Ghana and Rennes winger Kamaldeen Sulemana ranked among the best performing youngsters in the world

Ghana international Kamaldeen Sulemana has been ranked among the best performing youngsters in the world.

The enterprising winger who has been outstanding for club and country in recent times is ranked 11th among the 100 best performing U21 outfield players from 32 European leagues according to a brand-new approach taking into consideration players’ performance compared to teammates, the employer team’s sporting level, as well as that of opponents.

Arsenal prodigy Bukayo Saka is rated as the best youngster with Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) and Patrick Wimmer (Arminia Bielefeld), Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) and Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) completing the top five in a list compiled by CIES Football Observatory

Among the players, the study does not only mention their pitch position, but also the role played within the team according to fifteen technical profile categories.

The latter are built from eleven game indicators collected by our partners InStat, covering eight different game areas as detailed in the 74th edition of the CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report: air defence, ground defence, recovery, distribution, take on, chance creation, air attack and shooting.

The 20-year-old who plies his trade for Stade Rennes has featured 24 times in the French Ligue 1 scoring 4 goals in the process.

Sulemana has been out of action since February with a back injury.

He missed the World Cup play-off between Ghana and Nigeria where the Black Stars qualified at the expense of the Super Eagles on an away goal rule.