DOMENICO BERARDI
Now a Juventus
forward, Berardi spent all of last season at Sassuolo and helped keep the team
in the division. Scored 16 in 30 last season and 11 in 39 during the 2012-13
season in Serie B. Only 19 and will soon earn a cap for Italy.
MICHY BATSHUAYI
Formerly a Standard
Liege player, Michy has recently signed for Marseille having been linked to
clubs such as Everton, Newcastle and Arsenal. Michy scored 39 in 97 for
Standard Liege with 21 of them in the league goals last season. At 20 his only
downfall is his attitude off the pitch. Another young Belgian who will be
starting alongside Lukaku or Benteke in years to come.
ABDUL MAJEED WARIS
22 year old, Ghanaian
striker for Spartak Moscow, who has already played 14 times for his nation, but
remains relatively unknown. His scoring record is good, with 30 goals in 63 for
BK Hacken, finishing top-scorer in 2012/13 and scoring 9 in 16 for
Valenciennes. Playing in a variety of leagues, BK in Swedish Allsvenskan and
Valenciennes in Ligue 1 and 16 games in the Russian league, will certainly help
him on his way to becoming a Black Stars legend!
YANNICK
FERREIRA-CARRASCO
20 year old, Belgian
winger, who plays for rich French club Monaco. Yannick has played 51 games for
Monaco, scoring 12 times and assisting 10. He has also played for Belgium at
U17, 18, 19 and 21 levels, with 1 goal in 10 games for the U21’s. Last season
he scored 3 in 13 and assisted 3 in Ligue 1. Ferreira-Carrasco is also very
skilful and fast on the ball.
STEFANOS KAPINO
6 feet 5 inches tall,
Greek goalkeeper, who plays for FSV Mainz 05. Extremely talented, uses his
height to his advantage and has fantastic reflexes. Represented Greece twice at
senior level and played 45 games for Panathinaikos. Holds the record for
youngest Panathinaikos goalkeeper at 17 years, 6 months and 9 days. At the young age of 20, Kapino will
continue to improve and probably secure a place in a top club soon.
ALONSO ESCOBOZA (Sometimes known as Jesus Escoboza)
21 year old, Mexican
left-winger, Escoboza plays club football at Santos Laguna in the Liga MX. Fast
on and off the ball and with a good finish, Alonso fits perfectly into the
Mexican senior squad. Could move to a European team soon, Alonso played a key
part in Laguna’s season scoring 4 times in 19 games in all competitions.
Represented Mexico 3 times at senior level, scoring 1 goal against Finland and
assisting vs. New Zealand.
DORIA
19 year old,
Brazilian centre-back who plays for Brazilian team Botafogo. 6 feet 2 and very
strong, Doria could solve Brazil’s defence problems if he continues and
improves on his solid games for Botafogo. Great tackler and header of the ball,
he is already a complete centre-back, at 19. Played 72 games for Botafogo
scoring 4 times and Doria also earned a senior cap representing Brazil against
Bolivia as a substitute. Also showed good leadership qualities as he captained
the Brazil U20 team who won the 2013 Toulon Tournament. The Toulon tournament
featured nations like France, Belgium, Portugal and Colombia.
Fantastic article, best I have read on this website. Hopefully you do more articles like this and continue the good work.
ReplyDeleteFeel educated by this article lol. Hadn't heard of most of the players but now I have I will look out for them, especially that Waris chap, he sounds good.
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