Having broken into the Ajax first-team once more in late 2011, Turkish-born attacking midfielder Aras Ozbiliz is quickly establishing himself as one to watch in years to come. The youngster capped his recent rise to [...]
Giant-killers Basel continued their impressive season with a 1-0 home victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League last-32, thanks to a goal from recently returned from injury Valentin Stocker. Left-midfield Stocker, 22, who [...]
Manchester United target Angelo Henriquez marked his Copa Libertadores debut on Thursday with a goal within five minutes of coming off the bench. Last season’s Copa Sudamericana champions Universidad de Chile ran riot at home [...]
Exams have confirmed that São Paulo defensive midfielder Wellington has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament rupture to his left knee during training. The player will undergo surgery in the next few days and is expected [...]
Who Name: Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa Date of Birth: May 15, 1989 Nationality: French/Central African Position: Central-defender/Right-back Club: Montpellier Hérault Making his name Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa may be a name unfamiliar to the majority of football fans outside [...]
With the Corinthians first-team in action on Thursday night, the Timão are set to hand first-team debuts to two members of their Copa São Paulo winning youth-team, in the form of midfielder Gomes and defensive [...]
Japanese flyer Ryo Miyaichi has appeared a few times in this column in recent weeks and continued his fine start to his Bolton career with an FA Cup goal against Millwall this afternoon. Miyaichi, 19, [...]
In the absence of many of Santos’ first-team stars, the Peixe have been able to give some of their younger players a chance to shine and amongst those to take their opportunity has been the [...]
Twenty-one year old forward Emmanuel Mayuka arrived at the Africa Cup of Nations a relative unknown, but will leave with a winners medal, a top-scorer award and a host of clubs on his trail. One [...]
Manchester United have included several emerging talents in their 38-man squad for the Europa League, as Sir Alex Ferguson hopes to give youth the chance to shine once more. Already in recent weeks, Red Devils’ [...]
