Young players* in the Champions League
* born after 30.06.88
Update after MD4
360 mn played - Holger Badstuber - defender, Bayern, Germany
360 - Sinan Bolat - keeper, Standard, Belgium
360 - Philippe Koch - defender, Zurich, Switzerland
360 - Eliaquim Mangala - defender, Standard, France
360 - Pato - forward, Milan, Brazil
353 - Alex Witsel - midfield, Standard, Belgium
341 - Alan Dzagoev - midfield, CSKA, Russia
341 - Emiliano Insua - defender, Liverpool, Argentina
334 - Andriy Yarmolenko - forward, Kiev, Ukraine
309 - Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez - midfield, Standard, Belgium
etc.
Previous winners
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (Man.U)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
Talents from you country/or in your league
Young players in top European National Teams
- U21 players (born in 1988 and later for 2009)
- time spent in official games only (WC qualifiers)
- only top 8 European teams at the end of the year as per FIFA ranking
Winner 2009
Ivan RATIKIC
midfielder, 21, Croatia (24 caps)
Career: Basel - Schalke 04
Honours: Swiss Super League Best Young Player 2007
Note that this Swiss born player also played for Switzerland U21 before opting for Croatia
Ranking 2009
1 - Ivan Ratikic (Croatia / Schalke) 379 mn
2 - Gregory Van der Wiel (Netherlands / Ajax) 270 mn
3 - Sergi Busquets (Spain / Barcelona) 197 mn
4 - Mesut Ozil (Germany / Werder) 169 mn
5 - Theo Walcott (England / Arsenal) 135 mn
6 - Moussa Sissoko (France / Toulouse) 119 mn
7 - Juan Manuel Mata (Spain / Valencia) 114 mn
8 - Davide Santon (Italy / Inter) 110 mn
9 - Jerome Boateng (Germany / Hamburg) 90 mn
9 - Dejan Lovren (Croatia / Zagreb) 90 mn
etc.
Previous winners
2008: Arda Turan (Turkey)
2007: Vedran Corluka (Croatia) & Sergio Ramos (Spain)
2006: Lukas Podolski (Germany)
2005: Fernando Torres (Spain)
2004: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2003: Petr Cech (Czech Rep)
2002: Iker Casillas (Spain)
2001: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
2000: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
- U21 players (born in 1988 and later for 2009)
- time spent in official games only (WC qualifiers)
- only top 8 European teams at the end of the year as per FIFA ranking
Winner 2009
Ivan RATIKIC
midfielder, 21, Croatia (24 caps)
Career: Basel - Schalke 04
Honours: Swiss Super League Best Young Player 2007
Note that this Swiss born player also played for Switzerland U21 before opting for Croatia
Ranking 2009
1 - Ivan Ratikic (Croatia / Schalke) 379 mn
2 - Gregory Van der Wiel (Netherlands / Ajax) 270 mn
3 - Sergi Busquets (Spain / Barcelona) 197 mn
4 - Mesut Ozil (Germany / Werder) 169 mn
5 - Theo Walcott (England / Arsenal) 135 mn
6 - Moussa Sissoko (France / Toulouse) 119 mn
7 - Juan Manuel Mata (Spain / Valencia) 114 mn
8 - Davide Santon (Italy / Inter) 110 mn
9 - Jerome Boateng (Germany / Hamburg) 90 mn
9 - Dejan Lovren (Croatia / Zagreb) 90 mn
etc.
Previous winners
2008: Arda Turan (Turkey)
2007: Vedran Corluka (Croatia) & Sergio Ramos (Spain)
2006: Lukas Podolski (Germany)
2005: Fernando Torres (Spain)
2004: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2003: Petr Cech (Czech Rep)
2002: Iker Casillas (Spain)
2001: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
2000: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
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Young players* in the Champions League
* born after 30.06.88
Final ranking - 2009/10 season
minutes played
1080 - Holger Badstuber - defender, Bayern, Germany
931 - Thomas Mueller - forward, Bayern, Germany
760 - Georgy Chennikov - defender, CSKA, Russia
746 - Tomas Necid - forward, CSKA, Czech Rep.
