FBC Melgar
The team FBC Melgar is having a great campaign at a national and international level. The team from Arequipa were crowned champions of the Opening Tournament and have advanced to the semifinals of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana. This season, the club's management did not make expensive signings and instead bet on their youth divisions.
So much so that the rojinegro club has the third youngest squad in the Liga 1 Betsson 2022, with an average age of 24.8 years, according to data from the specialized portal Transfermarkt.
Valor de los equipos de la Liga 1. Photo: captured from Transfermarkt.
Only Sporting Cristal, with 24.6 years, and Universidad San Martín, with 23.5 years, have a younger squad than León del Sur. Additionally, most of these Melgar 'promises' are regularly used by coach Pablo Lavallén.
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Who are the young figures of FBC Melgar?
Among the young footballers of FBC Melgar are Kenji Cabrera (19 years old), Matías Lazo (20 years old), Paolo Reyna (20 years old), Jorge Cabezudo (20 years old), Walter Tandazo (22 years old), Alejandro Ramos (23 years old), Alec Deneumostier (23 years old), and Luis Iberico (24 years old).
The Dominó has a wide 'batch' of young footballers who are the present and future. Photo: composition/La República/Jazmín Ceras
Among them, Reyna and Deneumostier are the ones with the highest market value. Both players are valued at 700,000 euros according to the Transfermarkt website.
When does FBC Melgar play against Independiente del Valle?
FBC Melgar will face Independiente del Valle in the first leg of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana semifinals on Wednesday, August 31st in Ecuador. The second leg is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7th in the city of Arequipa.