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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.

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Banyana vs Senegal Preview: Kick-off time, TV channel & squad news

GOAL gives you the details to follow South Africa's 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash with the Lionesses of Teranga on Saturday.

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
12	Hamarkameratene	23	7	5	11	33	48	-15	26	L W L L L
13	Sandefjord	23	6	6	11	22	30	-8	24	L D W L D
14	Aalesund	23	5	9	9	39	51	-12	24	W L W L W
15	Kristiansund BK	23	5	4	14	23	47	-24	19	L L L L W
16	Start	23	4	4	15	25	54	-29	16	L L L W L

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