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The Next Generation — Under-21 Players Who Will Define the Late 2020s
Lamine Yamal, Jude Bellingham, and Erling Haaland are already established. Who comes next? Twelve under-21 players who will define football from 2027 onward.
From George Weah to Mohamed Salah, Didier Drogba to Samuel Eto''o. The seven African players who reshaped global football.
Lamine Yamal, Jude Bellingham, and Erling Haaland are already established. Who comes next? Twelve under-21 players who will define football from 2027 onward.
Cole Palmer left Manchester City for Chelsea and immediately became their best player. Penalty record, late-game cool, England''s emerging star.
Bukayo Saka has been Arsenal''s most consistent attacker for three seasons. England''s 2026 World Cup hopes depend on him being fit.
Complete World Cup 2026 schedule with kickoff times auto-adjusted to your timezone. All 48 nations, 12 groups, knockout bracket, plus how to subscribe via Google / Apple / Outlook calendar.
Japan's road to World Cup 2026: full Group F schedule (Netherlands, Tunisia, Sweden), key players to watch, and the Samurai Blue's pursuit of a first quarterfinal.
Region-by-region World Cup 2026 broadcast guide: Fox + Telemundo (US), BBC + ITV (UK), TSN (Canada), Optus + SBS (Australia), and more. VPN options for fans abroad.
学生限定の年一括プラン。年 16,000 円、月割換算で実質 1,333 円。
2026/7/20 までの加入で最初の 3 ヶ月が月 980 円。初年度総額 26,340 円。サッカー特化プランで W杯 2026 全 104 試合 + Jリーグ + 欧州主要リーグを網羅。
2026/4/21〜8/30 期間限定加入のサッカー特化プラン。月 2,600 円、年総額 31,200 円。
DAZN 通常プラン。月 4,200 円。サッカー以外のスポーツも視聴したい人向け。
年一括 32,000 円。月割換算で実質 2,667 円。
ABEMA とまとめて契約できる DAZN プラン。月 3,800 円 (2026/1/30 料金改定)。
年一括 30,000 円。月割換算で実質 2,500 円。
DMM プレミアム同梱で月 3,480 円。DMM のアニメ・映画も見放題に。
ドコモ料金プラン契約者は月 6 円で DAZN 見放題。
au 料金プラン契約者は 0 円で DAZN 見放題。
現地観戦で USA / メキシコ / カナダに行った日本人向け。日本サーバー経由で DAZN・NHK 配信を視聴可能。
Subscribe to a live World Cup 2026 calendar feed that auto-updates when fixtures shift. Step-by-step setup for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook.
African football has shaped the global game more than international punditry credits. Seven players in particular changed perception of what was possible — and brought entire generations of African talent into Europe's top leagues.
The only African player to win the Ballon d'Or (1995). PSG and AC Milan striker. Won FIFA World Player of the Year same year. Career arc was football's first proof that an African player could compete at the absolute top in Europe. Later became president of Liberia.
Chelsea's most decisive striker. 164 goals in 381 games. Won 4 Premier Leagues, 4 FA Cups, 1 Champions League. His 88th-minute header in the 2012 CL final against Bayern is one of the most clutch moments in football history. Later credited with halting Ivory Coast's civil war via a TV plea.
Three Champions League titles (Barcelona 2006, 2009; Inter 2010). Most prolific African in CL history. Cameroon's all-time top scorer. The model "athletic 9" before the term was coined.
Manchester City's title-engine in the 2010s. Box-to-box midfielder who scored 79 goals from midfield in the Premier League. African Footballer of the Year four times in a row (2011-14) — a record. Won 3 Premier Leagues.
Profiled separately, but belongs on every all-time list. 200+ Liverpool goals. The 21st-century African star.
The 1990 World Cup phenomenon. 38 years old, came on as a sub, scored 4 goals. Cameroon reached the quarter-final — first African team ever to do so. Created the modern image of African football for European audiences.
Liverpool 90+ goals. 2022 Africa Cup of Nations winner with Senegal. The first African player to be a clear "Mbappé / Salah / Mané" tier name. Now at Al-Nassr but his Liverpool peak (2017-2022) was elite-elite.
Three patterns:
Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa qualify for or compete at the highest international level. The continent's next-generation stars (Lamine Yamal's Equatorial Guinea heritage, Bryan Mbeumo of Cameroon, Wilfried Singo of Ivory Coast) suggest the line of legends will continue.
