The best young players in the early twenty-first century that nobody remembers

Last update 11 March, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

With the beginning of the XXI century, They were the best young players of the moment. However, their careers then did not reach the point that was assumed. We already talked to you in several cases of players who were going to star and eventually crashed. We remind you of some of those who were most promising young people in the early years of this century and surely you not come to remember.

The best young footballers at the beginning of the 21st century

Fabio Gatti

In the year 2000, this Italian-born player 1982 He was among the 50 best young players in the world. He militated in the rows of Perugia, in Serie A with just 18 years and it was international Sub 21 with Italy. However the rest of his career was fairly modest incompressible.

He played in Naples if, but in the dark years of the Neapolitan team full of economic problems, when I was in the C1 something like the Spanish Third. It was not B since and wandered the amateur categories Italy until his retirement to 30 years.

Cherno Samba

He was a legend in the game Championship Manager of the time, which he reached an average of global crack. However, his later career was not like that. Born in 1985 and internationally in lower categories of England, He spent practically his entire career in the English Second and Third. He came to sign for Cádiz but did not make his debut in the League, although he did in the Copa del Rey.

Cadiz team gave it to a subsidiary of Málaga and Ubeda and then also had some experience of Greek football. Definitely, nothing to do with the video game that became urban legend. In his stage as a cadista, he had a bad time to the point of starring in some scare as he himself told in an interview.

Francis Jeffers

The English striker born in 1981, it was in the 2000 a boy of 19 very promising years playing for Everton. He became international with England after playing just one game combined with English. Then his career did not have much history and ended up playing in the second category of England, Scotland, Including Australia and Malta.

Drips

André Luciano da Silva better known as Pinga, He was a Brazilian-born 1981, Torino player and at that time, early XXI century was one of the best young players in the world. He played in several Italian teams and South America where they won a Libertadores. But the public barely remember.

David Aganzo

He was a promising forward from the Real Madrid youth academy in the year 2000. However, his career was not very successful and triumphed in the white club. International sub 21 for many years, It was loaned to Espanyol and Levante, where he rose to first in 2004 granota with the team at the team of Manolo Preciado as a substitute Gustavo Reggi.

Then he went through the Racing de Santander, Grazes Jerusalem, Thunderbolt, Alavés, Hercules and Aris Thessaloniki Greek. He became famous for his relationship with Ronaldo's ex, Milene Domingues. He later became president of the AFE (Spanish Footballers Association)

johnnier montaño

The Colombian had 17 years beyond the 2000 and he played in Parma. It was one of the most promising players in the world. However, despite being international with Colombia ever, He finished developing most of his career in the modest Peruvian soccer.

Ramon Calliste

In a fit of optimism someone, They came to baptise as “Ryan Giggs XXI century”. But the only thing that resembled the eternal '11’ of the Red Devils It is that the two are Welsh. He passed by the lower of the United, half of the first decade of 2000 He was signed by Liverpool, who loaned him to several minor teams in England and his career was diluted like a sugar to the point of being forgotten.