CIES Football Observatory has published its list of ‘future champions to watch’. The rating is available at: Web site organizations.
In total, 270 football players born in 2003 and younger took part. Among them are Russians: Viktor Melekhin and Andrey Langovich (Rostov), Nikita Saltykov (Samara Krylya Sovetov), Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad), Yaroslav Mikhailov (St. Petersburg Zenit) and Sergey Pinyaev (Moscow Lokomotiv ” ).
The list also includes two foreign players playing in the Russian Premier League (RPL): Turkish forward Emircan Gürlük (Orenburg) and Albanian defender Mario Mitai (Lokomotiv).
In the spring of 2022, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decided to suspend the participation of the Russian national team and all Russian clubs in all competitions controlled by these organizations.
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