FC Porto top Golden Boy 2026 Top 100, above Europe's giants | OneFootball

FC Porto is the club with the biggest representation in the 2026 Golden Boy Top 100, with five players included in the list of the top young talents in European football.

Among the Porto names are Rodrigo Mora, Martim Fernandes, Victor Froholdt, Oskar Pietuszewski and William Gomes. Across Liga Portugal, there are nine players nominated, further highlighting the Portuguese league’s presence in this edition of the award.

Behind FC Porto come Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea and Tottenham, all with four players. In the next group, with three representatives each, are Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, Paris FC, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.

In addition to FC Porto’s five players, the list also includes other Portuguese players or footballers connected to Portuguese football, such as Geovany Quenda, João Simões, Gianluca Prestianni, Bastien Meupiyou and Diogo Sousa, among the names featured in the various compilations already released.

Porto’s strong presence confirms the importance of youth development and investment in young players within the blue-and-white squad. Collectively, no other club can yet match FC Porto’s number of representatives in this selection of 100 players, a fact that puts the Dragons in the spotlight in the European under-21 scene.

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