The Talent Hunter 🎯

At the weekend, 16 year-old striker Frankie Day registered an assist for the U16s on his first appearance for West Ham since joining from Spurs.😯🅰️ The young striker played 40 minutes and grabbed an assist in West Ham U16’s 2-0 win over Reading.✅ A great start for Frankie - definitely a player to keep an eye on.👏🔍

Last week, 17 year-old winger Noah Ajayi received his first Germany U19s call-up and also scored in the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup.🤯🇩🇪 On Monday, Ajayi received the news of his first international call-up for Germany’s U19 squad. The camp begins this week, and he’ll be involved in numerous Euro U19 qualifiers.✅ Just two days after this call-up, Ajayi scored the opening goal in Manchester United U18’s entertaining 3-2 win over Sunderland in the quarter-finals of the FAYC.🏆 Ajayi has now scored 5 goals in his last 5 appearances for Manchester United U18s.🎯 What a season he’s having.🤩👏

Earlier this month, 14 year-old Sunderland striker Liam Ogunsuyi became the youngest player to make an appearance in the U18 Premier League this season.😯✅ Ogunsuyi came on against Newcastle U18s on the 7th of March, just 3 days before his 14th birthday.✨ The young striker has been playing up with Sunderland U16s this season and has registered 32 goals and 9 assists.⚽️🅰️ Last year, he won Sunderland’s 24/25 Academy Player of the Season award.🏆 This U18s debut also beat Chris Rigg’s record by 3 months, making Liam the youngest ever player to make an appearance for Sunderland U18s.👏 Liam Ogunsuyi - remember the name.👀⏳

Introducing our 13th TTH Team of the Week.👀🎯 1️⃣. Kai Rooney - bagged 2 goals and 2 assists in the first half for Man United U16s, then featured in the U18s game in the second half and scored shortly after coming off the bench.🤯 2️⃣. Ethan Smith - registered 2 goals and 3 assists for West Brom U16s.⚽️⚽️🅰️🅰️🅰️ 3️⃣. Kayden Smith - scored a hat-trick in the second half of Coventry City U14’s 3-0 win over Fleetwood Town.🎩 4️⃣. Archie Williams - in the same game Ethan Smith registered 5 G/A, Archie bagged a hat-trick and an assist.😯🎯 5️⃣. Luis Munoz - scored just minutes into his Arsenal U18s debut, becoming the 2nd youngest ever goalscorer in the U18 Premier League at just 14 years and 93 days old.✅ 6️⃣. Jim Thwaites - put on an unbelievable performance in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final against Sunderland, then scored another free-kick in a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers U18s.🌟 7️⃣. George Shaw - registered a goal and an assist, while also helping West Brom U18s to keep a clean sheet against Norwich City.⚽️🅰️🧼 8️⃣. Raymond Offor - made 27 defensive contributions for Derby County U21s in their 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.😳 9️⃣. Raeley Fitton - registered a goal and an assist from centre-back, while also delivering an impressive defensive display for Oldham Athletic U16s.👏 🔟. Malachi Hardy - scored a goal and helped Spurs U18s keep a clean sheet.💫 1️⃣1️⃣. Harry Lee-Frith - saved a penalty in an impressive win for Stockport County U16s and also trained with the first-team earlier in the week.🧤 Congrats to everyone included in our 13th TOTW - some unbelievable talents on this list.🤩

At just 14 years and 213 days old, Zach Hitchen scored on his U18 Premier League debut today - making him the youngest ever player to score for Leeds United U18s.😯⚽️ This goal came in the first half of a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough U18s.✅ The young winger is a current England U15 international and has spent the majority of the season playing up an age group with Leeds United U16s.✨ Zach Hitchen - remember the name.👀⏳

18 year-old winger Louis Zecevic-John scored the opening goal for Arsenal U18s today, then had to play the final 20 minutes in goal following a red card to the goalkeeper.😂🧤 During his time in goal against Fulham U18s, he didn’t concede and Luis Munoz went on to score a last-minute equaliser.✅ Certainly something you don’t see every day.😅👏

16 year-old forward Kai Rooney bagged 2 goals and 2 assists for Manchester United U16s in the first half, then has just gone over to the U18s game for the second half and scored in that game as well.🤯⚽️🅰️ Both games were against Blackburn Rovers, and when Kai left the U16s game at HT they were winning 5-2.😅 This was Kai’s second goal at U18 level, what a talent Man United have got on their hands.🤩👏

At 14 years and 93 days old, Luis Muñoz has become the 2nd youngest ever player to score in the U18 Premier League - just 12 minutes into his first appearance for Arsenal at U18 level.🤯🔴 This goal came against Fulham U18s in the closing minutes of the game to make it 2-2 - only Ethan Nwaneri has scored in the U18PL at a younger age.✅ A reminder he’s still officially a U14, yet has now made his Arsenal U18 and U19 debuts this season.😅 Another great moment for Luis in what is proving to be an unbelievable season for him.👏✨

