:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/CIJ62NIQ35AGJKK7BX53JYSKZQ.jpg "World stars who played at the 2011 U-17 World Cup in Mexico")
More than 10 years after the historic milestone reached by the Mexican National Sub-17 Team Directed by Raul “Potro” Gutierrez, There is a lot of talk about how no footballer of this ‘golden’ generation has managed to transcend their professional career. However, this world celebrated in Mexican territory if it had players who today are renowned and considered “stars of the world”.
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Despite the fact that there was enough expectation and speculation regarding the Mexican team that won the U-17 World Cup, time has shown that the true prospects and talents of this contest have militated in other selectees. Numbers like Memphis Depay, Emre Can, Raheem Sterling, Benjamin Mendy and Marquinhos They are among the athletes who had action in the youth competition.
Next, we leave a small summary of the trajectory of the aforementioned footballers and how they managed to settle in renowned teams of the old continent:
The Dutch striker was part of the Netherlands national team who attended the World Cup on Mexican soil. Unfortunately for him andThe tulips“, they did not have a good contest and were eliminated in the group stage after finishing in last place in the sector, which they shared with Mexico, Congo and North Korea.
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In this contest, Memphis he scored one of the three goals he scored”Clockwork Orangein the championship, this being against the Tricolor in the Nuevo León University Stadium. At 17, the striker was already part of the team PSV from his country. During his career, he can boast of having played in clubs like Manchester United, Barcelona and today in the Madrid athlete.
The next name on the list is that of the current footballer of the Borussia Dortmund, Emre Can, German midfielder who also has a long career on the old continent. As part of the youth tournament, “Skipper” has played all the matches the Germans have played and be the captain of the team. Highlighting the memorable semi-final against Mexicothe same in which he scored the Europeans’ second goal before the Aztecs returned.
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Years later, he was called up by the senior team to play the Eurocup 2016 and 2020as good as Confederations Cup 2017 where they graduated. At club level, he is a squad player for Bayern Munich and in 2013 he signed with the liverpool with whom he was vice-champion of the Champions in 2018; Later he served in the Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.
Subsequently, one of the current figures of the English team and the premier leagueThe front Rahim Sterling. The native of Jamaica He saw action in 4 of the 5 games played by “The Three Lions” and recorded some scores. His participation culminated in the quarter-finals after losing 3-2 against Germany in the Morelos Stadium.
In the middle of the club season followed by the youth tournament and at only 17 years old, Rahim made its official debut with the liverpool in the premier league. In 2015, he became a player of Manchester City with a cost of 68 million euros; has become a benchmark in the club and an important part of Pep Guardiola. In the summer of 2022 it was purchased by the Chelsea.
The trajectory of Benjamin Mendi This is a special case, since it was possible to consolidate with the Manchester City; however, in 2021 he was charged with eight cases of rape and sexual abuse. However, he is an athlete who has triumphed with the Olympique de Marseille, Monaco and Manchester City. Likewise, he was part of the French team that won the World Cup Russia 2018.
With the Gauls in the under-17 championship, he has played 4 games out of 5 possible, since the round of 16 against Ivory Coast he lost it due to card hoarding. He was one of the pillars of the defense of the “Blues”, But just like Depay and Emre Can, ended up losing to the Aztec team. His duel before Mexico It was in the quarter-finals Hidalgo Stadium.
Finally, you have the current captain and defender of the Paris Saint Germain, Marcos Aoas Correa “Marquinhos”who defended the colors of the Brazilian national team in the U-17 competition in 2011. He captained the cariocas throughout the competition, where they finished fourth after losing in the semi-finals to Uruguay.
With the old team, the defender was Olympic champion in 2016 and was part of the combinations that participated in the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cupsas good as America’s Cup 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021. On the old continent, he has worn the jersey for 10 seasons PSG and having a fleeting step in the Serie A with Roma in 2012-2013.
