{"id":1097916,"date":"2020-03-15T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1097916"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:41:24","slug":"france-u20-world-cup-winners-2013-pogba-digne","status":"publish","type":"cult-corner","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/cult-corner\/france-u20-world-cup-winners-2013-pogba-digne\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are they now? France&#8217;s outrageously talented U-20 World Cup winners from 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>They say success breeds success and that old adage\u00a0certainly rings true in football.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Success internationally at youth level has often enabled a country to build for the future, with many of their young stars going on to cement their place in the senior rank.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a02014 World Cup winners, <span id=\"urn:enhancement-27680883\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Germany<\/span>, for instance, relied upon a core of players who were victorious at the 2009 Under-21 European Championships: Manuel Neuer, Benedikt Howedes, Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Sami Khedira and <span id=\"urn:enhancement-f11db207\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Mesut Ozil<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Audioboom player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7523209\/embed?v=202301#?secret=m7Ff4iKK8l\" data-secret=\"m7Ff4iKK8l\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While in 2013, at\u00a0the Under-20 World Cup, <span id=\"urn:enhancement-25a64a9a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span> won the title after defeating a resilient Uruguay side 4-1 on penalties and many members of that side have since graduated into Didier <span id=\"urn:enhancement-850105ae\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Deschamps<\/span>&#8216; senior squad, winning the big prize with the French squad at Russia 2018.<\/p>\n<p>That isn&#8217;t the case for all of those who featured regularly during <span id=\"urn:enhancement-72d0c080\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span>&#8216;s tournament win, however, and\u00a0it&#8217;s fair to say their young prodigies have enjoyed mixed success since the final in Istanbul six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>So, which players\u00a0were\u00a0able to push on since Istanbul and play a part in <span id=\"urn:enhancement-60777ffd\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Didier Deschamps<\/span>&#8216; World Cup-winning senior squad?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Goalkeeper: Alphonse Areola<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club:<\/strong> Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior caps:\u00a0<\/strong>3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Ligue 1 (2012\/13, 2017\/18, 2018\/19), Coupe de la Ligue (2016\/17, 2017\/18), Coupe de <span id=\"urn:enhancement-3ccd76e7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span> (2016\/17, 2017\/18), Trophee des Champions (2016, 2017), World Cup (2018)<\/p>\n<p>Areola excelled while on loan at Villarreal during the 2015-16 season, keeping 15 clean sheets in 32 games to help the club finish fourth in La Liga. Since then, he&#8217;s made 107 appearances in all competitions while challenging Kevin Trapp and Gianluigi Buffon for the No.1 shirt at PSG. Areola was in and out of the PSG team with Buffon around, and despite his return to Juventus, he&#8217;d leave the club for Real Madrid with Keylor Navas going the other way.<\/p>\n<p>Having been included in the World Cup-winning squad, Areola became the first player to make his debut for <span id=\"urn:enhancement-58aa506a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span>\u00a0<em>after\u00a0<\/em>lifting the trophy and did not disappoint, making a rare six saves against 2014 champions <span id=\"urn:enhancement-276ac863\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Germany<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 &#8211; Alphonse Areola ?? made 6 saves against Germany ??, no other French goalkeeper did better in a single game in the last 10 years. Impressive.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GERFRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GERFRA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sIla7WqlAm\">pic.twitter.com\/sIla7WqlAm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OptaJean (@OptaJean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJean\/status\/1037802318035668992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Right Back: Dimitri Foulquier<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Granada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p>A regular player for <span id=\"urn:enhancement-7aaf0457\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Les Bleus<\/span> at all age groups until the seniors, Dimitri Foulquier had been playing his football in La Liga with Granada who, like <span id=\"urn:enhancement-6cb1dfad\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Watford<\/span> and Udinese, are owned by the Pozzo family.<\/p>\n<p>While senior international football has so far eluded Foulquier, he has performed well in La Liga over the past few years. He signed for <span id=\"urn:enhancement-447a5ff6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Watford<\/span> in the summer of 2017 but was immediately loaned out to RC Strasbourg before returning to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-67ef12e0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Spain<\/span>, this time with Getafe on another year-long loan deal. He chipped in with three goals and three assists in an impressive season with the club. He&#8217;s now back at Granada.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1136659\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-utd-line-up-options-pogba-fernandes-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1136659\" class=\"wp-image-1136659 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14200224\/1136625_1136625_POGBA-FERNANDES-LINE-UP-FEATURED.