744 - Miralem Pjanic - midfield, Lyon, Bosnia
718 - Sergi Busquets - midfield, Barcelona, Spain
633 - Alan Dzagoev - midfield, CSKA, Russia
630 - Pato - forward, Milan, Brazil
564 - Pavel Mamaev, Midfield, CSKA, Russia
540 - Sinan Bolat - keeper, Standard, Belgium
540 - Philippe Koch - defender, Zurich, Switzerland
etc.
Winner 2010
Holger BADSTUBER
Defender, 21, Bayern & Germany U21
Career: Bayern
Titles:
- Champion of Germany 2010
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2010
Previous winners
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
* born after 30.06.88
Final ranking - 2009/10 season
minutes played
1080 - Holger Badstuber - defender, Bayern, Germany
931 - Thomas Mueller - forward, Bayern, Germany
760 - Georgy Chennikov - defender, CSKA, Russia
746 - Tomas Necid - forward, CSKA, Czech Rep.
744 - Miralem Pjanic - midfield, Lyon, Bosnia
718 - Sergi Busquets - midfield, Barcelona, Spain
633 - Alan Dzagoev - midfield, CSKA, Russia
630 - Pato - forward, Milan, Brazil
564 - Pavel Mamaev, Midfield, CSKA, Russia
540 - Sinan Bolat - keeper, Standard, Belgium
540 - Philippe Koch - defender, Zurich, Switzerland
etc.
Winner 2010
Holger BADSTUBER
Defender, 21, Bayern & Germany U21
Career: Bayern
Titles:
- Champion of Germany 2010
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2010
Previous winners
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
Young players in top European National Teams
Ranking after the Euro qualifiers September games
- U21 players (born in 1989 and later)
- time spent in official games only (WC)
- only top 8 European teams as per FIFA ranking (ESP-NED-GER-ENG-POR-CRO-GRE-ITA)
1. Thomas Müller (Germany & Bayern) 623 minutes played
2. Holger Badstuber (Germany & Bayern) 342 mn
3. Sotiris Ninis (Greece & Panathinaïkos) 100 mn
4. Vurnon Anita (Netherlands & Ajax) 90 mn
5. Theo Walcott (England & Arsenal) 85 mn
6. Toni Kroos (Germany & Bayern) 80 mn
7. Marko Marin (Germany & Werder) 59 mn
Previous winners
2009: Ivan Ratikic (Croatia)
2008: Arda Turan (Turkey)
2007: Vedran Corluka (Croatia) & Sergio Ramos (Spain)
2006: Lukas Podolski (Germany)
2005: Fernando Torres (Spain)
2004: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2003: Petr Cech (Czech Rep)
2002: Iker Casillas (Spain)
2001: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
Ranking after the Euro qualifiers September games
- U21 players (born in 1989 and later)
- time spent in official games only (WC)
- only top 8 European teams as per FIFA ranking (ESP-NED-GER-ENG-POR-CRO-GRE-ITA)
1. Thomas Müller (Germany & Bayern) 623 minutes played
2. Holger Badstuber (Germany & Bayern) 342 mn
3. Sotiris Ninis (Greece & Panathinaïkos) 100 mn
4. Vurnon Anita (Netherlands & Ajax) 90 mn
5. Theo Walcott (England & Arsenal) 85 mn
6. Toni Kroos (Germany & Bayern) 80 mn
7. Marko Marin (Germany & Werder) 59 mn
Previous winners
2009: Ivan Ratikic (Croatia)
2008: Arda Turan (Turkey)
2007: Vedran Corluka (Croatia) & Sergio Ramos (Spain)
2006: Lukas Podolski (Germany)
2005: Fernando Torres (Spain)
2004: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2003: Petr Cech (Czech Rep)
2002: Iker Casillas (Spain)
2001: Sebastian Deisler (Germany)
Young players in the Champions League
players born after the 30.06.1989
based on time spent
update after GS MD1
90 - André Ayew - forward, Marseille & Ghana
90 - César Azpilicueta - defender, Marseile & Spain
90 - Gareth Bale - defender, Tottenham & Wales
90 - Babatounde Bello - forward, Zilina & Nigeria
90 - Diego Contento - defender, Bayern & Germany
90 - Douglas Costa - midfielder, Shakhtar & Brazil
90 - Luuk de Jong - forward, Twente & the Netherlands
90 - Timothée Kolodziejczak - defender, Lyon & France
90 - Toni Kroos - midfielder, Bayern & Germany
90 - Evgeni Makeev - defender, Spartak & Russia
90 - Aleksandar Miljkovic - defender, Partizan & Serbia
90 - Christoph Moritz - midfielder, Schalke & Germany
90 - Miralem Pjanic - midfielder, Lyon & Bosnia
90 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy - defender, Shakhtar & Ukraine
90 - Stefan Savic - defender, Partizan & Montenegro
90 - Xherdan Shaqiri - midfielder, Basel & Switzerland
90 - Chris Smalling - defender, Man. United & England
90 - Jack Wilshere - midfielder, Arsenal & England
etc.
