The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) published a ranking of footballers aged under 20 years who can be considered discoveries of 2024.
It concerns 100 footballers with the most playing experience in 2024, who played less than 900 official game minutes at the adult level in the previous year.
There was a place for a representative of Kyiv's Dynamo in this ranking: the defender of the "white-blues" Taras Mikhavko took the 15th spot.
TOP-15 young player discoveries of 2024 according to CIES
1. Pau Cubarsi ("Barcelona") — 91.5 points
2. Kobbi Mainu ("Manchester United") — 83.3
3. Julio Soler ("Lanus") — 77
4. Estevao William ("Palmeiras") — 74.9
5. Semih Kılıçsoy ("Besiktas") — 73
6. Claudio Echeverri ("River Plate") — 72.9
7. Jack Hinshlewood ("Brighton") — 72.3
8. Tobias Palacio ("Argentinos Juniors") — 71.8
9. Yan Min Hek ("Gangwon") — 71.5
10. Breno Bidon ("Corinthians") — 70.9
11. Ivan Roman ("Palestino") — 70.8
12. Alexey Batrakov ("Lokomotiv") — 70.7
13. Pedro dos Santos ("Zenit") — 70.3
14. Taras Mikhavko ("Dynamo") — 70.3
15. Jan-Carlo Simic ("Anderlecht") — 69.4.
