U17 World Cup: The top assist leaders ahead of the round of 16 | OneFootball

The ranking of the top assist providers before the U17 World Cup round of 16

Elyes Saidi/@lepatriote

While goals are the foundation for any team’s victory, assists are no less crucial. Several playmakers have stood out during the group stage of the U17 World Cup Qatar 2025, which has now reached the knockout phase.

Five players share the top spot in the U17 World Cup assist rankings, including two Africans who have truly shined in this role: Morocco’s Elyes Saidi and Zambia’s Jonathan Kalimina.

Alongside this duo are Manchester City U21 and England star Reigan Heskey, Irish left-back of Nigerian descent Ademide Solanke, and Croatian Parma Primavera defender Karlo Pajsar.

Here’s the assist leaderboard at the U17 World Cup after the group stage:

1- Reigan Heskey (England): 3 assists

- Elyes Saidi (Morocco)

- Ademide Solanke (Ireland)

- Jonathan Kalimina (Zambia)

- Karlo Pajsar (Croatia)

6- Samuele Inacio (Italy): 2 assists

- Jose Neto (Portugal)

- Niklas Scheller (Germany)

- Angelo Candido (Brazil)

- Noah Fernandez (Belgium)

- Mohamed Zongo (Burkina Faso)

- Rafael Quintas (Portugal)

- Abdelali Daoudi (Morocco)

- Kelvin Mulenga Chipelu (Zambia)

- Seydou Dembele (Mali)

- Alwande Booysen (South Africa)

- Nevio Scherrer (Switzerland)

- Gabrijel Šivalec (Croatia)

- Bendito Mantato (England)

- Adam Novak (Czech Republic)

- Yerwin Sulbaran (Venezuela)

- Abubakir Shukurullaev (Uzbekistan)

- Valerio Maccaroni (Italy)

- Ali Camara (Belgium)

- Hiroto Asada (Japan)

- Miguel Figueiredo (Portugal)