League of Talents: Youngest players in season 2023-24 | OneFootball

France's reputation as the crème de la crème of youth development is well deserved, as the latest crop of youngsters to break into Ligue 1 Uber Eats proves. Take a look at the youngest players to have shone in Ligue 1 Uber Eats so far this season.

After 12 rounds, only one player born in 2007 has made it onto a team sheet this season: LOSC's Ayyoub Bouaddi. The young Lille player born on 2 October 2007 played his first 23 minutes in Ligue 1 Uber Eats against Stade Brestois (1-0, Round 9), before going on to make three appearances for Fonseca's Dogues.

Bouaddi sets new record

The youngest players to have played in Ligue 1 Uber Eats this season:

1. Ayyoub Bouaddi (LOSC), 16 years and 20 days vs Brest on 22 October

2. Yanis Issoufou (MHSC), 16 years and 359 days vs Nantes on 22 October

3. Eli Junior Kroupi (FCL), 17 years and 58 days vs Nice on 20 August

4. Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG), 17 years and 157 days vs Lorient on 12 August

5. Bastien Meupiyou (FCN), 17 years and 166 days vs OM on 1 September

6. Mathis Lambourde (SRFC), 17 years and 250 days vs LOSC on 16 September

7. Leny Yoro (LOSC), 17 years and 280 days vs Nantes on 20 August

8. Aaron Malouda (LOSC), 17 years and 305 days vs Le Havre on 1 October

9. Mamadou Diakhon (SdR), 17 years and 332 days vs Clermont on 20 August

10. Valentin Atangana (SdR), 17 years and 352 days vs OM on 12 August

Kroupi beats WZE to the punch!

The two youngest prodigies to have had game time this season are still waiting for their first start. That is no longer the case for Eli Junior Kroupi who,  after making his first appearance last season's R38 (7 minutes), was in Régis Le Bris' Ligue 1 Uber Eats XI for the first time in R5 of the current campaign. This makes the Merlu striker the youngest player to do so in 2023-24. He is ahead of Warren Zaïre-Emery - who has just been called up to Les Bleus for the first time by Didier Deschamps and who, with PSG, was the first one to earn the title youngest starter of the season, when they took on Lorient i=on the opening day of the season.

The youngest first-team regulars in Ligue 1 Uber Eats this season:

1. Eli Junior Kroupi (FCL), 17 years and 86 days old vs Monaco on 17 September

2. Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG), 17 years and 157 days vs Lorient on 12 August

3. Bastien Meupiyou (FCN), 17 years and 166 days vs OM on 1 September

4. Leny Yoro (LOSC), 17 years and 287 days vs Lorient on 27 August

5. Emran Soglo (OM), 18 years and 38 days vs Metz on 18 August

6. Nathan Zézé (FCN), 18 years and 56 days vs Toulouse on 13 August

7. Valentin Atangana (SdR), 18 years and 58 days vs Toulouse on 22 October

8. Désiré Doué (SRFC), 18 years and 105 days vs LOSC on 16 September

9. Saël Kumbedi (OL), 18 years and 146 days vs Montpellier on 19 August

10. Guillaume Restes (TFC), 18 years and 155 days vs Nantes on 13 August

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS - FC LORIENT (3-3) / Highlights (OL - FCL) 2023/2024

With three goals to his name, the Lorient striker is also the youngest scorer in Ligue 1 Uber Eats this season, once again pipping Paris midfielder Zaïre-Emery, who scored twice last season. Among the young scorers, Marseille's Emran Soglo (fourth) has the distinction of having scored in his Ligue 1 Uber Eats debut.

Goal Warren ZAIRE-EMERY (16 - PSG) / STADE BRESTOIS 29 - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (2-3) / 23/24

The youngest scorers this season in Ligue 1 Uber Eats:

1. Eli Junior Kroupi (FCL), 17 years and 92 days vs Nantes

2. Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG), 17 years and 235 days vs Brest

3. Leny Yoro (LOSC), 17 years and 307 days vs Rennes on 16 September

4. Emran Soglo (OM), 18 years and 38 days vs Metz on 18 August

5. Désiré Doué (SRFC), 18 years and 120 days vs Nantes on 1 October

6. Khalil Fayad (MHSC), 19 years and 142 days vs Toulouse on 29 October

7. Cheick Oumar Konaté (Clermont), 19 years and 175 days vs Le Havre on 24 September

8. Oumar Diakité (SdR), 19 years and 257 days vs Metz on 3 September

9. Habib Diarra (RCSA), 19 years and 264 days vs Metz on 24 September

10. Lamine Camara (FCM), 19 years and 294 days vs Monaco on 22 October

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