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Player Focus: Whoscored'S Top Rated Under-21 Xi: Martin Laurence
Player Focus: Whoscored'S Top Rated Under-21 Xi: Martin Laurence
Player Focus: Whoscored'S Top Rated Under-21 Xi: Martin Laurence
Under-21 XI
by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Apr 17 2013 15:38
It's been a breakthrough season for a number of young stars across Europe's top 5 leagues and
WhoScored has compiled a team of the top rated players of the age of 21 and under.
To be included in our all star XI players must have started at least 10 league games for their
respective sides, and the results help to forge a formidable line-up of the top young talents in
Europe. There are no players from the Premier League in our starting eleven but five from
both the Bundesliga and Serie A, where it seems much of the young talent is being harboured
these days.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen - 20 years old
Gladbach's young number one has kept 8 clean sheets this season, the joint third most in
Germany, and made the most successful high claims from crosses (97), showing a superb
command of his area at such a young age. With the joint most successful punched clearances
(26) and second most saves from long range efforts (45) in the Bundesliga, it isn't hard to see
why he has already been linked to the likes of Barcelona.
Daniel Carvajal - 21 year old
A fantastic first season with Bayer Leverkusen could see Spanish right-back Daniel Carvajal
return to sender sooner rather than later. The defender signed a 5-year deal with the
Bundesliga outfit from Real Madrid but the Spanish giants made sure to add a buy-back
clause in the agreement. Carvajal has blocked the joint third most crosses in Germany (20)
and ranks fourth in the league for interceptions (99).
goals is the third most in the league, with 13 coming from his right foot representing a league
high, while a total of 43 shots on target is enough to rank joint second in Serie A.