Previous winners
2010 - Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
players born after the 30.06.1989
based on time spent
update after GS MD1
90 - André Ayew - forward, Marseille & Ghana
90 - César Azpilicueta - defender, Marseile & Spain
90 - Gareth Bale - defender, Tottenham & Wales
90 - Babatounde Bello - forward, Zilina & Nigeria
90 - Diego Contento - defender, Bayern & Germany
90 - Douglas Costa - midfielder, Shakhtar & Brazil
90 - Luuk de Jong - forward, Twente & the Netherlands
90 - Timothée Kolodziejczak - defender, Lyon & France
90 - Toni Kroos - midfielder, Bayern & Germany
90 - Evgeni Makeev - defender, Spartak & Russia
90 - Aleksandar Miljkovic - defender, Partizan & Serbia
90 - Christoph Moritz - midfielder, Schalke & Germany
90 - Miralem Pjanic - midfielder, Lyon & Bosnia
90 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy - defender, Shakhtar & Ukraine
90 - Stefan Savic - defender, Partizan & Montenegro
90 - Xherdan Shaqiri - midfielder, Basel & Switzerland
90 - Chris Smalling - defender, Man. United & England
90 - Jack Wilshere - midfielder, Arsenal & England
etc.
Previous winners
2010 - Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
Two Years ago, I have make a list with many german young talent players…now, I make ne a list with young german talents starting from 1988-1992
1988
Goalkeepers
Tobias Sippel (Kaiserslautern)
Ralf Fährmann (Frankfurt)
Sven Ulreich (Stuttgart)
Thomas Kraft (Bayern)
Defenders
Mats Hummels (Dortmund)
Marcel Schmelzer (Dortmund)
Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke)
Jerome Boateng (Manchester City)
Stefano Celozzi (Stuttgart)
Daniel Schwaab (Leverkusen)
Stefano Celozzi (Stuttgart)
Felix Bastians (Freiburg)
Midfielders
Mesut Özil (Real Madrid)
Sidney Sam (Leverkusen)
Kevin Großkreutz (Dortmund)
Lukas Schmitz (Schalke 04)
Forwards
Nils Petersen (Cottbus)
Moses Lamidi (Oberhausen)
1989
Goalkeepers
Sebastian Mielitz (Bremen)
Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)
Defenders
Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
Dennis Diekmeier (Hamburg)
Ömer Toprak (Freiburg)
Christopher Schorch (Cologne)
Bastian Oczipka (St. Pauli)
Midfielders
Thomas Müller (Bayern)
Marko Marin (Bremen)
Philip Bargfrede (Bremen)
Lars Bender (Leverkusen)
Sven Bender (Leverkusen)
Stefan Reinartz (Leverkusen)
Marcel Risse (Mainz) (loan from Leverkusen)
Savio Nsereko (1860 Munich) (loan from Florentina)
Marco Reus (Monchengladbach)
Kevin Pezzoni (Cologne)
Timo Gebhardt (Stuttgart)
Deniz Naki (St. Pauli)
Forwards
Julian Schieber (Nurnberg)
Dani Schahin (Furth)
1990
Goalkeepers
Oliver Baumann (Freiburg
Kevin Trapp (Kaiserslautern)
Defenders
Konstantin Rausch (Hannover)
Jan Kirchhoff (Mainz)
Diego Contento (Bayern)
Sebastian Jung (Frankfurt)
Julian Koch (Duisburg) (loan from Dortmun
Midfielders
Toni Kroos (Bayern)
Lewis Holtby (Mainz)
Christoph Moritz (Schalke)
