Young guns! OL's Cherki leading the way | OneFootball

Ligue 1 Uber Eats, the League of Talents, continues to live up to its billing as a consistent producer of phenomenal young players. Check out our round-up of the most precocious players to have featured this season in Ligue 1 Uber Eats.

With his side a man down and staring down the barrel of a 2-2 away to Monaco, a result that would all but end OL's hopes of claiming the title, Rayan Cherki came off the bench to score his first-ever Ligue 1 Uber Eats goal - and become the youngest goal scorer of the 2020-21 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season at the age of just 17 and 258 days!

Moment of the Week 35 - 2020/2021

The OL youth academy graduate has made 24 appearances for 540 minutes of play in total in the current campaign. He made his debut in October 2019, playing seven minutes against Dijon aged 16 years and 63 days old, and - also against DFCO - played his first minutes of the current season aged 17 years and 11 days old. Two other OL players also appear high on the list: Malo Gusto (fifth-youngest) and Florent Da Silva (eighth).

Highlights Week 35 - 2020/2021

At 16 years and 224 days, Mohamed-Ali Cho is the youngest player to have played in Ligue 1 Uber Eats this season, turning out for Angers SCO against Bordeaux on 30 August. The talented winger, who turned 17 on 19 January this year, has made18 Ligue 1 Uber Eats appearances this season, clocking up 297 minutes. Ugochukwu in the top three In Round 35, renowned youth development club Stade Rennais unveiled two new starlets: Lesley Ugochukwu and Matthias Abline, who both came on for one minute against Dijon. The first of the two, a central midfielder who replaced Nzonzi, became the third-youngest player to play this season, aged 17 years and 30 days. Next on the list is ASSE midfielder Lucas Gourna, who turned pro last summer before played his first minutes against Strasbourg at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on 12 September. He then made his first start in  November - in the derby against OL! Paris Saint-Germain's Xavi Simons is one of the latest players to make an appearance in the top 20. By coming off the bench against Strasbourg in Round 32, he made his Ligue 1 Uber Eats debut at 17 years and 354 days. He is now tenth in the rankings, just ahead of teammate Edouard Michut. With four players (Simons, Michut, Ruiz and Pembélé), PSG is the most represented club in this top 20, along with ASSE (Gourna, Aouchiche, Sow and Rivera), while OL and Rennes each have three of the 20 youngest players (Cherki, Gusto and Da Silva; Ugochukwu, Camavinga and Abline). Wahi, another young top scorer After making his top-flight debut in mid-December, a fortnight before his 18th birthday, striker Elye Wahi scored in his second appearance - after just 14 minutes of playing time in total! And this at 18 years and 13 days old. This makes the Montpellier native the third-youngest striker of the 2020-21 season.

MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC - AS MONACO (2-3)/ Highlights - 2020/2021

In front of him is of course Rayan Cherki (OL) and last season's revelation, Eduardo Camavinga. The already experienced midfielder from Rennes scored for the second time in his career in Ligue 1 Uber Eats at the age of 17 and 293 days. The French international is also the young gun with the most playing time, having racked up 2275 minutes in 2020-21. Among the players born from 2002 onwards, he is ahead of teammate Jérémy Doku and Reims' Nathanael Mbuku).

