The Golden Ball winner of Under-19 WC, Tunisia 1977: Vladimir Bessonov ( USSR ) Became a star player for Dynamo Kyiv. Japan 1979: Diego Maradona ( Argentina ) No need to talk about him Australia 1981: Romulus Gabor ( Romania ) No idea. Mexico 1983: Geovani ( Brazil ) Not the former Barccelona player. No idea what became of him. USSR 1985: Paulo Silas ( Brazil ) so and so career, but at least was capped by the senior NT. Chile 1987: Robert Prosinecki ( Yugoslavia ) A major star Saudi Arabia 1989: Bismarck ( Brazil ) Earned some caps for Brazil full NT. Portugal 1991: Peixe ( Portugal ) Australia 1993: Adriano Silva ( Brazil ) Qatar 1995: Caio ( Brazil ) Malaysia 1997: Andres Nicolas Olivera ( Uruguay ) No idea who they are. Nigeria 1999: Seydou Keita ( Mali ) Now Plays for Lens in the French League. Argentina 2001: Javier Saviola ( Argentina ) United Arab Emirates 2003: Ismail Matar ( United Arab Emirates ) Netherlands 2005: Lionel Messi ( Argentina ) Pretty much no need to talk about Saviola and Messi.
Under-17 WC Golden Ball winner China 1985 William César de Oliveira ( Brazil ) Canada 1987 Philip Osundu ( Nigeria) / Moussa Traoré ( Côte d'Ivoire ) Scotland 1989 James Will ( Scotland ) No idea what happened to them. Italy 1991 Nii Lamptey ( Ghana ) Once considered the next Pele.... he was successful in the beginning of his career. He then became a journeyman playing for clubs in Argentina, Germany, China, Saudi Arabia, etc. He returned home to play in the domestic league. Japan 1993 Daniel Addo ( Ghana ) Journeyman for lower divsion clubs in Europe. Ecuador 1995 Mohamed Kathiri ( Oman ) No idea Egypt 1997 Sergio Santamaría González ( Spain ) Known as Sergio Santamaria. Played for Barcelona, but now UE Sant Andreu. New Zealand 1999 Landon Donovan ( USA ) Everyone should know him. Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Florent Sinama-Pongolle ( France ) Currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva in the La Liga. Finland 2003 Cesc Fàbregas ( Spain ) Peru 2005 Anderson ( Brazil ) We should know who they are.
U-19 WC top-scorers Netherlands 2005 Lionel Messi ( Argentina ) 6 United Arab Emirates 2003 Eddie Johnson ( USA ) 4 Argentina 2001 Javier Saviola ( Argentina ) 11 goals All three made it through the next level. Nigeria 1999 Pablo ( Spain ) 5 No idea Malaysia 1997 Adaílton ( Brazil ) 10 Played many seasons in Serie A. Current status I have no idea. Qatar 1995 Joseba Etxeberria ( Spain ) 7 Star player for Athletic Bilbao Australia 1993 Henry Zambrano ( Chile ) 3 Didn't he play in MLS. Portugal 1991 Serguei Cherbakov ( USSR ) 5 No idea. Saudi Arabia 1989 Oleg Salenko ( USSR ) 5 Got his 15 minutes of flame by scoring 5 goals in 1 game at USA 1994. Chile 1987 Marcel Witeczek ( Germany ) 7 USSR 1985 Sebastian Losada ( Spain ) 3 Mexico 1983 Geovani ( Brazil ) 6 Australia 1981 Mark Koussas ( Australia ) 4 Japan 1979 Ramon Diaz ( Argentina ) 8 Tunisia 1977 Quina ( Brazil ) 4 Except Ramon Diaz, I never heard of any of them. Diaz became one of the best Argentinian player in the 1980s, but his feud with Maradona caused him a place in the national team.
