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Getty/GOALEvery year, GOAL releases its NXGN lists, highlighting the best young talents in world football. After starting with the men’s game in 2016, the first women’s list was published in 2020, with many of its alumni having already gone on to achieve incredible things.
And so after the NXGN 2025 list was revealed, here’s a look at where the wonderkids of 2022 are today:
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Getty2022: Tarciane became a more important player for Corinthians as they won another league title, with the Copa Paulista and Supercopa also added to her trophy cabinet. With Brazil, the defender won the U20 South American Championship, scoring five goals in six games despite her position. At the end of the year, she made her senior international debut, too.
2023:Tarciane built on that Brazil debut with call-ups in February and April, but she wasn't part of the World Cup squad that summer. For Corinthians, she lifted three trophies, including the Copa Libertadores.
2024: Tarciane kicked off the year by helping Brazil reach the final of the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup. Though they were defeated by the USWNT in the final, the young defender played a significant role in the run and built on that to secure a spot on the Olympic roster in the summer, helping her country win a silver medal.
2025: The defender's performances for Brazil did not go unnoticed by Lyon and the eight-time European champions paid what was nearly a world-record fee to sign her in February.
@FCFSeleccionCol2022: The busiest year of Caicedo’s young career saw her star as Colombia finished as runners-up at Copa America, so much so that she picked up the tournament’s Golden Ball award. She was also named Player of the Match in the final. Later that year, Caicedo fired her country to another final, at the U17 World Cup, scoring four goals in six games.
2023: Caicedo made her long-anticipated international transfer in 2023, joining Real Madrid. She then starred for Colombia in their best-ever Women's World Cup run, scoring the Goal of the Tournament on the way.
2024: Caicedo's stock continued to rise in a year where she became an Olympian for the first time and her Colombia team came so close to eliminating Spain, the world champions, in the quarter-finals, only to lose on penalties.
2025: It's another big year for Caicedo, who looks set to play in a fourth senior major tournament in four years this summer at the 2025 edition of Copa America. Club success remains on the cards too, with Real Madrid into the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League for just the second time.
Getty2022: After another excellent season at Real Betis, Medina signed for Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2022. With her country, the young full-back was an U20 Women's World Cup winner, starting five games - including the final, in which Spain beat Japan.
2023: Medina quickly made an impact at Atletico, becoming a regular starter in her first season with the club. She also became a European champion with Spain's U19 team.
2024: Moved up to Spain's U23s despite still being just 19 years old, Medina continued to impress as a regular in the Atletico line-up while moving up the ranks with her country.
2025: As she enters her 20s, Medina's next goal will be to put forth a case to be involved with the senior national team.
Getty Images2022:Kuhl was selected by Denmark for Euro 2022 - something she told GOAL earlier in the year would be a "dream come true". She was sent-off late in the first game for a second yellow card, but was the game's best player for large parts when she returned against Spain, despite Denmark crashing out.
2023:Kuhl’s long-anticipated move abroad came in January when she joined Arsenal. She scored her first goal for the club in an FA Cup win over Leeds. The young midfielder was then a part of Denmark’s squad for another major tournament, the World Cup.
2024: Struggling for game time at Arsenal, Kuhl was loaned to Everton for the 2023-24 campaign and enjoyed regular minutes with the Toffees. She returned to north London for 2024-25 but made just one league appearance in the first half of the season.
2025: Reports suggested Kuhl would return to Everton on a permanent basis in the January transfer window but she instead moved to Italian champions Roma and is now looking to establish herself there. The midfielder also remains a regular for Denmark and is likely to go to Euro 2025 with her country.
Getty Images2022:Sombath was part of the Lyon team that won the Champions League for an eighth time, beating Barcelona in the final. At the start of the 2022-23 season, she became a regular starter, adapting well to different positions and personnel around her as the European champions navigated an injury crisis.
2023:Despite players returning from the sidelines, the young defender continued to be a fixture in the Lyon team, a compliment to how she was performing.
2024: Competition for places has grown in Lyon's defence since, meaning the youngster is no longer a regular starter, but she continues to make a lot of appearances for the club, so much so that she earned a senior France debut towards the end of the year.
2025: Sombath will be looking to build-up on that first call-up for Les Bleues in 2025, especially with a Euros in the summer.