Vinícius Júnior leads the list among the best young dribblers

This Wednesday (3), the CIES Football Observatory released the list of the best under-23 dribblers in the world. Brazilian striker Vinícius Júnior, an athlete for Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team, was at the top of the ranking.

The Observatório de Futebol Internacional de Estudos de Esportes considered athletes who played more than 1500 minutes for national championships in the last 365 days. Vinícius Júnior is the player with the best performance in dribbling, every 15 minutes and 32 seconds the player performs a successful dribble, the success rate of Vini Jr. is 50.3%.

Santos striker Ângelo Gabriel was second with a successful dribble every 13 minutes and 56 seconds, with a success rate of 64.2%. However, the CIESS Football Observatoy considers that Ângelo competes in lower level competition. In third place was Bayern Munich player Jamal Musiala.

_{Ângelo Gabriel is the second best under-23 dribbler in the world. Photo: Ivan Storti/Santos FC}

Check out the list of the 10 best under 23 dribblers in the world, prepared by the CIES Football Observatory:

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1. Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid) – 15min32s – 50.3%
2. Angelo Gabriel (Santos) – 13min56s – 64.25
3. Jamal Musiala (Bayern) – 20min14s – 60.1%
4. Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) – 18min10s – 76.9%
5. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) – 25min42s – 61.1%
6. Luiz Henrique (Betis) – 21min41s – 60.5%
7. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) – 19min06s – 47.5%
8. Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton) – 18min – 62.5%
9. Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao) – 22min42s – 53.6%
10. Phil Foden (Manchester City) – 31min51s – 61.6%

According to data from the Observatório de Futebol Internacional de Estudos de Esportes, of the 10 best dribblers in the world, four are Brazilian. The Top 100 list includes players from 35 different leagues. The Spanish La Liga leads with 11 players selected, followed by the English Premier League with 10 players.

Main image: Vinícius Júnior the best dribbler in the world. Photo: LLUIS GENE / AFP / CP