China 1985 Marcel Witeczek ( West Germany ) 8 Canada 1987 Moussa Traoré ( Côte d'Ivoire ) 5 Scotland 1989 Fode Camara ( Guinea ) 3 Italy 1991 Adriano Gerlim Da Silva ( Brazil ) 4 No idea who they were. Japan 1993 Wilson Oruma ( Nigeria ) 6 Played in France, etc. Eraned some senior caps. Ecuador 1995 Daniel Allsopp ( Australia ) 5 Was a journey in the lower divison in England. Egypt 1997 David Rodriguez-Fraile ( Spain ) 7 New Zealand 1999 Ishmael Addo ( Ghana ) 7 No idea. Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Florent Sinama-Pongolle ( France ) 9 See post above. Finland 2003 Cesc Fàbregas ( Spain ) 5 We should knowwho he is. Peru 2005 Carlos Vela ( Mexico ) Signed with Arsenal, but currently on loan.
Pablo Couñago. He played for Ipswich Town 2001-2005 and currently he's back in Spain playing for Malaga. He played for Real, Atletico, Espanyol, Celta and Sevilla. After retirement he ran for president of the spanish FA but got trashed in the election.
Australia 1981: Romulus Gabor ( Romania ) Played his entire 14-year career with Corvinul Hunedoara and gained 35 international senior caps. Mexico 1983: Geovani ( Brazil ) Geovanni Faría da Silva played most of his career at Vasco da Gama. Also had a brief, unspectacular spell in Europe (don't know which clubs). Was a member of Brazil's 1989 Copa America winning side. USSR 1985: Paulo Silas ( Brazil ) so and so career, but at least was capped by the senior NT. Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira but commly known as Silas. 38 international caps including both the '86 and '90 World Cups - albeit as a sub - and was also a member of the 1989 Copa America squad. Played for a slew of clubs, among them Sao Paulo, Internacional, Sporting Lisbon, Sampdoria and San Lorenzo de Almagro as well as a stint in Japan.
Saudi Arabia 1989: Bismarck ( Brazil ) Earned some caps for Brazil full NT. Faria Barreto Bismarck played for Vasco da Gama, Fluminense and Goiás, then moved on to Japan and played for Tokyo Verdy 1969, Kashima Antlers and Vissel Kobe. Voted Japanese Player of the Year in 1993 while with Verdy. Was a member of Brazil's 1989 Copa America winning side as well as the 1990 World Cup squad but did not see any action in Italy. Portugal 1991: Peixe ( Portugal ) aka Emilio Manuel Delgado. A defensive midfielder who was a brief star at Sporting, but had differences with the club and went months without playing. Ultimately had disappointing spells at Porto and Benfica. Australia 1993: Adriano Silva ( Brazil ) Signed with Neuchatel Xamax before the tournament began but returned to Brazil after a brief spell to play for Juventude, Botafogo, America Sao Paulo and Sao Paulo FC.
Qatar 1995: Caio ( Brazil ) Joined Inter Milan from Sao Paolo after the tournament. Moved on to Napoli before returning to Brazil and spells with Santos, Flamengo and Fluminense. No idea on his full name. Malaysia 1997: Andres Nicolas Olivera ( Uruguay ) After the tournament, "Nico" left Defensor Sporting for Spain where he played for Valladolid, Cordoba and Sevilla. Currently at Necaxa (Mexico), he was a member of Uruguay World Cup squad in 2002 but saw no action.
Canada 1987 Philip Osundu ( Nigeria) http://www.nigerianplayers.com/article.asp?id=38 Scotland 1989 James Will ( Scotland ) Goalkeeper with Arsenal until 1994 (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 - never made an appearance for either senior club side). Moved to Dunfermline Athletic in July 1994 where he made the only 7 appearances in his professional career in either England or Scotland. Ended up playing Junior football with Turriff United since 1998 where he still plays today, although he did have a year or so with Deveronvale in 1999-00 but left because of work commitments. In July 2006 James Will let in nine goals in a 9-1 friendly drubbing at the hands of Deveronvale.
