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4 articles tagged with “african football”

Wyscout Indexed an African Teenager at 15 — Then He Sold for €115m. The U-15 World Cup Starts in 22 Days and No One Is Building That Infrastructure for the Next One

Diomandé's path from an U-17 tournament in Ghana to Real Madrid for €115m is a map. The U-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan starts 22 October with no equivalent indexing for the players inside it.

Oct 1, 20269 min read

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CECAFA and UNAF U-20 Tournaments Are Live This Week — and Almost No Scouts Are Watching

Two African youth tournaments are running simultaneously with no mainstream coverage, eight weeks before the U-17 World Cup in Qatar.

Sep 22, 20269 min read

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The Nigeria-to-Sweden-to-Premier-League Pipeline Is Real — But the Route Nobody Is Packaging for You Runs Through a Club That Has Never Heard of You

Three African teenagers hit nine-figure fees this summer via routes that scouting platforms are now racing to own — but every pathway was entered before the platforms arrived.

Sep 15, 20269 min read

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Wyscout Is Signing Up Whole Federations — Here Is What That Means for Players Who Are Not Inside One

Wyscout's federation-by-federation rights strategy is drawing a scouting map with deliberate blank spots. Players outside those deals need to understand what that means.

Sep 3, 20269 min read