Top 50 players at 2022 World Cup, No. 26: Alphonso Davies

Updated Oct. 25, 2022 7:22 p.m. ET

FOX Sports soccer analyst and former USMNT midfielder Stu Holden is counting down the 50 best players participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Up next is …

Alphonso Davies 

Country: Canada
Rank: 26
Rank in 2018: N/A
Position: Left back
Age: 21



Canada are back at the World Cup for the first time in 36 years and all eyes will be on one of the greatest players the nation has ever produced: Alphonso Davies.

[Stu Holden's Top 50-26]

Bayern Munich's star left back is only 21 years old, but he's already established himself as the Canucks' go-to guy on both ends of the ball.

"He’s a guy that can get up and down the sidelined non-stop," Holden said. "He truly is one of the best left-backs in the world."

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Alphonso Davies is known for his speed, technical ability and crossing.