Taner Yalcin (Cologne)
Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim)
Patrick Funk (Stuttgart)
Daniel Didavi (Stuttgart)
Kevin Wolze (Wolfsburg)
Mehmet Ekici (Nurnberg) (loan from Bayern)
Ilkay Gündogan (Nurnberg)
Boris Vukcevic (Hoffenheim)
Tony Jantschke (Monchengladbach)
Forwards
André Schürrle (Mainz)
Maximilian Beister (Duesseldorf) (loan from Hamburg)
Fabian Bäcker (Monchengladbach)
Richard Sukuta-Pasu (St. Pauli)
Pascal Testroet (Bremen)
1991
Goalkeepers
Björn Bussmann (1860 Munich)
Defenders
Stefan Bell (1860 Munich)
Manuel Gulde (Hoffenheim)
Lasse Sobiech (Dortmund)
Marc Hornschuh (Dortmund)
Midfielders
Patrick Hermann (Monchengladbach)
Felix Kroos (Bremen)
Fanol Perdedaj (Hertha Berlin)
Lennart Hartmann (Hertha Berlin)
Kevin Pannewitz (Rostock)
Forwards
Peniel Kokou Mlapa (Hoffenheim)
Marco Terrazzino (Hoffenheim)
Cenk Tosun (Frankfurt)
Marcos Alvarez (Frankfurt
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hertha Berlin)
1992
Goalkeepers
Marc-André ter Stegen (Monchengladbach
Bernd Leno (Stuttgart)
Defenders
Christopher Buchtmann (Cologne)
Lennard Sowah (Hamburg)
Bienvenue Basala-Manzana (Cologne)
Matthias Zimmermann (Karlsruhe)
Shkodran Mustafi (Everton)
Midfielders
Reinhold Yabo (Cologne)
Mario Götze (Dortmund)
Florian Trinks (Bremen)
Moritz Leitner (1860 Munich)
Alexander Merkel (AC Milan)
Forwards
Lennart Thy (Bremen)
Dennis Thomalla (Hoffenheim)
> 1993
Goalkeepers
Loris Karius (Man City) (1993)
Odisseas Vlachodimos (Stuttgart) (1994)
Defenders
Stephan Sama (Liverpool) (1993)
Danny Vieira da Costa (Leverkusen) (1993)
Nico Schulz (Hertha) (1993)
Midfielders
Ronny Minkwitz (Fulham)
Sonny Kittel (Frankfurt) (1993)
Levent Aycicek (Bremen) (1994)
Emre Can (Bayern) (1994)
Kevin Holzweiler (Moenchengladbach) (1994)
Rani Khedira (Stuttgart) (1994)
Serge Gnabry (Stuttgart) (1995) (2011/12 to Arsenal)
Forwards
Shawn Paker (Mainz) (1993)
Marvin DUksch (Dortmund) (1994)
Patrick Weihrauch (Bayern) (1994)
Mirco Born (Twente) (1994)
In my next Posts i will post young Talents from other countries, in the Bundesliga
1988
Goalkeepers
Tobias Sippel (Kaiserslautern)
Ralf Fährmann (Frankfurt)
Sven Ulreich (Stuttgart)
Thomas Kraft (Bayern)
Defenders
Mats Hummels (Dortmund)
Marcel Schmelzer (Dortmund)
Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke)
Jerome Boateng (Manchester City)
Stefano Celozzi (Stuttgart)
Daniel Schwaab (Leverkusen)
Stefano Celozzi (Stuttgart)
Felix Bastians (Freiburg)
Midfielders
Mesut Özil (Real Madrid)
Sidney Sam (Leverkusen)
Kevin Großkreutz (Dortmund)
Lukas Schmitz (Schalke 04)
Forwards
Nils Petersen (Cottbus)
Moses Lamidi (Oberhausen)
1989
Goalkeepers
Sebastian Mielitz (Bremen)
Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)
Defenders
Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
Dennis Diekmeier (Hamburg)
Ömer Toprak (Freiburg)
Christopher Schorch (Cologne)
