AS Monaco among the Big 5 teams that use young people the most
According to the latest weekly letter from the Football Observatory (CIES), the Rock club is the 10th formation of the five major championships to give the most playing time to players aged under 21. Explanations.
The “young guns” of Monaco in the spotlight! Since last August, no less than eleven AS Monaco players under the age of 21 have replaced playing time with the pros. A statistic that is validated by the last weekly newsletter from the Football Observatory (CIES), which places the club from the Principality in the Top 10 of the teams of the Big 5 which gives the most playing time to the “under 21”.
Five “U21” trained at the Academy
According to the organization specializing in the statistical analysis of football, AS Monaco is indeed the 10th club of the five major championships which uses its players under the age of 21 the most in the 1st quarter of 2022 (study from January 1 to 21). March included). On average, the youngsters – most of whom come from the Diagonale training center – offered more than 13% of the Red and Whites’ total playing time in the league. Among them, there are five players trained at the Academy: Benoît Badiashile (21 years old), Eliot Matazo (20 years old), Chrislain Matsima (19 years old), Maghnes Akliouche (20 years old) and Tiago Ribeiro (20 years old).
Highest percentage of minutes by U2⃣1⃣ players since January 2021 by current 🌍 big-5 league clubs
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Data by league 👉 https://t.co/aCjnghf5GO pic.twitter.com/n5BaEHeIiP— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) March 31, 2022
Vanderson, a high speed adaptation
The last two, N2 executives, had the opportunity to celebrate their first appearances in Ligue 1, as did Félix Lemarechal (18) last fall, and Yllan Okou (19) and Soungoutou Magassa ( 18 years old) in the Coupe de France in Quevilly. Not to mention Vanderson (20), who arrived in the winter transfer window, and who has already played 14 games under Philippe Clément, including seven as a starter. A real revelation at the start of 2022, the Brazilian side was even decisive by scoring a goal in Montpellier and delivering two assists.
🇧🇷🛸 @vandi_001Monster! pic.twitter.com/FtnJRAdSxB
– AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) March 8, 2022
It is a possibility to see them join the group permanently in the future. (…) What we think of the Club is that they have the potential to one day become a regular at AS Monaco. Otherwise we do not give a professional contract to a young person like that.
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In the same court as Arsenal
It is therefore not surprising to find AS Monaco among the teams that trust young people the most, in a Top 10 where we find five other Ligue 1 clubs (Nice, Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Reims and Montpellier). But above all European references in terms of training and post-training, which are Barcelona, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal. Already last January, Opta revealed to us that the Rocher club was among those who used the most young people (11) aged 21 or less.
12 – @FCBarcelona used 12 U21 players in @LaLigaFR this season (like @StadeDeReims and @Rennais Stadium in @Ligue1UberEats). Only @ASSEofficial have used more Blaugranas in Europe’s top five leagues 2021/2022 (13). Emergency? pic.twitter.com/LIiU8esG5k
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 11, 2022
Further proof that Monegasque training is effective, and that it carries its joys to the professional level. Witness the recent signings of a first professional contract for Maghnes Akliouche, Yllan Okou and Valentin Decarpentrie. #MadeInLaDiagonale 🇲🇨