16 year-old Liverpool striker Vincent Joseph scored just 10 minutes into his U18 Premier League debut this morning.🤯⚽️ Joseph is a current England U16 international and has been playing with Liverpool’s U16s this season, where he has scored 26 goals (27 including today).✅ A much deserved moment for Vincent - one of the most talented young strikers in the country right now.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✨

Mateus Mané (18) has been called up to the Portugal U21 squad for the first time - he was most recently an England U18 international.👀🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mané’s last Portugal call-up came in October 2024 for the U18s, where he was also simultaneously called up to the England U18s - on that occasion, he chose England. Fast forward a couple of years, and he’s now opted for Portugal.✅ Following his impressive breakout season at Wolves, he’s surely got to be up there as one of the most gifted young midfielders in the world at the moment.🌍 A big moment for Portugal.😯👏

16 year-old striker Billy Doy, currently on trial at Reading, scored this goal against Crystal Palace U18s at the weekend.🤯🎯 The young striker joined Gillingham at the beginning of the season, where he scored 22 goals and provided 10 assists across the U16 and U17 age groups.✅ This attracted the interest of Reading, who offered him a month-long trial. The game last Saturday against Crystal Palace was his first U18 Premier League appearance - he ended up scoring one of the goals of the season just 6 minutes after coming off the bench.😅🚀 Definitely a name to keep an eye on.👀👏

15 year-old JJ Gabriel has just received his first England U17 call-up.👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gabriel last represented England at U16 level, and turned down the last call-up due to clashes with his schedule at Manchester United.🔴 A reminder he began the season as a U15, now he’s a U17 international and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him representing the older age groups in the near future.✨ He’ll be part of the squad playing three U17 fixtures against Faroe Islands, Israel, and Estonia.✅

16 year-old Glen Ilunga is set to receive his first international call-up for Ireland U18s.😯🇮🇪 Glen signed for Burnley in January from grassroots side AR Elite Academy.✨ The young defender has already made his debut for Burnley U21s side.✅ From grassroots to representing your country in a couple months - what an achievement.🤯👏

Nathaniel-Junior Brown (17) scored the winner in Manchester United U18’s FA Youth Cup quarter-final against Sunderland last night.👀🔴 Just 7 minutes before this goal, Manchester United U18s were trailing 2-1 in the 70th minute before two goals from Obi and Brown.✅ Scoring a late winner at Old Trafford to send Man United into the semis - what a moment for him.👏✨

Following a successful trial, 14 year-old winger Noah Dash Allen has completed a move to Liverpool from Colorado Rapids.👀🇺🇸 Noah was in the Colorado Rapids academy for 3 years and will now join up with Liverpool’s U14 and U15 age groups.✅ Before Liverpool made the decision to sign Noah, he spent 8 weeks on trial and impressed the coaches during that period. He also previously spent time on trial at Manchester City.😯 A great addition to Liverpool’s academy.👏✨

After bagging a hat-trick at the weekend, 14 year-old striker Kayden Smith has now registered 57 G/A this season.🤯⚽️🅰️ Last month, Smith was offered his scholarship two years early, just months after turning 14.✍️ On Sunday, he scored three against Cardiff City U14s - what a performance.👏🎩 41 goals and 16 assists already this season - Kayden Smith, remember the name.👀✨

Three 15 year-olds (William Gueke, Douka Nkoto, and Bassirou Nkoto) have received call-ups to the Cameroon U23s squad.🤯🇨🇲 Gueke has previously represented England at U16 level, while the Nkoto twins have both received call-ups to England U15 camps in the past.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 All three players are currently playing in Manchester and are highly regarded at their respective clubs.💯 Receiving a U23 international call-up at just 15 is crazy - what an opportunity for them.👏✨

At just 15 years and 173 days old, Harrison Brown made his U18 Premier League debut for Brighton today - what a season he is having.👀👏 Harrison has been playing up an age group for Brighton U16s this season, and recently even had the opportunity to train with the first-team.✅ His U18PL debut came against Leicester City U18s this afternoon, making him the 10th youngest player ever to debut for Brighton U18s.😯 One of the best U15 midfielders in the country at the moment. Definitely a name to keep an eye on.🔍

15 year-old AFC Wimbledon midfielder Oryon Santos recently attended a Portugal U15 training camp.🤯🇵🇹 Oryon joined Wimbledon at the end of 2024 and has already made an impressive impact in the academy, playing up an age group for the U16s this season.👏 This camp was used to assess future players for Portugal’s national team, with some of the players involved coming from clubs like Olympique de Marseille, SL Benfica, and RSC Anderlecht.✨ It’s rare enough to see a player in a Category 3 academy get an international call-up - let alone for Portugal.😅 Credit to Wimbledon’s academy and everyone else involved in Oryon’s journey so far.💯 Oryon Santos - remember the name.👀⏳