9) Domenico Berardi – Sassuolo (on loan Juventus) – 12 league goals (aged 19)
The youngest player on this list, Berardi’s prominent rise is unconventional.
As a 15-year-old, he had no ambitions of playing professionally, until he impressed during a casual 5-a-side game at his older brother’s university! One of the players knew a scout, who organised him a trial at Sassuolo. He naturally aced that too, encouraging Juventus to buy half of his contract in a co-ownership deal.
The rest, as they say, is history.
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