The project “Golden Talent” published the traditional ranking of young Ukrainian football players aged up to 21 based on the results of a survey of more than 150 experts (each of them named their top three candidates). This time — based on the results of November and December 2024.
The best young Ukrainian football player in the U-21 age category during this part of the season was the midfielder of the English Brentford, Yegor Yarmolyuk, who scored 193 points. The second was the defender of Poltava’s Vorskla, Ilya Krupsky (128 points), and rounding out the top three was the midfielder of Lviv’s Karpaty, Oleg Ocheretko (121 points).
TOP-10 young football players of Ukraine (U-21) in November-December 2024
1. Yegor Yarmolyuk (“Brentford”, England) — 193 points
2. Ilya Krupsky (“Vorskla”) — 128
3. Oleg Ocheretko (“Karpaty”) — 121
4. Alexander Yatsyk (“Zarya”) — 89
5. Nazar Voloshin (“Dynamo”) — 84
6. Artur Mykytishin (“Kryvbas”) — 48
7. Oleg Fedor (“Rukh”) — 35
8. Maxim Khlan (“Lechia”, Poland) — 33
9. Ivan Pakholyuk (“Kolos”) — 29
10. Evgeny Pastukh (“Rukh”) — 26.
We remind that the experts participating in the “Golden Talent” survey are coaches, well-known former football players, and specialized journalists.