Hyundai Best Young Player

Past Young Players

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™

At the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in his home country of Germany, striker Lukas Podolski beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the ...

Date of Birth: 04/06/1985

Matches Played: 7

Goals scored: 3

Landon DONOVAN

Landon Donovan was 20 when he embarked on a surprise run to the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals with the United States, impressing the ...

Date of Birth: 04/03/1982

Matches Played: 5

Goals scored: 2

Michael OWEN

England striker Michael Owen was a fresh-faced 18-year-old when he provided one of the defining moments of France 98 with the thrilling ...

Date of Birth: 14/12/1979

Matches Played: 4

Goals scored: 2

Marc OVERMARS

One of the quickest and most talented wide players of recent times, Marc Overmars was just 21 when he shone for the Netherlands at the 1994 ...

Date of Birth: 29/03/1973

Matches Played: 5

Goals scored: 0

Robert PROSINECKI

A star of the 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playmaker Robert Prosinecki stepped on to the senior stage for the first time with Yugoslavia in ...

Date of Birth: 12/01/1969

Matches Played: 3

Goals scored: 1

Enzo SCIFO

Belgium's best ever FIFA World Cup™ performance in Mexico in 1986 coincided with the emergence of talented young midfielder Enzo ...

Date of Birth: 19/02/1966

Matches Played: 7

Goals scored: 2

Manuel AMOROS

Just four months after winning his first international cap, Manuel Amoros played a telling role in France's run to the semi-finals of the ...

Date of Birth: 01/02/1962

Matches Played: 5

Goals scored: 0

Antonio CABRINI

Italy full-back Antonio Cabrini began a long, fruitful international career at Argentina 1978, displaying the prowess that made him a ...

Date of Birth: 08/10/1957

Matches Played: 7

Goals scored: 0

Wladyslaw ZMUDA

Defender Wladyslaw Zmuda was just 20 when he helped Poland finish third at the 1974 FIFA World Cup™ in West Germany – the start of a ...

Date of Birth: 06/06/1954

Matches Played: 7

Goals scored: 0

Teofilo CUBILLAS

Teofilo Cubillas featured in three FIFA World Cups™ but it was in the first, in Mexico in 1970, that he made the greatest impact, ...

Date of Birth: 08/03/1949

Matches Played: 4

Goals scored: 5

Franz BECKENBAUER

Franz Beckenbauer was just 20 when he made the football world sit up and take note of his prodigious ability as a forward-looking defender, ...

Date of Birth: 11/09/1945

Matches Played: 6

Goals scored: 4

Florian ALBERT

European Footballer of the Year in 1967, Hungary forward Florian Albert was just 20 when he finished joint-top scorer at the 1962 FIFA ...

Date of Birth: 15/09/1941

Matches Played: 3

Goals scored: 4

PELÉ

Three times a world champion with Brazil, Pele burst on to the global stage as a thrilling 17-year-old prodigy at the 1958 finals in Sweden....

Date of Birth: 23/10/1940

Matches Played: 4

Goals scored: 6