IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER 2023
IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – SALMA PARALLUELO CROWNED !
Second in the ranking of IFFHS WOMEN’S WORLD BEST PLAYER 2023 behind her teammate Aitana Bonmati, Salma Paralluelo was acclaimed naturally as IFFHS WOMEN’S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER 2023 before last year winner Linda Caicedo, Colombia’s World talent.
Salma Paralluelo wrote her name into the global history books this summer when she scored a late winner against the Netherlands to send Spain through to their first ever semi-finals of a FIFA Women’s World Cup. She then scored once more in her nation’s 2-1 semi-final win against Sweden to qualify for the final. Born in 2003, she has already won the U17 EURO, U17 World Cup and U20 World Cup before she became a World Champion at senior level at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year. Joining FC Barcelona in the summer of 2022, Paralluelo has already won La Liga Feminina and the UEFA Champions League in 2023, scoring 29 goals in all competitions with Barcelona and Spain !
Linda Caicedo (born in 2005) became the first-ever footballer - male or female - to play in an U17, U20 and senior FIFA World Cup within the span of a year. Despite her young age, she has already solidified her status as the leader of Colombia’s national team and one of Real Madrid’s best players .She has now one IFFHS World Award (2022) and one second place (2023) in the youth category, where she will be present again in the next two years ! She was already ranked 5 in the WOMEN’S WORLD PLAYER Ranking 2023, the best is before her !
Behind the two players, many young talents from all continents are shining …
THE RANKING 2023
| Rank | Player | Country | Club | Points |
| 1 | Salma PARALLUELO | Spain | FC Barcelona | 191 |
| 2 | Linda CAICEDO | Colombia | Real Madrid (Spain) | 137 |
| 3 | Mary FOWLER | Australia | Man City (England) | 31 |
| 4 | Melchie DUMORNAY | Haïti | Reims/Olympique Lyon (France) | 25 |
| 5 | Chiara BECCARI | Italy | Juventus/Sassuolo | 21 |
| 6 | Vicky LOPEZ | Spain | FC Barcelona | 15 |
| 7 | TARCIANE | Brazil | Corinthians | 8 |
| 8 | Alice SOTO | Mexico | Pachuca | 7 |
| Vicki BECHO | France | Olympique Lyon | 7 | |
| 10 | Giulia DRAGONI | Italy | FC Barcelona (Spain) | 6 |
| Esmee BRUGTS | Netherlands | Eindhoven/FC Barcelona (Spain) | 6 |
