilhena, Feyenoord, 18
93. Kevin Volland, Hoffenheim, 21
94. Timo Werner, Stoccarda, 17
95. Jack Wilshere, Arsenal, 21
96. Harry Wilson, Liverpool, 16
97. Wilfried Zaha, Manchester United, 21
98. Gedion Zelalem, Arsenal, 16
99. Kurt Zouma, St Etienne, 19
100. Richairo Živkovic, Groningen, 17
101. Samed Yesil, Liverpool, 19