The Highest Potential Wonderkid from Every Country

Football Manager players love a wonderkid list for one simple reason: there is something deeply satisfying about believing you have spotted the future before everyone else does. Some countries are obvious. Brazil will always have a conveyor belt of ridiculous talent, Spain will keep producing technical freaks. But Football Manager has always been at its most interesting when it sends you looking a bit further afield.

That is what this list is about. Rather than just rounding up the usual names everybody already knows, this is a country-by-country look at the single highest-potential wonderkid from every nation represented in the game’s database. In some cases, that means genuine global superstars who are already halfway to becoming the face of the next decade. In others, it means obscure prospects tucked away in leagues, academies and corners of the football world that most players would never think to scout.

For this, I pulled the potential ability data directly from the Football Manager real-time editor, so these rankings are based on the game’s own internal numbers rather than reputation, transfer fees or social media hype. And if a country is not mentioned, that is not because it was skipped or forgotten about. Quite literally, there were no players from that nation in the database for this piece, so there was nobody to include. At the end I’ll rank every country by the potential of their best wonderkid.

If you enjoy these, then make sure you check out the Best Wonderkid from every club in England article.

 

Afghanistan – Milad Amirzade (20) – FC Lugano – PA 120 

 

Albania – Christian Shpendi (22) – Cesena – PA 151 

 

Algeria – Ibrahim Maza (20)  – Bayer Leverkusen – PA 165 

 

Andorra – Ivan Rodriguez (19) – FC Andorra – PA 124 

 

Angola – Maestro (22) – Alanyaspor – PA 136 

 

Antigua & Barbuda – Jalmaro Calvin (22) – St Mirren – PA 116

 

Argentina – Nico Paz (21) – Como – PA 181 

 

Armenia – Georgy Arutyunyan (21) – Puskas Akademia – PA 137 

 

Australia – Garang Kuol (21) – Sparta Prague – PA151 

 

Austria – Samson Baidoo (22) – RC Lens – PA 160 

 

Azerbaijan – Nariman Axundzada (21) – Columbus Crew – PA145 

 

The Bahamas – William Bayles (22) – PA 72 

 

Bahrain – Sayed Al-Wadaei (17) – Villarreal – PA 137 

 

Bangladesh – Asif Hossain Islam (20) – West Seattle Junction FC – PA 110

 

Barbados – Abdullah Javaid (20) – PA 109

 

Belarus – Fedor Lapoukhov (22) – CSKA Sofia – PA 134

 

Belgium – Romeo Lavia (22) – Chelsea – PA 170

 

Belize – Jaheim Mena (19) – Alebrijes CMDX – PA 79

 

Benin – Rachid Moumini (21) – Sumgayit – PA 138 

 

Bolivia – Miguel Terceros (21) – Santos – PA 136

 

Bosnia & Herzegovina (18) – Red Bull Salzburg – PA 177

 

Botswana – Losika Ratshukudu (20) – Slaven Belupo – PA 88 

 

Brazil – Endrick (19) – Real Madrid – PA 199 

 

Brunei – Muhd Hakeme Yazid Said – Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota FC – PA 80

 

Bulgaria – Plamen Andreev (21) – Feyenoord – PA 144 

 

Burkina Faso – Arsene Kouassi (22) – FC Lorient – PA 148 

 

Burundi – Matteo Nkurunziza (21) – RWD Molenbeek – PA 114

 

Cape Verde – Jordan Mendes (22) – Rodez Aveyron Football – PA 137 

 

Cambodia – Bunneth Sun (16) – PA 96

 

Cameroon – Carlos Baleba (22) – Brighton – PA 170 

 

Canada – Shola Jimoh (18) – Inter Toronto FC – PA 140

 

Central African Republic – Sacha M’Baka (21) – Stade Poitvein – PA 119 

 

Chad – Abdoul Aziz Sandy (19) – Olympic El Qanah Football Club – PA 130 

 

Chile – Lucas Assadi (22) – Universidad de Chile – PA 148

 

China – Wei Chen (20) – Guangdong Guangzhou Power – PA 120 

 

Colombia – Jhon Solis (21) – Girona – PA 169 

 

Comoros – Amal Boura (19) – Monaco – PA 139 

 

Congo – Christ Makosso (21) – Luton – PA 147 

 

Costa Rica – Brandon Aguilera (22) – Rio Ave – PA 134

 

Ivory Coast – Yan Diomande (19) – RB Leipzig – PA 167 

 