Bastian Oczipka (St. Pauli)
Midfielders
Thomas Müller (Bayern)
Marko Marin (Bremen)
Philip Bargfrede (Bremen)
Lars Bender (Leverkusen)
Sven Bender (Leverkusen)
Stefan Reinartz (Leverkusen)
Marcel Risse (Mainz) (loan from Leverkusen)
Savio Nsereko (1860 Munich) (loan from Florentina)
Marco Reus (Monchengladbach)
Kevin Pezzoni (Cologne)
Timo Gebhardt (Stuttgart)
Deniz Naki (St. Pauli)
Forwards
Julian Schieber (Nurnberg)
Dani Schahin (Furth)
1990
Goalkeepers
Oliver Baumann (Freiburg
Kevin Trapp (Kaiserslautern)
Defenders
Konstantin Rausch (Hannover)
Jan Kirchhoff (Mainz)
Diego Contento (Bayern)
Sebastian Jung (Frankfurt)
Julian Koch (Duisburg) (loan from Dortmun
Midfielders
Toni Kroos (Bayern)
Lewis Holtby (Mainz)
Christoph Moritz (Schalke)
Taner Yalcin (Cologne)
Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim)
Patrick Funk (Stuttgart)
Daniel Didavi (Stuttgart)
Kevin Wolze (Wolfsburg)
Mehmet Ekici (Nurnberg) (loan from Bayern)
Ilkay Gündogan (Nurnberg)
Boris Vukcevic (Hoffenheim)
Tony Jantschke (Monchengladbach)
Forwards
André Schürrle (Mainz)
Maximilian Beister (Duesseldorf) (loan from Hamburg)
Fabian Bäcker (Monchengladbach)
Richard Sukuta-Pasu (St. Pauli)
Pascal Testroet (Bremen)
1991
Goalkeepers
Björn Bussmann (1860 Munich)
Defenders
Stefan Bell (1860 Munich)
Manuel Gulde (Hoffenheim)
Lasse Sobiech (Dortmund)
Marc Hornschuh (Dortmund)
Midfielders
Patrick Hermann (Monchengladbach)
Felix Kroos (Bremen)
Fanol Perdedaj (Hertha Berlin)
Lennart Hartmann (Hertha Berlin)
Kevin Pannewitz (Rostock)
Forwards
Peniel Kokou Mlapa (Hoffenheim)
Marco Terrazzino (Hoffenheim)
Cenk Tosun (Frankfurt)
Marcos Alvarez (Frankfurt
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hertha Berlin)
1992
Goalkeepers
Marc-André ter Stegen (Monchengladbach
Bernd Leno (Stuttgart)
Defenders
Christopher Buchtmann (Cologne)
Lennard Sowah (Hamburg)
Bienvenue Basala-Manzana (Cologne)
Matthias Zimmermann (Karlsruhe)
Shkodran Mustafi (Everton)
Midfielders
Reinhold Yabo (Cologne)
Mario Götze (Dortmund)
Florian Trinks (Bremen)
Moritz Leitner (1860 Munich)
Alexander Merkel (AC Milan)
Forwards
Lennart Thy (Bremen)
Dennis Thomalla (Hoffenheim)
> 1993
Goalkeepers
Loris Karius (Man City) (1993)
Odisseas Vlachodimos (Stuttgart) (1994)
Defenders
Stephan Sama (Liverpool) (1993)
Danny Vieira da Costa (Leverkusen) (1993)
Nico Schulz (Hertha) (1993)
Midfielders
Ronny Minkwitz (Fulham)
Sonny Kittel (Frankfurt) (1993)
Levent Aycicek (Bremen) (1994)
Emre Can (Bayern) (1994)
Kevin Holzweiler (Moenchengladbach) (1994)
Rani Khedira (Stuttgart) (1994)
Serge Gnabry (Stuttgart) (1995) (2011/12 to Arsenal)
Forwards
Shawn Paker (Mainz) (1993)
Marvin DUksch (Dortmund) (1994)
Patrick Weihrauch (Bayern) (1994)
Mirco Born (Twente) (1994)
In my next Posts i will post young Talents from other countries, in the Bundesliga
Last edited by Alan96 on Fri Sep 24, 2010 17:55, edited 2 times in total.
