FourFourTwo’s 59 best young players in 2016 list re-emerges and makes for fascinating reading
18. **Malcom** (Bordeaux)
19. **Leon Bailey** (Genk)
20. **Vincent Koziello** (Nice)
21. **Aleksandr Golovin** (CSKA Moscow)
22. **Adam Ounas** (Bordeaux)
23. **Predrag Rajkovic** (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
24. **Santi Mina** (Valencia)
25. **Jorge** (Flamengo)
26. **Oliver Burke** (RB Leipzig)
27. **Franck Kessie** (Atalanta)
28. **Bart Ramselaar** (PSV)
29. **Gonçalo Guedes** (Benfica)
30. **Issa Diop** (Toulouse)
31. **Enes Ünal** (FC Twente, on loan from Manchester City)
32. **Maxwel Cornet** (Lyon)
33. **Riechedly Bazoer** (Ajax)
34. **Mikel Oyarzabal** (Real Sociedad)
35. **Santiago Ascacibar** (Estudiantes)
36. **Lucas Hernandez** (Atletico Madrid)
37. **Thomas Lemar** (Monaco)
38. **Mahmoud Dahoud** (Borussia Monchengladbach)
39. **Jean-Kevin Augustin** (PSG)
40. **Emre Mor** (Borussia Dortmund)
41. **Davinson Sanchez** (Ajax)
42. **Breel Embolo** (Schalke)
43. **Jairo Riedewald** (Ajax)
44. **Andreas Christensen** (Borussia Monchengladbach, on loan from Chelsea)
45. **Viktor Kovalenko** (Shakhtar Donetsk)
46. **Andre Silva** (Porto)
47. **Alex Iwobi** (Arsenal)
48. **Jonathan Tah** (Bayer Leverkusen)
This list not only highlights the potential of these players back in 2016 but also serves as a reminder of how quickly talent can rise to prominence in football.
### FourFourTwo’s 59 Best Young Players of 2016: Top 20
Here’s a look at the top 20 wonderkids from FourFourTwo’s 2016 list:
20. **Ante Coric**, 19 (Dinamo Zagreb)
19. **Tin Jedvaj**, 20 (Bayer Leverkusen)
18. **Marlos Moreno**, 20 (Deportivo La Coruña, on loan from Manchester City)
17. **Timo Werner**, 20 (RB Leipzig)
16. **Youri Tielemans**, 19 (Anderlecht)
15. **Christian Pulisic**, 18 (Borussia Dortmund)
14. **Kelechi Iheanacho**, 20 (Manchester City)
13. **Julian Brandt**, 20 (Bayer Leverkusen)
12. **Giovani Lo Celso**, 20 (Rosario Central, on loan from PSG)
11. **Gabriel Barbosa**, 20 (Inter Milan)
10. **Ousmane Dembélé**, 19 (Borussia Dortmund)
9. **Leroy Sané**, 19 (Manchester City)
8. **Marco Asensio**, 20 (Real Madrid)
7. **Anthony Martial**, 20 (Manchester United)
6. **Gabriel Jesus**, 19 (Palmeiras; joined Man City in January 2017)
5. **Marcus Rashford**, 18 (Manchester United)
4. **Gianluigi Donnarumma**, 17 (AC Milan)
3. **Renato Sanches**, 19 (Bayern Munich)
2. **Kingsley Coman**, 20 (Bayern Munich)
1. **Dele Alli**, 20 (Tottenham)
This list showcases some of the brightest talents in football from that year, many of whom have since made significant impacts on the game.
