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.