This is the list with young talents from other countries in Bundesliga Teams. Most of these players have A or youth national team matchs
Goalkeepers
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Defenders
Neven Subotic (Dortmund) (Serbia) (1988)
Jan Moravek (Kaiserslautern) (Czech Rep.) (1989)
Carlos Zambrano (St. Pauli) (Peru) (1989)
Breno (Bayern) (Brazil) (1989)
Simon Kjaer (Wolfsburg) (Denmark) (1989)
Joel Matip (Schalke) (Cameroon) (1991)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke) (Greece) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
Adam Straith (Cottbus) (Canada) (1990)
Jukka Raitala (Paderborn) (Finland) (1988) (loan from Hoffenheim)
Midfielders
Ivan Raktic (Schalke) (Croatia) (1988)
Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim) (Ghana) (1988)
Almog Cohen (Nurnberg) (Israel) (1988)
Mato Jajalo (Cologne) (Croatia) (1988) (Loan form Siena)
Renato Augusto (Leverkusen) (Brazil) (1988)
Tomas Rincon (Hamburg) (Venezuela) (1988)
Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund) (Poland) (1988)
Nuri Sahin (Dortmund) (Turkey) (1988)
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund) (Japan) (1989)
Atsuto Uchida (Schalke) (Japan) (1989)
Sergio Escudero (Schalke) (Spain) (1989)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim) (Iceland) (1989)
Adam Matuschyk (Cologne) (Poland) (1989)
Domagoj Vida (Leverkusen) (Croatia (1989)
Levan Kenia (Schalke) (Georgia) (1990)
Burak Kaplan (Leverkusen) (Turkey) (1990)
David Alaba (Bayern) (Austria) (1992)
Muhamed Besic (Hamburg) (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
Ibrahima Traore (Augsburg) (France) (1988)
Daniel Beichler (Hertha Berlin) (Austria) (1988)
FAbian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin) (Switzerland) (1988)
Jules Reimerink (Cottbus) (Netherlands (1989)
Eke Uzoma (1860 Munich) (Nigeria) (1989)
Tolgay-Ali Arslan (Aachen) (Turkey) (1990)
Aleksander Ignjovski (1860 Munich) (Serbia) (1991)
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok (Leverkusen) (Switzerland) (1988)
Mario Gavranovic(Schalke) (Switzerland) (1989)
Marko Arnautovic (Bremen) (Austria) (1989)
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (Hamburg) (Cameroon) (1989)
Damien Le Tallec (Dortmund) (France) (1990)
Onur Ayik (Bremen) (Turkey) (1990)
Tunay Torun (Hamburg) (Turkey) (1990)
José Pierre Vunguidica (Cologne) (Angola) (1990)
Nicolai Jörgensen (Leverkusen) (Denmark) (1991)
Heung-Min Son (Hamburg) (South Korea) (1992)
Nassim Ben Khalifa (Wolfsburg) (Switzerland) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
John Jairo Mosqueira (Union Berlin) (Columbia) (1988)
Sebastian Tyrala (Osnabruck) (Poland) (1988)
Alper Uludag ((Aachen) (Belgium) (1990)
Marko Futacs (Ingolstadt) (Hungary) (1990) (loan from Bremen)
Macaulay Chrisantus (Karlsruhe) (Nigeria) (1990)
Henrik Ojamaa (Aachen) (Estonia) (1991)
Danijel Aleksic (Furth) (Serbia) (1991) (loan from Genua)
Marco Djuricin (Hertha Berlin) (Austria) (1992)
Goalkeepers
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Defenders
Neven Subotic (Dortmund) (Serbia) (1988)
Jan Moravek (Kaiserslautern) (Czech Rep.) (1989)
Carlos Zambrano (St. Pauli) (Peru) (1989)
Breno (Bayern) (Brazil) (1989)
