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#9 - Noah BOTIC (Australia) https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/oct/10/next-generation-2019-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football?CMP=share_btn_tw Club: Hoffenheim Position: Striker Born: 11 January 2002 Enjoying a breakout 18-goal season with the Rockdale Suns under-18s team as a 16-year-old , the intelligent, hard-working striker was called into the Australian under-17s squad for the AFC U-16 Championship, where he fired 5 goals in 5 games, including the winner against Indonesia, to qualify Australia for the 2019 Fifa U-17 World Cup .  Described by Australia’s under-17s coach, Trevor Morgan, as possessing “excellent personal discipline ”, Botic spent a week on trial with Manchester United before catching the eye of Bundesliga club Hoffenheim, who signed the youngster in August 2019 for their development squad .  “Noah leads the others in setting high standards in activities”, said Morgan. “ Highly competitive , he reads ...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/oct/10/next-generation-2019-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football?CMP=share_btn_tw #10 Johan Mina (Ecuador) Club: Emelec Position: Forward Born: 15 May 2002 Because of a contract dispute Mina has not played any club football in nearly two years, having fallen out with Emelec over his refusal to commit his long-term future to the club , but he has continued to represent his country and was top scorer at the South American Under-17 Championships in Peru in March and April.  He is still not under contract, and is expected to move abroad once he turns 18 in February - his agent, Klinton Tenorio , revealed this year that Chelsea are “one of the teams who are constantly asking about him”.  A fine dribbler with a strong, left-footed shot, he scored 40 goals in 26 games for the under-14s in 2016.   Mina’s father, Joaquin, won a league title with Emelec in 1993 .  Jaime F. Maci...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/oct/10/next-generation-2019-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football?CMP=share_btn_tw #10 Zito Luvumbo (Angola) Club: C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Position; Winger Born: 9 March 2002 African football pundits believe Angola has a budding golden generation at youth level , and Luvumbo is leading the way.  The 17-year-old has already become a household name back home, after his performances with his club, Primeiro de Agosto, and the under-17 national team.  Luvumbo was particularly impressive in the Angolan Cup final last year , a match he won single-handedly, scoring one goal and winning a penalty .  Luvumbo also caught the eye in regional and continental international tournaments .  Manchester United reportedly made an offer for the dynamic winger in February and West Ham United were also interested in his services but the work permit issue has proved a hindrance so far....

https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/daf-senegal-dont-lack-ambition FIFA.com - 24 Oct 2019 Malick Daf is the coach of Senegal’s U-17 team The Africans are set to make their tournament debut at Brazil 2019 Daf has already experienced a youth-level World Cup, at New Zealand 2015 No other continent has performed better than Africa at the FIFA U-17 World Cup™. In fact, in 17 editions of the illustrious event, African nations have lifted the trophy on no fewer than 7 occasions (Nigeria 5 times, Ghana 2 ). But Senegal, traditional continental heavyweights, have never played at the tournament before. Until now. “This is a major event,” Senegal coach Malick Daf told FIFA.com. “We’ve put in a lot of hard work to get to where we are now. It was a long and difficult road, but we managed to qualify, and we can’t hide what a pleasure it is to be here.” Indeed, the 2019 U-17 World Cup qualifying campaign was certainly not a walk in the park for Daf’s men. While their re...

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2019 FIFA Under 17 World Cup 🇧🇷 Stadiums 🏟️ Estadío Olímpico Pedro Ludovico City: Goiânia Capacity: 13,500 Owner: Goiânia Esporte Clube Opened: 1941 Stadiums 🏟️ Estadío da Serrinha City: Goiânia Capacity: 10,000 Owner: Goiás Esporte Clube Opened: 1995 Stadiums 🏟️ Estadío Kléber Andrade City: Cariacica Capacity: 21,152 Owner: Espírito Santo State Government Opened: 1983 Stadiums 🏟️ Estadío Walmir Campelo Bezerra (Bezerräo) City: Gama Capacity: 20,310 Owner: Distrito Federal Opened: 1977 Host of Opening Match, Semifinals, Final 🥇 & Bronze Matches🥉