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Luqman makes Guardian's worldwide 60 best young players list

Malaysia's young star Luqman Hakim Shamsuddin has been mentioned in British publication The Guardian's list of world's 60 best young footballers for 2019.

The list has been published annually since 2014, and the striker is one of six Asian Football Confederation (AFC) youngsters who has been selected for this year's list.

Luqman was selected by Asia-based British football writer John Duerden on the basis of his exploits for Malaysia U-16 in the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship finals, in which he emerged as its joint top-scorer with his five goals, despite playing in only two matches while Malaysia failed to advance past the group stage.