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Rodrygo and Oberdorf win NxGn 2020 awards for world's best teenage talents

Real Madrid winger Rodrygo and SGS Essen midfielder Lena Oberdorf have been named the winners of Goal's NxGn 2020 awards after being voted the world's most talented teenage footballers.

Journalists from across Goal's 43 editions voted on the brightest wonderkids in the game, born on or after January 1, 2001.

Previous winners of the men's award include Jadon Sancho, Justin Kluivert and Gianluigi Donnarumma, with Rodrygo hoping to emulate their success as he continues his development.

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Signed from Santos for €45 million (£39m/$52m) in the summer of 2018, Rodrygo eventually joined up with Madrid last summer and has made quite an impact on Zinedine Zidane's first team during his maiden campaign in Spain.