Kozlowski named as one of the best young footballers in the world
Brighton’s Kacper Kozlowski has been named alongside Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham and Reims’ Melchie Dumornay as the best young footballers in the world after topping this year’s NXGN lists.
The NXGN lists were created by GOAL in 2016 to celebrate the best young talent in world football and delves into the next generation of young talent breaking into the game.
For this year’s NXGN lists, eligible players needed to be born on or after January 1, 2003, with players aged predominantly 18 and under.
Brighton signed Kacper Kozlowski last January from from Ekstraklasa side Pogon Szczecin on a fourand-a-half-year deal.
The 18-year-old joined
Albion for an undisclosed fee - believed to be in the region of £7m - and went straight out on loan to Belgian Pro League leaders Royale Union St-Gilloise, a club owned by Seagulls chairman Tony Bloom.
Kozlowski is expected to join up with Brighton this summer and will be pushing for first team opportunities in Graham Potter’s squad.