CIES: Luis Guilherme in the ranking of the most promising U21 attacking midfielders

The jewel of Palmeiras stands out in the CIES Football Observatory list alongside names like Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz

Josué Seixas

2024-03-14 15:46:36

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In today’s football, Big Data and intelligent interpretation of statistics are becoming increasingly important for decision-making in the world’s top clubs.

It is no coincidence that more and more teams are developing their own scouting departments based on big data and making their signings based on these statistics. Therefore, studies like the one conducted by the CIES Football Observatory are becoming more important to understand which players could make the leap to the top leagues and stand out in them.

Recently, this prestigious educational institution based in Switzerland released a list highlighting the most promising under-21 attacking midfielders in the world, and to the surprise of many, a Brazilian gem from Palmeiras makes an appearance alongside names that are now established in the elite European football.

Luis Guilherme, the ninth most promising under-21 attacking midfielder in the world.

According to this ranking, which is based on an index calculated from the minutes played by the player in the last 365 days of the year and the quality of those minutes compared to other players of the same position and age, Luis Guilherme, a versatile attacking midfielder from Palmeiras, is poised to be one of the great talents of the future.

With an index of x1.87, the player born in 2006 ranks ninth in the ranking, being one of the three South Americans who also appear in the ranking alongside Argentine Facundo Bounanotte and Ecuadorian Kendry Páez.