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1136659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-utd-line-up-options-pogba-fernandes-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three ways Solskjaer can fit Pogba and Fernandes into Man Utd\u2019s starting line-up<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Centre Back: Kurt Zouma<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>25<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <span id=\"urn:enhancement-191f0b1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\"><\/span><\/strong>Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Coupe de la Ligue (2012\/13), Premier League (2014\/15), (2016\/17),\u00a0League Cup (2014\/15)<\/p>\n<p>At 18, Kurt Zouma was the youngest member of the French squad in 2013 but he was an undisputed starter and key man in the back four nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>Just six months after lifting the U-20 World Cup, Zouma made a \u00a312m move to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e99bada2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Chelsea<\/span> where he has continued to develop at an impressive rate.<\/p>\n<p>Zouma would have been in contention to make the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d97eb21\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span> squad for Euro 2016 had he not been ruled out of the tournament with a knee ligament injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1118762\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3132\" height=\"2141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384.jpg 3132w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/05113842\/PA-45713384-66x45.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3132px) 100vw, 3132px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d find starts at the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e576d4d3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Blues<\/span> hard to come by and spend the 2017\/18 season on loan at Stoke City. However, his 34 <span id=\"urn:enhancement-1c9ef91c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Premier League<\/span> appearances were not enough to help the Staffordshire club avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Zouma excelled on loan at <span id=\"urn:enhancement-aa4006f1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Everton<\/span>, making 32 appearances for the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-9190a85d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Toffees<\/span> across all competitions and reigniting his international career. He has since returned to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-670e28ee\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Chelsea<\/span> and been part of <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a1ce6f27\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Frank Lampard<\/span>&#8216;s plans.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Centre Back:\u00a0Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Charlton Athletic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Taca de Portugal (2014\/15)<\/p>\n<p>Replacing Umtiti in France&#8217;s defence against Uruguay was his then-Lyon colleague, Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr.<\/p>\n<p>Sarr didn&#8217;t stick around at the French club\u00a0for too long, though, moving to Sporting Lisbon in 2014 and then to Charlton Athletic a year later.<\/p>\n<p>And following the Addicks&#8217; relegation to League One, Sarr joined Ligue 2 side Red Star FC on a season-long loan deal in June 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The player is now back at Charlton, where he was ever-present in their successful 2018\/19 play-off campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Left Back: Lucas Digne<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club:\u00a0<span id=\"urn:enhancement-239798b7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\"><\/span><\/strong>Everton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Ligue 1 (2013\/14, 2014\/15), Coupe de la Ligue (2013-14, 2014\/15), Copa del Rey (2016\/17, 2017\/18), Supercopa de Espana (2016), La Liga (2017\/18)<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Digne has graduated into France&#8217;s senior ranks, making 30 international appearances and he was in the squad for the 2014 World Cup, as well as the 2016 <span id=\"urn:enhancement-cb2bcf7e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">European Championships<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The marauding full-back&#8217;s career stalled during a spell at PSG but he regained his best form while on loan with Roma, scoring three goals and creating 26 chances for Serie A&#8217;s third-placed team.<\/p>\n<p>Digne joined <span id=\"urn:enhancement-10424489\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Barcelona<\/span> in the summer of 2016 and made 46 appearances for the Catalan giants before joining Kurt Zouma at the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a69c4198\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Toffees<\/span>, although the left-back&#8217;s move was a permanent switch, and he&#8217;s been one of their standout performers since.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018Rashford!\u2019 Manchester United fans quizzed w\/Sophie Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAsMzUX6hzs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.squawka.