Croatia – Luka Vuskovic (19) – Spurs – PA 161

 

Cuba – Alvaro Ruiz-Rente (20) – Birmingham – PA 126 

 

Curacao – Livano Comenencia (22) – Zurich – PA 134

 

Cyprus – Loizos Loizou (22) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv – PA 130 

 

Czechia – Matej Jurasek (22) – Norwich – PA 151

 

Democratic Republic of Congo – Ngal’Ayel Mukau (21) – Lille – PA 163 

 

Denmark – Chido Obi (18) – Manchester United – PA 164 

 

Djibouti – Kahin Dahir (21) – FC Jarfalla – PA 80 

 

Dominica – Malachai Bonney (18) – Grover Soccer United – PA 74 

 

Dominican Republic – Edgar Pujol (21) – Racing Ferrol – PA 141 

 

Ecuador – Kendry Paez (18) – Chelsea – PA 162 

 

Egypt – Hamza Abdelkarim (18) – Barcelona – PA 156

 

El Salvador – Raul Umanzor (19) – Tobacco Road FC –  PA 126 

 

England – Jude Bellingham (22) – Real Madrid – PA 188

 

Equatorial Guinea – Junior Bita (20) – Kustosija – PA 120 

 

Eritrea – Siem Eyob-Abraha (18) – Sheffield United – PA 108

 

Estonia – Patrik Kristal (18) – FC Koln – PA 149 

 

Eswatini – Thato Mdluli (19) – AmaZulu Football Club – PA 100

 

Ethiopia – Melaku Bekele (15) – LA Surf Soccer Club – PA 112 

 

Fiji – Josh Laqeretabua (20) – Charlton – PA 132 

 

Finland – Jimi Tauriainen (22) – Chelsea – PA 148 

 

France – Desire Doue (20) – PSG – PA 186

 

Gabon – Jacques Ekomie (22) – Angers – PA 140

 

The Gambia – Yankuba Minteh (21) – Brighton – PA 170 

 

Georgia – Saba Kharebashvili (17) – Dinamo Tbilisi – PA 161 

 

Germany – Florian Wirtz (22) – Liverpool – PA 188

 

Ghana – Abdul Fatawu (22) – Leicester – PA 160 

 

Greece – Stefanos Tzimas (20) – Brighton – PA 167

 

Grenada – Vijay Stephen (15) – Chicago Fire – PA 112

 

Guatemala – Arquimides Ordonez (22) – Loudoun United – PA 116

 

Guinea – Facinet Conte (21) – Young Boys – PA 150 

 

Guinea-Bissau – Franculino (21) – Midtjylland – PA 155 

 

Guyana – Andrew McArthur (15) – SD Del Sol – PA 122

 

Haiti – Belmar Joseph (20) – FC Sion – PA 126

 

Honduras – Leonardo Posadas (21) – Hamburger SV – PA 128

 

Hungary – Milos Kerkez (22) – Liverpool – PA 173 

 

Iceland – Orri Oskarsson (21) – Real Sociedad – PA 153 

 

India – Taran Williams (22) = PA 101 

 

Indonesia – Miliano Jonathans (22) – Excelsor – PA 133

 

Iran – Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (22) – Sepahan – PA 135

 

Iraq – Zidane Iqbal (22) – FC Utrecht – PA 149

 

Ireland – Evan Ferguson (21) – Brighton – PA 155

 

Israel – Daniel Dappa (17) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv – PA 160

 

Italy – Francesco Pio Esposito (20) – Inter Milan – PA 169

 

Jamaica – Bailey Cadamarteri (20) – Wrexham – PA 137 

 

Japan – Ryunosuke Sato (19) – FC Tokyo – PA 166 

 

Jordan – Tammer Bany (22) – West Brom – PA 130 

 

Kazakhstan – Dastan Satpayev (17) – Chelsea – PA 162

 

Kenya – Timothy Ouma (21) – Slavia Prague – PA 150 

 

Kosovo – Leon Avdullahu (22) – Hoffenheim – PA 155 

 

Kuwait – Jassim Al-Mutar (19) – Al-Qadsia – PA 114

 

Kyrgyzstan – Beknaz Almazbekov (20) – Rukh Lviv – PA 132 

 

Latvia – Klavs Bethers (22) – Catania – PA 130 

 

Lebanon – Samy Merheg (19) – Braga – PA 141 

 

Lesotho – Rethabile Tsosane (20) – Redlands Football Club – PA 121 

 

Liberia – Prince Martor (18) – Genclerbirligi – PA 144

 

