The 19-year-old sensation speedster, who was heavily courted by Bundesliga outfit SC Freiburg during the last summer window, stood tall ahead of the global icon sensational starlet who just came third in the men's Ballon d'Or 2026 ceremony

Ghanaian highly-rated teenager Prince Amoako Junior has topped the list of CIES Football Observatory top Under-22 defence-breaking passers across 32 European Leagues ahead of Barcelona's global icon sensation wonderkid Lamine Yamal.

The 19-year-old winger, who recently achieved a milestone by playing his 50th official match for Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland, pulled 3.73 points to emerge as the most promising starlet below the age of 22 whose defence-splitting pass in the final-third bypasses 4 plus players to his side's advantage on the field of play.

Top U2⃣2⃣ defence-breaking passers across 3⃣2⃣ European leagues 🌍, by final-third passes bypassing* 4+ players 🥇 #PrinceAmoako 🇬🇭 3.73 🥈 #ClementBischoff 🇩🇰 3.51 🥉 #IsaacBabadi 🇳🇱 2.94 *left farther from their 🥅 than the ⚽️ (@impect_official) #Yamal 🇪🇸 #Saito 🇯🇵 #Prestianni 🇦🇷 #Mayor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Lapu 🇭🇺 #Uzun 🇹🇷 #Santana 🇧🇷

— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) October 27, 2026

According to the Switzerland-based International Centre for Sports Studies, the roster comprises of 32 European leagues across the world's second-smallest continent by land area. 

Prince has so far made 18 appearances by scoring 2 goals and setting up 1 across all competitions for FCN in this ongoing 2026-27 football season.

The enterprising wing-forward, who became a transfer target for potential suitors across Europe, with Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester Utd, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, SC Freiburg, Feyenoord and RB Leipzig all believed to have eyed his signature for the 2026/27 football season, has yet to earn his international cap for the Ghana national football team on the international stage.

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