The project \"Golden Talent\" has published the results of the referendum to determine the best young Ukrainian football player (age category - under 19 years) in 2024. Nearly 200 experts (coaches, former famous football players, as well as specialized journalists) participated in the survey.
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Taras Mihavko. Photo — Yu. YurievAs a result, the best young Ukrainian football player of the past year was Taras Mihavko, a defender of Kyiv's Dynamo, who scored 420 points. The second place in the survey was taken by another representative of the capital club, striker Matvey Ponomarenko, but his gap from the leader was more than impressive - the young forward has 194 points. And closing the top three was Bayer Leverkusen's striker Artem Stepanov (94 points), who debuted in the Champions League at the age of 17 in November .
TOP-10 young football players of Ukraine (U-19) of 2024
1. Taras Mihavko (\"Dynamo\") - 420 points
2. Matvey Ponomarenko (\"Dynamo\") - 194
3. Artem Stepanov (\"Bayer\", Germany) - 94
4. Viktor Tsukanov (\"Shakhtar\") - 85
5. Maxim Melnychenko (\"Dnipro-1\", \"Karpaty\", \"Polesie\") - 83
6. Artem Husol (\"Koloss\") - 82
7. Artur Shakh (\"Karpaty\") - 66
8. Daniil Krevsun (\"Borussia\" D, Germany) - 58
9. Daniil Vashchenko (\"Oleksandriya\") - 39
10. Kirill Dehtyar (\"Metalist\") - 38.