Libya – Ahmed Elmsmari (19) – PA 99 

 

Liechtenstein – Jonas Verling (18) – FC Vaduz – PA 127 

 

Lithuania – Gvidas Gineitis (21) – Torino – PA 146

 

Luxembourg – Tomas Cruz (20) – Benfica – PA 139 

 

Madagascar – Mathieu Acapandie (21) – FC Nantes – PA 124 

 

Malawi – Mwisho Mhango (18) – Hannover 96 – PA 129 

 

Malaysia – Chris Swe (22) – Wigan – PA 104

 

Mali – Malick Yalcouye (20) – Brighton – PA 159 

 

Malta – Basil Tuma (20) – Reading – PA 133

 

Mauritania – Beyatt Lekoueiry (21) – Lausanne-Sport – PA 158 

 

Mauritius – Gabriel Caliste (19) – West Ham – PA 118 

 

Mexico – Gilberto Mora (17) – Tijuana – PA 161 

 

Micronesia – Richard Nakasone (21) – Pink Panthers FC – PA 12

 

Moldova – Maxim Marandici (18) – Viktoria Zizkov – PA 133

 

Monaco – Edoardo Cavaliere (19) – AC Reggiana 1919 – PA 93 

 

Mongolia – Gantulga Yanjmaa (18) – PA 108 

 

Montenegro – Andrija Bulatovic (19) – Lens – PA 151 

 

Morocco – Chadi Riad (22) – Crystal Palace – PA 169 

 

Mozambique – Chefe (17) – Al-Qadsiah – PA 137

 

Myanmar – Aung Myo Thu (17) – Breakers FC – PA 65

 

Namibia – Jandjamuje Ngaruka (16) – PA 86 

 

Nepal – Sashwat Rana (18) – Malmo – PA 102 

 

Netherlands – Kees Smit (20) – Az Alkmaar – PA 174 

 

New Zealand – Luke Brooke-Smith (17) – Wellington Phoenix – PA 144 

 

Nicaragua – Miguel Rodriguez (22) – PA 106 

 

Niger – Mamane Moustapha Sabo (21) – Javor Matis Ivanjica – PA 119

 

Nigeria – George Ilenikhena (19) – Al-Ittihad – PA 170 

 

North Korea – Ri Il-Song (21) – Ryomyong Sports Group – PA 136 

 

North Macedonia – Nenad Damjanoski (17) – NK Celje – PA 147 

 

Northern Ireland – Conor Bradley (22) – Liverpool – PA 165 

 

Norway – Sindre Walle Egeli (19) – Ipswich – PA 168

 

Oman – Ahed Al-Mashaikhi (22) – Al Nahada Club Al-Buraimi – PA 110

 

Pakistan – Omer Farooq Nasim (18) – Al-Wasl – PA 110

 

Palestine – Odai Hassoun (22) – Hutteen Sporting Club – PA 125 

 

Panama – Edward Cedeno (22) – Las Palmas – PA 135 

 

Papua New Guinea – Lennard Atterwell (20) – Gold Coast Knights SC – PA 100

 

Paraguay – Julio Enciso (22) – Strasbourg – PA 162 

 

Peru – Matias Lazo (22) – Football Club Melgar – PA 146 

 

Philippines – Santi Rublico (20) – Alcorcon – PA 128

 

Poland – Kacper Urbanski (21) – Legia Warsaw – PA 150 

 

Portugal – Rodrigo Mora (18) – Porto – PA 190

 

Qatar – Mohammed Al-Mannai (22) – Al-Shamal Sports Club – PA 130

 

South Korea – Minsu Kim (20) – Girona – PA 150 

 

Romania – Matteo Dutu (20) – Dinamo Bucuresti – PA 148

 

Russia – Matvey Kislyak (20) – CSKA Moscow – PA 160

 

Rwanda – Hakim Sahabo (20) – AEK Athens – PA 123

 

Saint Kitts & Nevis – Kyle Kelly (19) – Liverpool – PA 112 

 

Saint Lucia – Garvey Evans (17) – Rochester – PA 108

 

Saint Vincent & The Grenadines – Tristan Marshall (21) = AS Makedonikos Neapolis – PA 95

 

Samoa – Pharrell Trainor (19) – Maitalnd FC – PA 98

 

San Marino – Pier Marino Della Valle (19) – FC Olympia – PA 113 

 

Sao Tome & Principe – Wiston Montoia (16) – Kalonji Soccer Academy – PA 124

 

