Europa League: Salim Fago Lawal, the best African dribbler in the competition

15.10.26 FT Europa League

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Young Nigerian forward Salim Fago Lawal is the best African dribbler in the 2026-2027 Europa League.

At 23, the Lagos native has been playing for Slovak club FC Viktoria Plzen since last January, after joining from Croatian club NK Istra for €2.4 million.

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Having completed five dribbles in the match against Hungarian club Ferencváros, he ranks 16th among the competition's best dribblers, five dribbles behind Ecuadorian John Mercado, the Slavia Prague player who leads the standings with 10 successful dribbles.

Top 20 dribblers in the Europa League

John Mercado (Sparta Prague): 10 dribbles

Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ Alkmaar): 7 dribbles

Arber Hoxha (Dinamo Zagreb): 7 dribbles

Kerim Alajbegović (Juventus): 6 dribbles

Felix Vá (Lillestrøm): 6 dribbles

Bartosz Mazurek (Red Bull Salzburg): 6 dribbles

Kevin Kers (NEC Nijmegen): 6 dribbles

Keito Nakamura (Olympique Lyonnais): 5 dribbles

Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica): 5 dribbles

Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland): 5 dribbles

Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan): 5 dribbles

Rodrigo Conceição (Jagiellonia Białystok): 5 dribbles

Artur Serobyan (Ararat-Armenia): 5 dribbles

Lars Ranger (Lillestrøm): 5 dribbles

Omari Hutchinson (AC Milan): 5 dribbles

Salim Fago Lawal (Viktoria Plzeň): 5 dribbles

Yéremy Pino (Crystal Palace): 4 dribbles

Mahamadou Nagida (Stade Rennais): 4 dribbles

Loïc Badé (Bayer Leverkusen): 4 dribbles

Josimar Alcócer (Sparta Prague): 4 dribbles

Imed Ben Amara |

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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.

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