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Centre Midfield: Geoffrey Kondogbia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Valencia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Uefa Europa League (2013-14), Copa del Rey (2018\/19)<\/p>\n<p>A talented midfield dynamo, Geoffrey Kondogbia has already accumulated a total of \u00a376.50m in transfer fees after moving from Lens, to\u00a0Sevilla, to Monaco. to\u00a0Inter\u00a0and, then, to Valencia in 2017 \u2013 a move made permanent in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Despite playing regularly at all of the aforementioned clubs, Kondogbia has found it difficult to break into the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-7c37d86f\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span> squad over the past couple of years, making just five appearances for <span id=\"urn:enhancement-3cd21948\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Les Bleus<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as all five of Kondogbia&#8217;s appearances were in friendlies, the midfielder was able to switch allegiance to the Central African Republic. He made his first appearance for his new nation, as captain, against Ivory Coast in October 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Centre Midfield: Paul Pogba<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club:\u00a0<span id=\"urn:enhancement-b9f65167\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\"><\/span><\/strong>Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>69<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Serie A (2012\/13, 2013\/14, 2014\/15, 2015\/16), Coppa Italia (2014\/15, 2015\/16), League Cup (2016\/17), Uefa Europa League (2016\/17), World Cup (2018)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1098280\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/17143531\/paul-pogba-scott-mctominay-victor-lindelof-manchester-united-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/17143531\/paul-pogba-scott-mctominay-victor-lindelof-manchester-united-2019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/17143531\/paul-pogba-scott-mctominay-victor-lindelof-manchester-united-2019-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/17143531\/paul-pogba-scott-mctominay-victor-lindelof-manchester-united-2019-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/17143531\/paul-pogba-scott-mctominay-victor-lindelof-manchester-united-2019-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:enhancement-25f9683b\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Paul Pogba<\/span> captained <span id=\"urn:enhancement-3ada9e46\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span> to their success and was given the Golden Ball award afterwards. Undoubtedly the most successful and high-profile member of that U-20 side, Pogba is the only current regular in <span id=\"urn:enhancement-fabd03f7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Deschamps<\/span>&#8216; team.<\/p>\n<p>A stuttering but successful penalty in the final shootout demonstrated that Pogba was a man for the big occasion and after four successful years at\u00a0Juventus, he became, for a period, the most expensive footballer\u00a0in history when <span id=\"urn:enhancement-dcd32a4d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Manchester United<\/span> parted with \u00a389 million to acquire his signature.<\/p>\n<p>He generally performed well for United under former boss <span id=\"urn:enhancement-b5c01c59\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Jose Mourinho<\/span>, though their relationship eventually broke down and he has since been a revelation under caretaker manager, Ole Gunnar <span id=\"urn:enhancement-1c08419\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Solskjaer<\/span>. For <span id=\"urn:enhancement-aa38d003\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">France<\/span>, <span id=\"urn:enhancement-52bfdcdc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Pogba<\/span> has continued to impress and was instrumental in <span id=\"urn:enhancement-acb00296\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Les Bleus<\/span>&#8216; journey to World Cup glory.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:enhancement-124959e1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Pogba<\/span> managed to hit double figures for goals and assists last season but is reportedly keen on a move away from Manchester.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1136558\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/best-players-yet-win-league-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1136558\" class=\"wp-image-1136558 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/14130708\/1079677_1079677_best-players-without-league-title.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1136558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/best-players-yet-win-league-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top-class players we\u2019d hate to see end their careers without a league title win<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Centre Midfield: Jordan Veretout<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club:\u00a0<\/strong>Roma<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Ligue 2 (2012\/13)<\/p>\n<p>Lining up alongside <span id=\"urn:enhancement-59afd606\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\">Pogba<\/span> and Kondogbia was Jordan Veretout, then of FC Nantes. A cultured playmaker with an eye for a pass, Veretout was very highly rated in his homeland and earned a move to the Premier League with Aston Villa in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, the decision to move to the Midlands was a disastrous one, as Veretout was part of one of the worst teams ever to grace England&#8217;s top tier, with Villa managing only 17 points en route to relegation.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s since signed for AS Roma having performed well in Serie A for Fiorentina, making 75 appearances and scoring 15 goals across all competitions for La Viola.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Right Wing: Jean-Christophe Bahebeck<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Utrecht<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Ligue 1 (2014\/15), Coupe de la Ligue (2014\/15), Coupe de France (2014-15)<\/p>\n<p>A star at U-20 level for France, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck is another uncapped player at senior level after failing to truly establish himself at PSG.