2026 World Cup Lists 10 Youngest Players, Led by 17-Year-Old Gilberto Mora
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
2026 World Cup Lists 10 Youngest Players, Led by 17-Year-Old Gilberto Mora
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
Summary
Gilberto Mora of Mexico is the youngest player at the 2026 World Cup at 17, the only player in the tournament still below Mexico’s legal drinking age.
Nine others on the list are 18, led by Czechia’s Hugo Sochurek and Senegal’s Ibrahim Mbaye, with players from Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, Tunisia and Australia also included.
The ranking highlights how unusually young talent is already featuring on the sport’s biggest stage across the three host countries — the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The broader tournament backdrop is a fast-rising World Cup in North America, where the U.S. men have also opened with two group-stage wins for the first time since 1930.