Saudi Arabia – Musab Al-Juwayr (22) – Al-Qadsiah – PA 140 

 

Scotland – Ben Doak (20) – Bournemouth – PA 168

 

Senegal – Ibrahim Mbaye (18) – PSG – PA 174

 

Serbia – Veljko Milosavljevic (18) – Bournemouth – PA 163

 

Seychelles – Samuel Okolie (18) – Cambridge United – PA 90

 

Sierra Leone – Juma Bah (20) – Manchester City – PA 161 

 

Singapore – Yusof Tan (21) – Brevard FC – PA 119 

 

Slovakia – Mario Sauer (21) – Toulouse – PA 147

 

Slovenia – Benjamin Sesko (22) – Manchester United – PA 170

 

Solomon Islands – Raphael Lea’i (22) – Wollongong Wolves – PA 132 

 

Somalia – Muqtar Ahmed (20) – FC Winterthur – PA 110 

 

South Africa – Lazola Maku (19) – Siwelele Football Club – PA 150

 

South Sudan – Paul Jawa (21) – Football Club Fleury 91 – PA 85 

 

Spain – Lamine Yamal (18) – Barcelona – PA 194 

 

Sri Lanka – Remiyan Muthuccumaru (18) – FC Emmen – PA 107 

 

Sudan – Ali Hassan (20) – Lyon – PA 118

 

Suriname – Shiloh ‘t Zand (22) – Feyenoord – PA 141 

 

Sweden – Lucas Bergvall (20) – Tottenham – PA 181 

 

Switzerland – Johan Manzambi (20) – SC Freiburg – PA 165

 

Syria – Anas Dahhan (20) – Al-Ahli SC – PA 145 

 

Tahiti – Mateo Degrumelle (21) – PA 100

 

Tajikistan – Khusrav Toirov (20) – Shakhtar Donetsk – PA 110 

 

Tanzania- Clement Mzize (21) – Young Africans SC – PA 135

 

Thailand – Erawan Garnier (20) – Lens – PA 138 

 

Togo – Dermane Karim (22) – Lommel SK – PA 146

 

Tonga – Maloni Manuolevao (18) – Nukuhetulu – PA 46

 

Trinidad & Tobago – Molik Khan (22) – AS Trencin – PA 130

 

Tunisia – Wassim Slama (17) – PSG – PA 156 

 

Turkey – Arda Guler (21) – Real Madrid – PA 173 

 

Turkmenistan – Adrien Ebersbach (18) – Fotbal Club Rapid – PA 124

 

Tuvalu – Jason Alama (22) – West Coast Rangers FC – PA 83 

 

Uganda – Allan Oyirwoth (19) – New England Revolution – PA 137 

 

Ukraine – Yehor Yarmoliuk (22) – Brentford – PA 165 

 

UAE – Abdoulkarim Traore (20) – Al-Ain FC – PA 145 

 

USA – Noahkai Banks (19) – FC Augsburg – PA 167 

 

Uruguay – Alan Matturro (21) – Genoa – PA 159 

 

Uzbekistan – Abdukodir Khusanov (22) – Man City – PA 173

 

Vanuatu – Jean Patriano Natou (18) – Christchurch United FC – PA 83

 

Venezuela – David Martinez (20) – LAFC – PA 144

 

Vietnam – Chung Do (20) – Ninh Binh – PA 125 

 

Wales – Joshua Donovan (16) – Cardiff – PA 149 

 

Yemen – Rashed Wadah (20) – PA 87 

 

Zambia – Joseph Liteta (20) – Cagliari – PA 135 

 

Zimbabwe – Ethan Sutherland (19) – Wolves – PA 130

 

Each country ranked by best wonderkid 

 

