Turkish footballers Kenan Yildiz, Can Uzun in list of top 10 best performing U-20 players
Kenan Yildiz ranks 5th, Can Uzun 9th in the list of International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES)
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Turkish players Kenan Yildiz and Can Uzun have been named in the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) list of the world's top-performing under-20 footballers.
Barcelona's young Spanish star Lamine Yamal topped the list, while Kenan Yildiz, who plays for Italian Serie A team Juventus, was ranked 5th and Can Uzun, who plays for German team Eintracht Frankfurt, was ranked 9th.
Paris Saint-Germain's 19-year-old French winger Desire Doue is third on the list, while another Barcelona player, Spanish defender Pau Cubarsi, is fourth.
Danish Conrad Harder, one of the two players of the Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon in the top 10, was ranked second and his 17-year-old Portuguese teammate Geovany Quenda was ranked 10th.
The full list is as follows:
RANK | PLAYER | CLUB | POINTS |
| 1 | Lamine Yamal | Barcelona | 90.8 |
| 2 | Conrad Harder | Sporting Lisbon | 88.4 |
| 3 | Désiré Doué | Paris Saint-Germain | 88.2 |
| 4 | Pau Cubarsí | Barcelona | 86.3 |
| 5 | Kenan Yildiz | Juventus | 85.7 |
| 6 | Dean Huijsen | Bournemouth | 84.3 |
| 7 | Martim Fernandes | Porto | 83.5 |
| 8 | Estêvão Willian | Palmeiras | 83.2 |
| 9 | Can Uzun | Eintracht Frankfurt | 82.3 |
| 10 | Geovany Quenda | Sporting Lisbon | 82.2 |
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