Falling down a Kenan Yıldız rabbit hole
...and finding another lights-out Ligue 1 centre-back prospect
You have fallen down a Rabbit Hole…
This newsletter is collection of single-game, u23 stat leaders from the latest week of football - to spot diamonds in the data. But beware: tangents will and pull at every single thread until I have exhausted all potential insight.
Happy New Year, SCOUTED subscribers! The first newsletter of 2026 is a Rabbit Hole catch-up of everything we might have missed during our break.
Rather than the usual seven-day search, we’ll be scouring over the standout statistical displays from under-23 players around the world from 19 December 2025 to 5 January 2026.
- Kenan Yıldız drops an all-time great individual display
- Another Ligue 1 centre-back who only knows how to win
- Álvaro Rodríguez matches Kylian Mbappé and Gabriel Jesus
- A collection of teenage A-League talents to watch out for
- The latest batch of Ecuadorians to make a note of
- Harry Amass makes a mockery of Rúben Amorim
- A former Chelsea academy players wins a lot of headers
👶 Breakout Babies
The youngest player to make an appearance during the festive period was Luis Fragozo at 15 years and 256 days. Nothing has changed there, then. Fragozo featured in the ones-to-watch XI in the final newsletter of 2025.
Jake Entwistle
The only other 15-year-old to feature in this period was Dwight Ede Eriyo, albeit for RSCA Futures, the youth academy side of R.S.C. Anderlecht that plays in the Challenger Pro League. But I also wanted to highlight a few other interesting names that have popped up.
