I found this old issue at home. Players were born 1978 to 1982. David Villa born in 1981 was missing. Klose(1978) too. Yakubu Abubakari Ishmael Addo Rabiu Afolabi Julius Aghahowa Pablo Aimar Mohammad Al-Shlhoob Matthew Amoah Juan Arango Gerald Asamoah Emille Baron DaMarcus Beasley Igor Biscan Wilfred Bouma Wes Brown Moises Candelario John Carew Fabian Carini Iker Casillas Antonio Cassano Cristian Chivu Lambros Choutos Pholi[[e Chrstanval Joe Cole Bobby Convey Walter Corozo Paulo Da Silva Stephane Dalmat Sebastian Deisler Boubacar Diarra Aruba Dindane Landon Donovan Kieron Dyer Edu Emre Belezoglu Samuel Eto'o Fabio Aurelio Francisco Farinos Pascal Feindound Barry Ferguson Gabri Ronaldo Garcia Steven Gerrard Helton Ahmed Salah Hosny Pius Ikedia Junichi Inamoto Issac(angola) Juan Carlos Idriss Kameni(Cameroon) Robbie Keane Harry Kewell Mateja Kezman Mickel Landreau Peter Luccin Luis Felipe(Portugal) Claudio Maldonado Rafael Marquez Matuzalem(Brazil) Philippe Mexes Aaron Mokoena Jhonnier Montano Tressor Moreno Emile Mpenza Adrian Mutu Szilard Nemeth Andres Olivera Michael Owen Christos Patsatzoglou Andrea Pirlo Claudio Pizarro David Pizarro Stipe Pletikosa Prince Daye Luis Gatty Ribeiro John Arne Riise Juan Roman Riquelme Leandro Romagnoli Ronaldimho Tomas Rosicky Walter samuel Roque Santa Cruz Javier Saviola Simao Sabrosa Gonzalo Sorondo David Suazo Jean-Michel Tchouga Rodrigo Tello Christian Timm Razundara Tjikuzu Svetoslav Todorov Joselito Vaca Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Nicola Ventola Xavi Ngidi Yemweni Jonathan Zebina Emmanuel Zulu
Michael Owen sticks out among those names, as being the highest rated at the time the list was made. Who would have thought at the time that in the end he's not even Top 5 among those '100 rising stars'?