Three Nigerian Wonderkids Among Ten Youngest Players To Score In English Premier League
Published: November 25, 2016
Three players of Nigerian descent have been listed among the ten youngest players to score in the English Premier League this season by Daily Star.
They include : Isaac Success (Watford), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
Iheanacho is the second youngest player to score in the English top-flight this term, aged 19 years, 341 days, Alli ranked fourth while Success is fifth.
Marcus Rashford, Demarai Gray, Harry Winks, Anthony Martial, Calum Chambers, Raheem Sterling and Nathan Ake were all included in the list, with the Manchester United teenager the youngest player to score this season.
Other players of Nigerian descent who have found the back of the net in the EPL this term are Odion Ighalo (Watford), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Victor Anichebe (Sunderland), Ross Barkley (Everton) and Ahmed Musa (Leicester City).
Ten Youngest Players To Score In EPL
1) Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, 18 years, 300 days)
2) Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, 19 years, 341 days)
3) Demarai Gray (Leicester City, 20 years, 87 days)
4) Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur, 20 years, 151 days)
5) Isaac Success (Watford, 20 years, 266 days)
6) Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur, 20 years, 290 days)
7) Anthony Martial (Manchester United, 20 years, 300 days)
8) Calum Chambers ( Middlesbrough, 21 years, 207 days)
9) Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, 21 years, 262 days)
10) Nathan Ake (Bouremouth 21 years, 274 days)
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : mancity.com
They include : Isaac Success (Watford), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
Iheanacho is the second youngest player to score in the English top-flight this term, aged 19 years, 341 days, Alli ranked fourth while Success is fifth.
Marcus Rashford, Demarai Gray, Harry Winks, Anthony Martial, Calum Chambers, Raheem Sterling and Nathan Ake were all included in the list, with the Manchester United teenager the youngest player to score this season.
Other players of Nigerian descent who have found the back of the net in the EPL this term are Odion Ighalo (Watford), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Victor Anichebe (Sunderland), Ross Barkley (Everton) and Ahmed Musa (Leicester City).
Ten Youngest Players To Score In EPL
1) Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, 18 years, 300 days)
2) Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, 19 years, 341 days)
3) Demarai Gray (Leicester City, 20 years, 87 days)
4) Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur, 20 years, 151 days)
5) Isaac Success (Watford, 20 years, 266 days)
6) Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur, 20 years, 290 days)
7) Anthony Martial (Manchester United, 20 years, 300 days)
8) Calum Chambers ( Middlesbrough, 21 years, 207 days)
9) Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, 21 years, 262 days)
10) Nathan Ake (Bouremouth 21 years, 274 days)
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : mancity.com
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