Simon Kjaer (Wolfsburg) (Denmark) (1989)
Joel Matip (Schalke) (Cameroon) (1991)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke) (Greece) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
Adam Straith (Cottbus) (Canada) (1990)
Jukka Raitala (Paderborn) (Finland) (1988) (loan from Hoffenheim)
Midfielders
Ivan Raktic (Schalke) (Croatia) (1988)
Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim) (Ghana) (1988)
Almog Cohen (Nurnberg) (Israel) (1988)
Mato Jajalo (Cologne) (Croatia) (1988) (Loan form Siena)
Renato Augusto (Leverkusen) (Brazil) (1988)
Tomas Rincon (Hamburg) (Venezuela) (1988)
Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund) (Poland) (1988)
Nuri Sahin (Dortmund) (Turkey) (1988)
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund) (Japan) (1989)
Atsuto Uchida (Schalke) (Japan) (1989)
Sergio Escudero (Schalke) (Spain) (1989)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim) (Iceland) (1989)
Adam Matuschyk (Cologne) (Poland) (1989)
Domagoj Vida (Leverkusen) (Croatia (1989)
Levan Kenia (Schalke) (Georgia) (1990)
Burak Kaplan (Leverkusen) (Turkey) (1990)
David Alaba (Bayern) (Austria) (1992)
Muhamed Besic (Hamburg) (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
Ibrahima Traore (Augsburg) (France) (1988)
Daniel Beichler (Hertha Berlin) (Austria) (1988)
FAbian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin) (Switzerland) (1988)
Jules Reimerink (Cottbus) (Netherlands (1989)
Eke Uzoma (1860 Munich) (Nigeria) (1989)
Tolgay-Ali Arslan (Aachen) (Turkey) (1990)
Aleksander Ignjovski (1860 Munich) (Serbia) (1991)
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok (Leverkusen) (Switzerland) (1988)
Mario Gavranovic(Schalke) (Switzerland) (1989)
Marko Arnautovic (Bremen) (Austria) (1989)
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (Hamburg) (Cameroon) (1989)
Damien Le Tallec (Dortmund) (France) (1990)
Onur Ayik (Bremen) (Turkey) (1990)
Tunay Torun (Hamburg) (Turkey) (1990)
José Pierre Vunguidica (Cologne) (Angola) (1990)
Nicolai Jörgensen (Leverkusen) (Denmark) (1991)
Heung-Min Son (Hamburg) (South Korea) (1992)
Nassim Ben Khalifa (Wolfsburg) (Switzerland) (1992)
2nd Bundesliga
John Jairo Mosqueira (Union Berlin) (Columbia) (1988)
Sebastian Tyrala (Osnabruck) (Poland) (1988)
Alper Uludag ((Aachen) (Belgium) (1990)
Marko Futacs (Ingolstadt) (Hungary) (1990) (loan from Bremen)
Macaulay Chrisantus (Karlsruhe) (Nigeria) (1990)
Henrik Ojamaa (Aachen) (Estonia) (1991)
Danijel Aleksic (Furth) (Serbia) (1991) (loan from Genua)
Marco Djuricin (Hertha Berlin) (Austria) (1992)
Lyonnais wrote:Young players in the Champions League
players born after the 30.06.1989
based on time spent
update after GS MD2
180 - Gareth Bale - defender, Tottenham, Wales
180 - Douglas Costa - midfielder, Shakhtar, Brazil
180 - Evgeni Makeev - defender, Spartak, Russia
180 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy - defender, Shakhtar, Ukraine
171 - Thomas Müller - dorward, Bayern, Germany
169 - Xherdan Shaqiri - midfielder, Basel, Switzerland
163 - Jack Wilshere - midfielder, Arsenal, England
159 - Lacina Traoré - forward, Cluj, Ivory Coast
150 - Nacer Chadli - forward, Twente, Belgium
145 - Toni Kroos - midfielder, Bayern, Germany
etc.
