2025 Club World Cup: Two Africans among the top 10 dribblers

African players reign supreme in dribbling at the Club World Cup

World 18 June 2025 at 07:38

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2025 Club World Cup: Two Africans among the top 10 dribblers

Youcef Belaili/@La Presse

Two African players have made it into the Top 10 dribblers at the 2025 Club World Cup.

Four African clubs are taking part in the Club World Cup: Espérance de Tunis, Mamelodi Sundowns, Wydad Casablanca, and Al Ahly.

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With 4 completed dribbles each, Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro (Mamelodi Sundowns) and Algerian Youcef Belaili (Espérance de Tunis) share fourth place in the dribbling rankings.

They are just behind the trio of Michael Olise, Pedro Neto, and Timothy Tillman, who each managed 5 successful dribbles.

Lucas Ribeiro's season in numbers

Across 49 matches this season, the former Charleroi player has scored 20 goals and provided 14 assists.

Youcef Belaili's season in numbers

The Algerian international has played 36 matches in the 2024-2025 season, notching up 19 goals and 16 assists.

The Brazilians are impressed by the weakest version of youcef #Belaili …

Yesterday he had a great second half, created some fine chances, but was really lacking physically, he probably overplayed.

They’ll see an even better side of youcef in the… https://t.co/UWG0keqvLV
— Jean De La Street (@Stringer_Bell93) June 17, 2025

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.