Garnacho, among the best youth teams in the world: what place does the Scaloneta player occupy?

Alejandro Garnacho concludes a great 2023, in which, among other things, officially debuted in Argentina national team in the friendly match played by Scaloneta against Australia on 15 June. But it didn’t end there, because at club level, in the last semester he consolidated himself as owner in Manchester United and today no one doubts the qualities of the player born in Spain and naturalized Argentine.

Proof of this is the 2023 youth ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), that has Garnacho inside seventh place, among the best in the world.

The attacker, 19 years old, and who He already has three matches in the world champion team, he has eight points in the standings, which he leads English Jude Bellingham from Real Madrid, with 276.

This is the second consecutive year in which the Briton has topped the ranking of the best juniors of the year, with the German on this occasion second. Jamal Musiala, of Bayern Munich, with 120 and third is the Spaniard Gavi, of Barcelona, ​​​​with 82.

The IFFHS, based in the Swiss city of Lausanne, is body recognized by FIFA because the institution receives logistical support from the world’s top football body, and its accredited members have exclusive access to the FIDOM-FIFA archives.

On the other hand, FIFA has repeatedly underlined that the classification of football clubs and the recognitions granted by the IFFHS are independent of them.

The 10 best youth players are as follows:

1. Jude Bellingham (England-Real Madrid) 276.
2. Jamal Musiala (Germany-Bayern Munich) 120.
3. Gavi (Spain-Barcelona) 82
4. Lamine Yamal (Spain-Barcelona) 21
5. Warren Zaire-Emery (France-PSG) 11
6. Florian Wirtz (Germany-Bayer Leverkusen) 9
7. Alejandro Garnacho (Argentina/Spain-United) 8
8. Rasmus Holjund (Norway-United) 8
9. Pedri (Spain-Barcelona) 6
10. Endrik (Brazil-Palmeiras) 5