Previous winners
2010 - Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
Young players in the Champions League
players born after the 30.06.1989
based on time spent
update after GS MD2
180 - Gareth Bale - defender, Tottenham, Wales
180 - Douglas Costa - midfielder, Shakhtar, Brazil
180 - Evgeni Makeev - defender, Spartak, Russia
180 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy - defender, Shakhtar, Ukraine
171 - Thomas Müller - forward, Bayern, Germany
169 - Xherdan Shaqiri - midfielder, Basel, Switzerland
163 - Jack Wilshere - midfielder, Arsenal, England
159 - Lacina Traoré - forward, Cluj, Ivory Coast
150 - Nacer Chadli - forward, Twente, Belgium
145 - Toni Kroos - midfielder, Bayern, Germany
etc.
Previous winners
2010 - Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
players born after the 30.06.1989
based on time spent
update after GS MD2
180 - Gareth Bale - defender, Tottenham, Wales
180 - Douglas Costa - midfielder, Shakhtar, Brazil
180 - Evgeni Makeev - defender, Spartak, Russia
180 - Yaroslav Rakitskiy - defender, Shakhtar, Ukraine
171 - Thomas Müller - forward, Bayern, Germany
169 - Xherdan Shaqiri - midfielder, Basel, Switzerland
163 - Jack Wilshere - midfielder, Arsenal, England
159 - Lacina Traoré - forward, Cluj, Ivory Coast
150 - Nacer Chadli - forward, Twente, Belgium
145 - Toni Kroos - midfielder, Bayern, Germany
etc.
Previous winners
2010 - Holger Badstuber (Bayern)
2009 - Denilson (Arsenal)
2008 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2006 - Wayne Rooney (ManU)
2005 - Jefferson Farfan (PSV)
2004 - Michael Essien (Lyon)
2003 - Thiago Motta (Barcelona)
2002 - John-Arne Riise (Liverpool)
I actually looked up older squads and players statistics, so I can give you additional names to your "previous winners" list:
2001 - Alan Smith (Leeds United)
2000 - Gerard (Valencia)
2001 - Alan Smith (Leeds United)
2000 - Gerard (Valencia)
2001 - Alan Smith (Leeds United)
2000 - Gerard (Valencia)
1999 - Kakha Kaladze (Dinamo Kiev) (Raúl if he had been born 4 days later)
1998 - Raúl (Real Madrid)
1997 - Mario Melchiot (Ajax)
1996 - Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) (2nd place: Raúl)
1995 - Clarence Seedorf (Ajax)
1994 - Vladimir Beschastnikh (Spartak Moskva)
1993 - Magnus Johansson (IFK Göteborg) (Fabien Barthez (Marseille) if he had been born 3 days later)
(ECC 1992: maybe Guardiola (Barcelona), but no chance to confirm that)
2000 - Gerard (Valencia)
1999 - Kakha Kaladze (Dinamo Kiev) (Raúl if he had been born 4 days later)
1998 - Raúl (Real Madrid)
1997 - Mario Melchiot (Ajax)
1996 - Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) (2nd place: Raúl)
1995 - Clarence Seedorf (Ajax)
1994 - Vladimir Beschastnikh (Spartak Moskva)
1993 - Magnus Johansson (IFK Göteborg) (Fabien Barthez (Marseille) if he had been born 3 days later)
(ECC 1992: maybe Guardiola (Barcelona), but no chance to confirm that)