1. Brazil (199)
2. Spain (194) 
3. Portugal (190) 
4. England (188)
5. Germany (188)
6. France (186)
7. Argentina (181)
8. Sweden (181)
9. Bosnia & Herzegovina (177)
10. Netherlands (174)
11. Senegal (174)
12. Hungary (173)
13. Turkey (173)
14. Uzbekistan (173)
15. Belgium (170)
16. Cameroon (170)
17. The Gambia (170)
18. Nigeria (170) 
19. Slovenia (170)
20. Morocco (169)
21. Italy (169) 
22. Colombia (169) 
23. Norway (168) 
24. Scotland (168) 
25. Ivory Coast (167) 
26. Greece (167)
27. USA (167)
28. Japan (166)
29. Algeria (165)
30. Northern Ireland (165)
31. Switzerland (165)
32. Ukraine (165) 
33. Denmark (164) 
34. Democratic Republic of Congo (163)
35. Serbia (163)
36.  Ecuador (162)
37. Kazakhstan (162) 
38. Paraguay (162) 
39. Croatia (161)
40. Georgia (161)
41. Mexico (161)
42. Sierra Leone (161)
43. Austria (160)
44. Ghana (160)
45. Israel (160)
46. Russia (160) 
47. Mali (159) 
48. Uruguay (159) 
49. Mauritania (158)
50.  Egypt (156) 
51. Tunisia (156) 
52.  Guinea-Bissau (155)
53. Kosovo (155)
54. Ireland (155)
55. Iceland (153)
56. Australia (151)
57. Albania (151)
58. Czechia (151) 
59. Montenegro (151) 
60.  Guinea (150)
61. Kenya (150) 
62. Poland (150)
63. South Korea (150)
64. South Africa (150)
65. Estonia (149)
66. Iraq (149) 
67. Wales (149) 
68. Burkina Faso (148)
69. Chile (148)
70. Finland (148) 
71. Romania (148) 
72. Congo (147) 
73. North Macedonia (147)
74. Slovakia (147) 
75. Lithuania (146)
76. Peru (146)
77. Togo (146)
78. Azerbaijan (145)
79. Syria (145)
80. UAE (145)
81.  Bulgaria (144)
82. Liberia (144) 
83. New Zealand (144) 
84. Venezuela (144)
85. Dominican Republic (141) 
86. Lebanon (141)
87. Suriname (141)
88.  Canada (140)
89.  Gabon (140)
90. Saudi Arabia (140) 
91. Comoros (139)
92. Luxembourg (139) 
93. Benin (138)
94. Thailand (138)
95. Armenia (137)
96. Bahrain (137)
97. Jamaica (137)
98. Mozambique (137)
99. Uganda (137) 
100. Angola (136)
101. Bolivia (136)
102. North Korea (136)
103. Iran (135)
104. Panama (135)
105. Tanzania (135)
106. Zambia (135)
107.  Belarus (134)
108. Costa Rica (134) 
109. Indonesia (133)
110. Malta (133)
111. Moldova (133)
112.  Fiji (132)
113. Kyrgyzstan (132)
114. Solomon Islands (132) 
115. Cyprus (130) 
116. Jordan (130)
117. Latvia (130)
118. Qatar (130)
119. Zimbabwe (130) 
120. Malawi (129)
121. Honduras (128)
122. Philippines (128) 
123. Liechtenstein (127) 
124. Cuba (126) 
125. El Salvador (126) 
126. Haiti (126) 
127. Palestine (125)
128. Andorra (124) 
129. Vietnam (125)
130. Madagascar (124)
131. Sao Tome & Principe (124)
132. Rwanda (123)
133. Guyana (122) 
134. Lesotho (121) 
135. Afghanistan (120) 
136.  China (120)
137.  Equatorial Guinea (120) 
138.  Central African Republic (119)
139. Niger (119) 
140. Singapore (119) 
141. Mauritius (118)
142. Sudan (118) 
143.  Antigua & Barbuda (116) 
144. Guatemala (116)
145.  Burundi (114)
146. Kuwait (114) 
147. San Marino (113) 
148.  Ethiopia (112)
149. Grenada (112)
150. Saint Kitts & Nevis (112) 
151.  Bangladesh (110)
152. Somalia (110)
153. Oman (110) 
154. Tajikistan (110)
155.  Barbados (109) 
156.  Eritrea (108)
157. Mongolia (108)
158. Saint Lucia (108) 
159. Sri Lanka (107) 
160. Nicaragua (106) 
161. Malaysia (104)
162. Nepal (102) 
163. India (101)
164.  Eswatini (100)
165. Papua New Guinea (100)
166. Tahiti (100)
167. Samoa (98)
168. Monaco (93)
169. Seychelles (90)
170. Libya (88) 
171.  Cambodia (96) 
172. Saint Vincent & The Grenadines 
173.  Botswana (88)
174. Yemen (87)
175. Namibia (86)
176. South Sudan (85) 
177. Vanuatu (83)
178.  Brunei (80)
179. Djibouti (80) 
180.  Belize (79)
181. Dominica (74) 
182. The Bahamas (72)
183. Myanmar (65)
184. Tonga (46)
185. Micronesia (12)
186. Bhutan (N/A) 
187. Kiribati (N/A) 
188. Laos (N/A)

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