Quenda among world’s top youngsters despite missing Sporting XI | OneFootball

Geovany Quenda is on the list of the best players in the world under 20 years old. Even so, being included among these stars does not seem to be enough for him to be a starting option for Rui Borges at the beginning of the 2025/26 season for Sporting.

According to a list compiled by CIES - Football Observatory, the winger, just 18 years old, is the ninth best player in the world under the age of twenty. Closing out the top 10, Quenda is ahead of Mexican Elías Montiel, who plays for Pachuca.

Above Geovany Quenda are many names who are making waves in world football. From first to eighth place are Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), Warren Zair-Emerry (PSG), Estêvão (Chelsea), Franco Matantuono (Real Madrid), Jorel Hato (Chelsea), Roger Fernandes (Braga), and Myles Lewis-Skelley (Arsenal).

Despite being in the top 10 best players in the world under 20, the player who is at Sporting on loan from Chelsea has not been a starting option in Rui Borges’ selections. Instead of the 18-year-old winger, the coach from Mirandela has favored using Geny Catamo in his starting lineups, a decision that has sparked various criticisms among commentators and Sporting fans.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Geovany Quenda – valued at 45 million euros – has participated in four matches, always coming off the bench. In the 108 minutes he has played, the new ‘number 7’ of the Alvalade club already has two assists.

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