Top ten Eredivisie Wonderkids

Candidates (maximum age = 21) :

Name : Ibrahim Afellay
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 21
Club : PSV
Position : CM
Caps : 2

Name : Ismael Aissati
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : PSV
Position : AM

Name : Balázs Dzsudzsák (a.k.a. Doedelzak)
Nationality : Hungarian
Age : 21
Club : PSV
Position : LM / LW

Name : Dirk Marcellis
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : PSV
Position : CD

Name : Slobodan Rajkovic
Nationality : Serb
Age : 19
Club : PSV
Position : LB

Name : Roy Beerens
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 21
Club : Heerenveen
Position : RW

Name : Michael Bradley
Nationality : USA
Age : 20
Club : Heerenveen
Position : AM / SS

Name : Geert Arend Roorda
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : Heerenveen
Position : DM

Name : Miralem Sulejmani
Nationality : Serb
Age : 19
Club : Heerenveen
Position : Striker

Name : Siem de Jong
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : Ajax
Position : CM

Name : Urby Emanuelson
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 21
Club : Ajax
Position : LM (*not* LB !!!)
Caps : 11

Name : Luis Suarez
Nationality : Uruguay
Age : 21
Club : Ajax
Position : LW / SS
Caps : 5

Name : Gregory van der Wiel
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 20
Club : Ajax
Position : CD

Name : Jan Vertonghen
Nationality : Belgium
Age : 20
Club : Ajax
Position : DM / LM

Name : Luigi Bruins
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 20
Club : Feyenoord
Position : AM

Name : Jonathan de Guzman
Nationality : Canadian / Dutch
Age : 20
Club : Feyenoord
Position : AM

Name : Nuri Sahin
Nationality : Turkish
Age : 19
Club : Feyenoord
Position : AM

Name : Georginio Wijnaldum
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 17
Club : Feyenoord
Position : AM

Name : Fouad Idabdelhay
Nationality : Marocco
Age : 19
Club : NAC
Position : Striker / LW

Name : Tom Hiariej
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : FC Groningen
Position : RB

Name : Marcus Berg
Nationality : Sweden
Age : 21
Club : FC Groningen
Position : Striker

Name : Stefan Nijland
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : FC Groningen
Position : SS / AM

Name : Marko Arnautovic
Nationality : Austrian
Age : 18
Club : FC Twente
Position : SS / RW

Name : Marcel de Jong
Nationality : Canada
Age : 21
Club : Roda JC
Position : DM / CD

Name : Roland Lamah
Nationality : Belgium
Age : 20
Club : Roda JC
Position : LW / SS

Name : Leroy George
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 20
Club : FC Utrecht
Position : SS

Name : Erik Pieters
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : FC Utrecht
Position : RB / CD

Name : Piet Velthuizen
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 20
Club : Vitesse
Position : Keeper

Name : Moussa Dembele
Nationality : Belgium
Age : 20
Club : AZ
Position : SS

Name : Ryan Donk
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 21
Club : AZ
Position : CD

Name : Sebastien Pocognoli
Nationality : Belgium
Age : 20
Club : AZ
Position : LB / LM

Name : Ruud Vormer
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 19
Club : AZ
Position : CM

Name : Lasse Schöne
Nationality : Denmark
Age : 21
Club : De Graafschap
Position : AM

Name : Nordin Amrabat
Nationality : Dutch
Age : 20
Club : VVV
Position : Striker / LW


The shear amount of young players that are getting regular playing time in the Eredivisie is mindbogling (I had to leave out about half of them)

My personal (biassed) top 10

1) Ibrahim Afellay
2) Moussa Dembele
3) Miralem Sulejmani
4) Stefan Nijland
5) Luigi Bruins
6) Piet Velthuizen
7) Luis Suarez
8 ) Lasse Schöne
9) Balazs Dzsuzsak
10) Michael Bradley

Some of them really aren't that good. Players like Marcellis, George, Lamah, Arnautovic, Beerens and de Jong aren't that special. Surprised Sulejmani is that young, didn't know that.

For Sparta I would say Adeleye is still the most talented, in potential that is, not because of his recent performances.

My Top 10:
1. Afellay
2. Bruins
3. Dzsudzsák
4. Suarez
5. Aissati
6. Sulejmani
7. Bradley
8. Dembele
9. deGuzman
10. Berg

1 Dembele
2 De Guzman
3 Afellay
4 Suarez
5 Bruins
6 Sulejmani
7 Paulo Henrique (SS Heerenveen)
8 Arnautovic
9 Wijnaldum
10 Velthuizen

In no order: But Afellay is no1

* Ibrahim Afellay
* Luigi Bruins
* Balázs Dzsudzsák
* Siem de Jong
* Jonathan de Guzman
* Stefan Nijland
* Roy Beerens
* Moussa Dembele
* Luis Suarez
* Jan Vertonghen

Maybe we should do a seperate top 10 for defenders/ DMFs.

Kees Luijckx, 20, Excelsior (on loan from AZ) DMF/CD

Matias Cahais, 20, FC Groningen, CD

On Afellay, he would be 1 if he wouldn't be that fickle/injuryprone. He's far too often complaining (& not being available) because of minor injuries/ the flu...

1 Bruins
2 DeGuzman
3 Wijnaldum
4 Sahin
5 Fer
6 Janotta
7 J. Buys
8 Vincken
9 Mulder
10 Affalay

For a second I thought this thread was a list of tongue-twisters...those are some crazy names!

Afellay & Aissati

Funny how Netherlands & France now have a significant talent pool of middle eastern players, yet in the UK we don't.

North African that is

You have a lot of Pakis...they suck in football!

Fey wrote:North African that is

You have a lot of Pakis...they suck in football!

racist. I worry you might actually be a nazi. Like a dwarf with special needs, racism is neither big nor clever