Most Promising Players of the World

[El Kapitan]

Apparently there's a guy from Serbia who calls himself Mark and watch A LOT OF FOOTBALL, he follows every major league, he follows the youth teams and pretty much he follows every game he cans, he asks everebody around the world what ever they know about football, an he came out with this list of young promises to be the future stars of world football, and well, here's his list:

Goalkeepers
• Igor Akinfeev - CSKA Moscow
• Bruno - Sao Paulo
• Chico - RS Futebol
• Joao Carlos - Atletico Paranaense
• Kim Young-Kwang - Chunnam
• Marcelo Marinho - Corinthians
• Fransisco Guillermo Ochoa - America (MEX)
• Michael Rensing - FC Bayern
• Asier Riesgo - Real Sociedad
• Kasper Schmeichel - Manchester City
• Kenneth Stenild - Aalborg
• Iain Turner - Everton
• Babacan Volkan - Fenerbahçe

Defenders
• Alex Santos - Vitoria
• Giorgio Chiellini - Fiorentina (Co-owned by Juventus)
• Gaël Clichy - Arsenal
• Chris Cohen - West Ham
• Michael Dawson - Nottingham Forest
• José Julián de la Cuesta - Cadiz
• Jeroen Drost - Heerenveen
• Edêlson - Palmeiras
• Edêlson - Avai
• Ęnio - Cruzeiro
• Tom Huddlestone - Derby
• Ilsinho - Palmeiras
• Joăo Guilherme - Internacional
• Vincent Kompany - Anderlecht
• Michaël Kone - Anderlecht
• Andrea Lazzari - Atalanta
• Leonardo - Santos
• Arnaud Lescure - Monaco
• Marcelo - Fluminense
• Geoffrey Mujangi Bia - Anderlecht
• Murilo - Vitoria
• Nascimento - Corinthians
• Piqué - Man Utd
• Rincón - Man Utd
• Gonzalo Rodrêguez - Villarreal
• Simone Sannibale - Lazio
• Phillipe Senderos - Arsenal
• Alexandre Song - Bastia
• Jonathan Spector - Man Utd
• Steven Taylor - Newcastle United
• Anthony Vanden Borre - Anderlecht
• Gianni Zuiverloon - Feyenoord

Midfielders
• Freddy Adu - DC United
• Cristian Antonio Agnelli - Verona
• Arouca - Fluminense
• Danilo Arrieta - AGF
• Arthur - Sao Paulo
• Alexander Baumjohann - Schalke 04
• Hatem Ben Arfa - Lyon
• David Bentley - Arsenal
• Lucas Biglia - Independiente
• Jonathan Blondel - Club Brugge
• Georginio Boateng - Feyenoord
• Aksu Cafercan - Galatasaray
• Carlos - Santos
• Alessio Cerci - Roma
• Davide Chiumiento - Juventus
• Raffaele De Martino - Roma
• Éderson - RS Futebol
• Evandro Roncatto - Guarani
• Francesc Fabregas - Arsenal
• Daniel Fredheim Holm - Vĺlerenga
• Gérson - Cruzeiro
• Andres Iniesta - Barcelona
• Andreas Ivanschitz - Rapid Vienna
• Jesus Navas - Sevilla
• Jonan - Athletic Bilbao
• Juliano - Fluminense
• Kerlon - Cruzeiro
• Junior Khanye - Kaizer Chiefs
• Jonathan Lacourt - Lens
• Jonathan Legear - Anderlecht
• Leo Messi - Barcelona
• Alberto Medina - Chivas
• Mourad Meghni - Bologna
• James Milner - Newcastle
• Lebohang Mokoena - Orlando Pirates
• Riccardo Montolivo - Atalanta
• Samir Nasri - Marseille
• Nélio - Flamengo
• Milos Ninkovic - Dinamo Kiev
• Mark Noble - West Ham
• Oskitz - Real Sociedad
• Jorge Pina - Zaragosa
• Leonardo Pisculichi - Argentinos
• Ricardo Quaresma - Barcelona
• José Antonio Reyes - Arsenal
• Rodolfo Soares - Fluminense
• Rodrigo - Gremio
• Fernando Ismael Rodriguez - Cerro Porteno
• Giuseppe Rossi - Man Utd
• Jonathan Soriano - Espanyol
• Toró - Fluminense
• Vandermieren - Genk
• Ahmed Yahiaoui - Marseille
• Pablo Zabaleta - San Lorenzo
• Yury Zhirkov - CSKA Moscow
• Giovanni dos Santos - Barcelona

Attackers
• Oztürk Ali - Gençlerbirligi
• Jérémie AliadiÄ?re - Arsenal
• Benjamin - Juventus
• Marco Bernacci - Cesena
• Rudy Carlier - Strasbourg
• Issah Eliakwu - Inter
• Alejandro Sanchez Fernandez - Perugia
• Gaston Fernandez - River
• Ivan Korbankolev - Dinamo Kiev
• Luiz Carlos - Santos
• Arturo Lupoli - Arsenal
• Maxi Lopez - River
• Collins Mbesuma - Kaizer Chiefs
• Luke Moore - Aston Villa
• Dayro Mauricio Moreno - Once Caldas
• Pablo Oré - Universitario
• Oribe Peralta - Monterrey
• Nicola Pozzi - Milan
• Lasse Qvist - PSV
• Rodrigo Tiui - Fluminense
• Enzo Giovanni Scorza - Danubio
• Borut Semler - Bayern Munich
• Jonathan Stead - Blackburn
• Thyago - Corinthians
• Wilson - Corinthians

I don't think we would hear from all of them in the future, but at least some of them are going to be very famous, I believe that he only picked players U 20, but I didn't checked all the names in the list.

[roggie15]

Are Jonathan Spector (defender on Man Utd.) and Freddy Adu (Midfield DC United) the only Americans on the list?

[Ese_Guy]

Great list there El Kaptain!

If I haven't said so already, welcome to the forum!

[Leon of Silvren]

I know a couple of players from the list, but most of them are unknown, maybe they'll become great players, maybe not, only the future will tell.....it'll be interesting to keep the list and look at it in 5 years to see who made it and who didn't.....

BTW no Robson de Souze in the list?!?!

[El Kapitan]

1) roggie15, yes they are the only americans in that list, that doesn't mean that there's no more good american young promises.

2)Thanks Ese_Guy.

3)Leon of Silvren, (that's a cool nick by the way)I know, at first I was surprised too, but I think that Mark only include players that he believes are yet to blossom, and well Robson is already well known but still his best football is yet to come, but I really don't know for sure why he didn't inlude him.

[Becks]

One of my fav. players made the list...David Bentley. He is very promising.

[Jon DeMassey]

What about Hosny Abd Rabo of Ismaily, Egypt? The new Vieira? Quite possibly!