 Ignacio Camacho of Atlético Madrid |
Camacho, admirer of Claude Makélélé and Michael Essien, boasted to be one of the best home-grown products to have emerged from the Vicente Calderón ranks in recent years.
The defensive midfielder is the first player from the youth system after Fernando Torres, who had such success with the national team & found a place in the team.
His main virtue is his physical strength, which helps him dominate the midfield from his usual anchor role, and despite his young age he is a natural leader on the pitch.
That was followed by two goals against Recreativo at home and the qualification to the play-in round of the Champions League in only four months.
Still, his brightest year was in 2007, a year in which he signed his first professional contract and in which successes accompanied him.
He was proclaimed European champion and runner-up of the World the U-17 Spanish National team, where he was the captain of the team.
In addition, Camacho was awarded Best Player in 2007 by the Madrid Football Federation, receiving the award from its president, Vicente Temprado.
Off the pitch, he and fellow Atlético midfielder Raúl García, 22, are good friends as the older took him to his house when Camacho's parents weren't at home. Furthermore he drives him home, because the younger has no driving licence yet.
Camacho's father Juan José was a footballer with Real Zaragoza and Real Valladolid in the 1980s, as older brother Juanjo, who played for Segunda División B outfit SD Huesca.
Full name: Ignacio Camacho Barnola
Date of birth: May 4, 1990
Birthplace: Zaragoza, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Height: 1.81 m
Weight: 75 kg
Club: Atletico Madrid
Position: Defensive midfielder
Number: 24
Honours:
UEFA U-17 European Championship (2007)
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 Krisztián Németh of Liverpool |
Two days after Hungary's defeat to Sweden in their World Cup qualifier earlier this year, Hungarian sports daily newspaper, Nemzeti Sport, headlined Németh, with an enormous picture of him and wrote that coach Erwin Koeman needs to play him.
The Hungarian prodigy is rated the most promising prospect to come out of Hungary in several years.
Németh - whose role model is Ferenc Puskás - arrived from MTK Hungária alongside compatriot András Simon in the summer of 2007.
He was one of many players bought during the 2007/08 summer transfer window, including Dani Pacheco, Gerardo Bruna, Dean Bouzanis, Daniel Ayala, Mikel San José, Marvin Pourie, Damien Plessis and Ryan Crowther for the reserves.
Németh was the top scorer in Liverpool's title winning reserve side last season and was named Player of the Year for the reserves for his impressive displays in the second half of the season.
In May 2008, after scoring the crucial goal against Portugal to take Hungary U19s to the European Championships, he was called up to the Hungarian senior squad and was an unused substitute during their 1-1 draw with Croatia.
Németh has nonetheless impressed fans with his technical skill, great movement and natural goalscoring instinct.
He has been tipped for a bright future at the Merseyside club and is expected to make the step up to first-team football as Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez handed him the #29 jersey for the 2008-2009 campaign.
Full name: Krisztián Németh
Date of birth: May 18, 1990
Birthplace: Győr, Hungary
Nationality: Hungarian
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 76 kg
Club: Liverpool
Position: Striker
Number: 29
Honours:
Premier Reserve League Northern (2008)
Liverpool Reserves Player of the Year (2008)
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 Toni Kroos of Bayern Munich |
He has made an astonishing start to his Bayern career, making his debut last season in the 5-0 victory over Energie Cottbus and instantly providing two assists for Miroslav Klose within 18 minutes of his appearance.
Kroos also earned Bayern a late victory at Red Star Belgrade on his UEFA Cup debut, coming on as a substitute for the last ten minutes and delivering an assist for Klose before scored the winning goal at extra time, which practically the last shot of the match.
Though, it wasn’t Bayern’s youth that developed his talent. Young Tony Kroos learnt his basics and improved his football skills from his father Roland Kroos, a youth coach at Hansa Rostock where he played from 2002 to 2006 after moving from local club Greifswalder SC.
After noticing his talents, Bayern then send a check of €100.000 to Rostock to sign this teenage sensation at the age of sixteen.
In the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and also won the Bronze Boot after scoring five goals.
At the same year, Kroos graduated to Bayern’s senior team, at the young age of 17, and made an important role in 2007 German DFB-Pokal campaign for his club.
Despite several interests from European clubs, Kroos silently extended his contract with the Bavarian side until June 2012.
Bayern's general manager Uli Hoeneß, who does not want the media spotlight on the prodigy, said: "He’s a young lad, and it makes no sense to hype him up into some kind of global superstar. We want him to focus on football, while we nurture him with extreme care."
Hoeneß has been confident about Kroos’ future and recently he proclaimed that in the future Kroos will play with the prestigious number 10 shirt at Bayern when he has more experience.
Full Name: Toni Kroos
Date of birth: January 04, 1990
Birthplace: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Nationality: German
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 68 kg
Club: Bayern Munich
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Number: 39
Honours:
German Ligapokal (2007)
German DFB-Pokal (2007)
German Bundesliga (2008)
FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball (2007)
FIFA U-17 World Cup Bronze Shoe (2007)
Fritz-Walter-Medal in Gold - Category U18 (2008)
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