Euro 2022: Lauren Hemp, Jule Brand, Lena Oberdorf and more – 8 rising stars to watch in European finals

One of the best things about international football tournaments is getting to watch players you either have never watched, or don’t get to watch too often. Unless it’s your job, or you’re an absolute die-hard, you can’t watch every game of football, it’s simply not possible. Ad/> That means that international tournaments are a great opportunity to discover new players you will want to keep an eye on in the future.

Ballon d'OrRivaldo backs future ‘star of Real Madrid’ for Ballon d’Or award next year5 HOURS AGO In this list, we will take you through eight rising stars to watch during Euro 2022. We decided to make it 22 or younger, and whilst we tried to keep it to one player per team, as you will see later, one country made us bend the rule. (This was originally meant to be an seven-player list!) Who is competing at Euro 2022? A breakdown of all 16 teams involved Kirby 'never worried' about missing Euro 2022 despite fitness issues Where is Euro 2022 taking place? Format, fixtures and schedule Lauren Hemp – Forward (England) Hemp is not just England’s best young player, she might just be the best outright player available for Sarina Wiegman.

If you polled some of the world’s best defenders who they would least like to see running at them, you can bet a fair a few of them would pick Hemp. When she picks up the ball and starts running on the left wing there aren’t many who can keep up with her blistering pace and mesmeric close-control. Throw in a wand of a left foot and an always-increasing eye for goal and you can see why opposing managers will be losing sleep over Hemp.