da lvbet： The winners of Europe's biggest academy tournament will be decided in the coming days – but which stars of the future have shone this season?

da premier bet： Since its advent in 2013, the UEFA Youth League has pitted the best teenage footballers in Europe against one another.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joao Felix, Mason Mount and Matthijs de Ligt starred for their respective clubs when coming through the ranks, and more Youth League graduates are making their mark at the elite level each year.

Last season, GOAL picked out some of the best performers from the 2021-22 Youth League, and some of those on that list, including Xavi Simons, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Warren Zaire-Emery, have gone onto shine for some of the biggest clubs in European football over the past 12 months.

This season, the four semi-finalists are rather eye-catching, in part because they represent academies of clubs who are not renowned as being European superpowers at senior level.

AC Milan are the outlier in those terms, but they have been joined in the last four by Sporting CP, AZ Alkmaar and Hajduk Split, with the semis set to be played on Friday, before the final takes place on Monday.

So who have been the teenage stars of this season's Youth League campaign, and will they become household names in the coming years?

Getty ImagesJayden Addai (AZ Alkmaar)

AZ have been a revelation in this season's Youth League, knocking out both Barcelona and Real Madrid with relative ease on their way to the semi-finals, with Addai one third of what has become a fearsome attacking trio.

The 17-year-old winger, who plays mainly off the right and cuts inside onto his stronger left foot, has used his direct dribbling style and quick feet to score three goals and provide three assists in the competition so far.

He is yet to break into the first-team picture at the Eredivisie outfit, but expect that to change before 2023 is over.

AdvertisementGetty ImagesVictor Barbera (Barcelona)

Barca are not renowned for developing strikers at La Masia, but Barbera looks to be the real deal after a breakout season in 2022-23.

The 18-year-old scored seven goals in five Youth League games, including a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the group stage, and has backed that up by netting eight times for Barca Atletic, the club's reserve side who play in the Spanish third tier.

The bad news for Barca fans, though, is that Barbera is set to leave the club this summer after rejecting the chance to sign a new contract. He is instead poised to join Club Brugge on a free transfer as he goes in search of first-team football.

Getty ImagesCarlos Borges (Manchester City)

A star in English youth football, Borges' record since arriving at City from Sporting CP in 2015 is remarkable, and it's clear that the 19-year-old is now too good to be playing alongside his peers.

Borges' record of four goals and six assists in just six Youth League appearances this season does not look out of place against his overall statistics for the campaign, with the winger having also netted 18 times in Premier League 2 this term.

A winger who likes to drift inside from the left, Borges is yet to break into City's senior squad, and the likes of West Ham and Southampton are now being linked with him in the hope that the promise of first-team opportunities might be enough to tempt him away from the Etihad Stadium.

Getty ImagesIker Bravo (Real Madrid)

Once one of the top prospects at Barcelona, Bravo now finds himself at Madrid and is showing why the Blaugrana were so upset to see him leave back in 2021.

The 18-year-old forward, who actually left Barca to join Bayer Leverkusen before he was loaned to Madrid a year later, only played four times in this season's Youth League, but still managed three goals and three assists, including a spectacular free-kick against Red Bull Salzburg in the last 16.

It remains to be seen whether Madrid decide to make Bravo's move permanent, but there are reportedly Premier League teams ready to pounce and snap him up if they do not.