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NXGN 2026: Top 25 teenage talents in women's football

The annual NXGN lists are back for 2026, as GOAL ranks the world's top teenage talents in men's and women's football, crowning winners that will follow in the footsteps of the likes of Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal, Lena Oberdorf and Linda Caicedo in being recognised as the best young footballers on the planet.

10 years of NXGN: Where are 2024's best women's wonderkids now?

GOAL selected the 25 best talents in women’s football born on or after January 1, 2005 – but where are they now?

NXGN 2024: Women's football's top 25 wonderkids

The annual NXGN lists are back for another year, highlighting 25 of the most incredible teenage talents in the women's game

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
1	Houtvenne	9	7	1	1	21	9	12	22	D W W L W
2	Royal FC Mandel United	9	6	1	2	15	6	9	19	W W W W L
3	Roeselare	9	5	3	1	14	5	9	18	W D W W L
4	OH Leuven U23	9	5	2	2	21	16	5	17	D W D L W
5	KFC Merelbeke	9	4	3	2	14	8	6	15	D W L D D

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