Melbourne City young gun Max Caputo is among the top 25 Under-20 players worldwide in a list shared by the CIES Football Observatory.
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Weighted by the sporting level of the matches played according to this method, the PxT measures the value of players’ actions in terms of increasing or decreasing the probability of scoring or conceding a goal.
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CIES also presents the estimated transfer values of the players in the top 100. Only footballers who have played at least 450 minutes and 25% of domestic league playing time in the current season have been taken into account.
Caputo comes in at number 24 on the list topped by Porto star Rodrigo Mora (1.195) with a 0.925 score, ahead of Sunderland’s English talent Jobe Bellingham (0.810) and Liverpool target Andrija Maksimovic (0.923), who has been dubbed the “little Messi” at Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda.
The City striker, who finds himself on the list that also boasts Manchester United and Real Madrid target Franco Mastantuono of River Plate (1.077) is listed with an estimated transfer value of €2.3million (AUD $4.06m).
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This season, Caputo has overcome a serious injury to score a career-high four goals in 11 appearances for Aurelio Vidmar’s Isuzu UTE A-League high flyers.
Caputo is not the only Australian on the list.
A-Leagues graduate Nestory Irankunda – now on loan at Swiss outfit Grasshoppers from German giants Bayern Munich – sits 63rd with a score of 0.834 and a transfer value of €6.3m (AUD $11.1m).