<\/p>\n<p>Bahebeck, who is also eligible to play for Cameroon, has spent time away from the Parc des Princes on loan at Troyes, Valenciennes, Saint-Etienne and now Utrecht, who he joined permanently on the final day of the 2018 summer window. He&#8217;s since bagged 13 goals across 41 matches for the Dutch outfit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Left Wing: Florian Thauvin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Marseille<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps:\u00a0<\/strong>10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Ligue 2 (2011\/12), World Cup (2018)<\/p>\n<p>Tipped for big things as a youngster after bursting onto the scene at Bastia, Florian Thauvin&#8217;s career stalled following\u00a0an expensive move to Newcastle in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The talented winger was loaned to Marseille for the season in the summer of 2016 and has since signed for them permanently, where he is fulfilling the potential he showed in 2013. He scored 26 goals across all competitions in 2017\/18 and\u00a0played one minute of France&#8217;s 2018 World Cup-winning campaign, replacing the formidable Kylian Mbappe in the 89th minute of the 4-3 win against Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>He followed this up with another 16 goals in Ligue 1 last season, but has only played 20 minutes of Ligue 1 football this term as he&#8217;s dealing with a serious ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1083754\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/11153735\/PA-41841420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/11153735\/PA-41841420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/11153735\/PA-41841420-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/11153735\/PA-41841420-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/11153735\/PA-41841420-66x46.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Striker: Yaya Sanogo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Toulouse<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>FA Cup (2013\/14)<\/p>\n<p>Yaya Sanogo finished as top scorer at the U-20 World Cup seven years ago. Soon after that competition, Sanogo earned a move to Arsenal but after failing to gain regular first-team football \u2013 and suffering from injuries \u2013 Sanogo has spent loan spells with Crystal Palace, Ajax and Charlton Athletic with mixed success. He left Arsenal to join Toulouse in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Suspended:\u00a0Samuel Umtiti<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Barcelona<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps:\u00a0<\/strong>31<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Coupe de France (2011\/12), Copa del Rey (2016-17, 2017\/18),\u00a0Supercopa de Espana (2016), La Liga (2017\/18, 2018\/19), World Cup (2018)<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Umtiti was suspended for the final after he was sent off in the semi-final against Ghana. Despite being only 19 at the time of the tournament, Umtiti had already amassed 50 appearances for Lyon in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The ball-playing centre-back remained a key part of Les Gones&#8217; backline up until June 2016 when he joined Barcelona in a \u00a321m deal.<\/p>\n<p>Umtiti was\u00a0part of France&#8217;s Euro 2016 squad and made his debut in their 5-2 quarter-final win over Iceland, playing the full 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>He is now a fully-fledged member of\u00a0Didier Deschamps&#8217; starting XI and scored the winning goal against Belgium in the semi-final of France&#8217;s World Cup triumph in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Umtiti has seen his game time limited at Barcelona due to injury and the emergence of compatriot Clement Lenglet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1134662\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/player-of-the-year-2019-20-season-predictions-favourites-premier-league-la-liga-serie-a-bundesliga-ligue-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1134662\" class=\"wp-image-1134662 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Player of the Year favourites: Predicting the winners in each of Europe\u2019s top five leagues\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/02193430\/1134648_1134648_PREDICTING-PLAYER-OF-THE-SEASON-FEATURED.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1134662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/player-of-the-year-2019-20-season-predictions-favourites-premier-league-la-liga-serie-a-bundesliga-ligue-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Player of the Year predictions for each of Europe\u2019s top five leagues<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Unused sub:\u00a0Mario Lemina<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club: <\/strong>Galatasaray<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior apps: <\/strong>15 for Gabon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major honours: <\/strong>Serie A (2015\/16, 2016\/17), Coppa Italia (2015\/16, 2016\/17)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1136683\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1535\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/15105424\/1097916_1097916_PA-Lemina-1-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mario Lemina was an unused substitute in the final but he has since gone on to become one of the most successful players in the squad, joining Juventus for \u00a38m in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder decided to represent Gabon internationally and has played 15 times for the Panthers, scoring three goals.<\/p>\n<p>Lemina would move to Southampton, playing 52 times for the Saints before angling for a move last summer, he&#8217;d ultimately join Turkish giants Galatasaray and has been near ever-present under Fatih Terim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say success breeds success and that old adage\u00a0certainly rings true in football.\u00a0 Success internationally at youth level has often enabled a country to build for the future, with many of their young stars going on to cement their place in the senior rank. 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