STADE RENNAIS FC - MONTPELLIER HÉRAULT SC (2-1)/ Highlights - 2020/2021

In terms of scorers, Adil Aouchiche (ASSE) scored at the age of 18 years and 67 days against FC Nantes and is the fourth-youngest player to find the back of the net this season. He made his debut in the championship last season - with PSG - at 17 years and 46 days. In fifth place among young scorers, the presence of Timothée Pembélé (PSG) is more surprising, the defender having opened his Ligue 1 Uber Eats account at the age of 18 years and 105 days against Strasbourg - less than a month after his pro debut with the capital club. Born in 2002, Arnaud Kalimuendo (RC Lens) is the most effective scorer with seven goals, although his younger brother Wahi (MHSC) came close with 3 goals in Lyon. Youngest players to have played this season in Ligue 1 Uber Eats: 1. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers SCO), at 16 years and 224 days 2. Rayan Cherki (OL), at 17 years and 11 days 3. Lesley Ugochukwu (SRFC), at 17 years and 30 days 4. Lucas Gourna (ASSE), at 17 years and 38 days 5. Malo Gusto (OL), at 17 years and 250 days 6. Salim Ben Seghir (OGCN), at 17 years and 279 days 7. Eduardo Camavinga (SRFC), at 17 years and 286 days 8. Florent Da Silva (OL), at 17 years and 310 days 9. Elye Wahi (MHSC), at 17 years and 349 days 10. Xavi Simons (PSG), at 17 years and 354 days 11. Edouard Michut (PSG), at 17 years and 360 days 12. Kays Ruiz (PSG), at 18 years and 15 days 13. Matthis Abline (SRFC), at 18 years and 28 days 14. Dilane Bakwa (Bordeaux), at 18 years and 32 days 15. Adil Aouchiche (ASSE), at 18 years and 46 days 16. Pape Sarr (FC Metz), at 18 years and 76 days 17. Enzo Millot (AS Monaco), at 18 years and 79 days 18. Timothée Pembélé (PSG), at 18 years and 80 days 19. Saidou Sow (ASSE), at 18 years and 91 days 20. Maxence Rivera (ASSE), at 18 years and 92 days 21. Hugo Ekitike (SdR), at 18 years and 119 days 22. Chrislain Matsima (AS Monaco), 18 years and 135 days Youngest Ligue 1 Uber Eats debutants since 1945-46: 1. Laurent Paganelli - 15 years, 10 months, 5 days - born on 20/10/1962 - 1st match on 25/08/1978 with AS Saint-Etienne (Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 AS Saint-Etienne) 2. Joël Fréchet - 15 years, 10 months, 16 days - born on 27/10/1965 - 1st match on 12/09/1981 with Olympique Lyonnais (AS Saint-Etienne 4-0 Olympique Lyonnais) 3. Albert Rafetraniaina - 16 years, 0 months, 27 days - born on 09/09/1996 - 1st match on 06/10/2012 with OGC Nice (Stade de Reims 3-1 OGC Nice) 4. Neal Maupay - 16 years, 1 month, 1 day old - born on 14/08/1996 - 1st match on 15/09/2012 with OGC Nice (OGC Nice 4-2 Stade Brestois 29) 5. Willem Geubbels - 16 years, 1 month, 7 days old - born on 16/08/2001 - 1st match on 23/09/2017 with Olympique Lyonnais (Olympique Lyonnais 3-3 Dijon FCO) 6. Anthony Garcia - 16 years, 1 month, 18 days old - born on 18/03/1973 - 1st match on 06/05/1989 with AS Monaco (RC Lens 1-1 AS Monaco) 7. Laurent Fournier - 16 years, 1 month, 24 days old - born on 14/09/1964 - 1st match on 07/11/1980 with Olympique Lyonnais (RC Strasbourg Alsace 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais) 8. Laurent Roussey - 16 years, 2 months, 1 day - born on 27/12/1961 - 1st match on 26/02/1978 with AS Saint-Etienne (AS Saint-Etienne 2-0 FC Metz) 9. Rayan Cherki - 16 years, 2 months, 3 days old - born on 17/08/2003 - 1st match on 19/10/2019 with Olympique Lyonnais (Olympique Lyonnais 0-0 Dijon FCO) 10. Richard Krawczyk - 16 years, 3 months, 8 days old - born on 24/05/1947 - 1st match on 01/09/1963 with RC Lens (RC Lens 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais) 11. Bilal Boutobba - 16 years, 3 months, 15 days old - born on 29/08/1998 - 1st match on 14/12/2014 with Olympique de Marseille (AS Monaco 1-0 Olympique de Marseille) 12. Pedro Brazao - 16 years, 3 months, 21 days - born on 30/12/2002 - 1st match on 20/04/2019 with OGC Nice (OGC Nice 0-1 SM Caen) 13. Basile Boli - 16 years, 3 months, 27 days old - born on 02/01/1967 - 1st match on 02/01/1967 with AJ Auxerre (AS Monaco 1-1 AJ Auxerre) 14. Joël Henry - 16 years, 3 months, 30 days - born on 19/04/1962 - 1st match on 18/08/1978 with LOSC (FC Nantes 0-0 LOSC) 15. Jacques Glassmann - 16 years, 4 months, 3 days - born on 22/07/1962 - 1st match on 25/11/1978 with RC Strasbourg Alsace (FC Nantes 3-0 RC Strasbourg Alsace) 16. M'Baye Niang - 16 years, 4 months, 5 days old - born on 19/12/1994 - 1st match on 24/04/2011 with SM Caen (SM Caen 1-1 Toulouse FC) 17. Eduardo Camavinga - 16 years, 4 months, 27 days - born on 10/11/2002 - 1st match on 06/04/2019 with Stade Rennais F.C. (Angers SCO 3-3 Stade Rennais F.C.) 18. Michel Margottin - 16 years, 5 months, 2 days - born 30/05/1944 - 1st match on 01/11/1960 with RC Lens (RC Lens 3-1 Stade Rennais F.C.) 19. Allan Saint-Maximin - 16 years, 5 months, 20 days - born on 12/03/1997 - 1st match on 01/09/2013 with AS Saint-Etienne (AS Saint-Etienne 2-1 Girondins de Bordeaux)

Youngest players to score this season in Ligue 1 Uber Eats: 1. Rayan Cherki (OL), at 17 years and 258 days 2. Eduardo Camavinga (SRFC), at 17 years and 293 days 3. Elye Wahi (MHSC), at 18 years and 13 days 4. Adil Aouchiche (ASSE), at 18 years and 67 days 5. Timothée Pembélé (PSG), at 18 years and 105 days 6. Pape Sarr (FC Metz), at 18 years and 139 days 7. Nathanaël Mbuku (SdR), at 18 years and 223 days 8. Sékou Mara (FCGB), at 18 years and 276 days 9. Jérémy Doku (SRFC), at 18 years and 297 days 10. Adrien Truffert (SRFC), at 18 years and 304 days 11. Arnaud Kalimuendo (RC Lens), at 18 years and 307 days 12. El Bilal Touré (SdR), at 18 years and 325 days 13. Willem Geubbels (AS Monaco), at 19 years and 28 days 14. Issouf Sissokho (Bordeaux) at 19 years and 85 days 15. Moïse Sahi (Strasbourg), at 19 years and 111 days 16. Benoît Badiashile (AS Monaco), at 19 years and 150 days 17. Khéphren Thuram (OGCN), at 19 years and 191 days 18. Pietro Pellegri (AS Monaco), at 19 years and 264 days 19. Kévin Denkey (Nîmes), at 19 years and 267 days 20. Flavius Daniliuc (OGCN), at 19 years and 305 days 21. Junior Dina Ebimbe (Dijon FCO), at 19 years and 311 days 22. Dan Ndoye (OGCN), at 20 years and 52 days 23. David Pereira Da Costa (RC Lens), at 20 years and 57 days