Throughout history, there has always been young and gifted young players with a specific skillset that makes them look as if they are destined to leave a mark. A lot of this promising players are left behind as years go by, some of them get blinded by money, to some of them fame gets the best of them, other can´t just focus on their career or maybe the world of football is too big for them.

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Many young players went from promising to diappointing in a matter of months... sad stories where a kid got lost due to lack of discipline or a weak mind. Some renowned people in the football world have a saying: Football is about 10% talent and 90% hardwork and effort.

As it happens every 4 years, there´s a lot of young talented players that will make their debut in Russia. Most of this players will have the chance this summer to show themselves in a world class apparel and it will be completely up to them to decide what they want for their future.

Some of these players are already a reference on big European teams meanwhile some others are starting to have a serious role on their team, becoming an essential part on the collective play of their team, which is why we analyzed the 32 national teams and came up with this list: The top 12 promising young players.

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12- KELECHI IHEANACHO (Nigeria)

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Emerged from the Manchester City´s inferior divisons, Kelechi left the team that saw him grow up searching for more game time and ended up side by side with Jamie Vardy in Leicester city with one mission: complementing the forward star and in the future, become the attacking reference of the team. Iheanacho has already scored 3 goals with his national team and he has struggled a bit to adapt to Nigeria´s playing style, but being only 21 years old he is definitely on e of the long term bets both for Leicester and the Nigerian national team.

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11- RODRIGO BENTANCUR (Uruguay)

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With only 20 years and a height of 1.90m, this talented midfielder is already shaping up as Juventus FC´s next commander in chief, meanwhile in the Uruguayian national team day after day he is having more game time, proving to be a key player for his team.

He made his debut with Boca Juniors (Argentina) and from there he traveled all the way to Italy. It´s worth noting that he was part of the Uruguayian national team that won the under-20 South American cupa last year.

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10- BREEL EMBOLO (Switzerland)

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Breel made his debut scoring 32 goals in 3 seasons playing for Basel FC, this great performance lead him to be hired by Schalke 04 (Germany). Despite Embolo not being an indisputable starter for this team, he has contributed a lot to the attack and he is already considered a valuable piece for the team.

With only 21 years of age Breel has played more than 10 games with his national team and has scored twice already and he started in all the preparation games towards the world cup.

His speed , strength and height are the main qualities of this physical player.

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9- JULIAN BRANDT (Germany)

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A player that´s been a starter for Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) since he is 19 years old, already a Confederations Cup champion with the German national team, but also a controversial player that with only 22 years of age, he was summoned to be part of the national team instead of his friend and also promising player Leroy Sane, a key player for Manchester city when they won the FA Cup and the Premier league. Some people say that Leroy should´ve been the one summoned instead of Brandt, but the one with the final call is Joachim Low.

Julian is a distrupting player that owns the field sides and can also score, he became a starter for Leverkusen at a very young age and nowadays he is an indisputable key player but, in the German National team he won´t be a starter and will have to contribute as much as he can when he enters the field.

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8- DELLE ALLI (England)

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Delle is a starter for both Tottenham and the English national team. This 22 year old player became famous for having a rough childhood and depite that, based on effort and talent managed to jump from the 3rd division directly to be a Premier League Hotspur, a team where he´s found his best level and steadiness. Alli is one of the most important promising players and a lot of people have faith that he´ll play a key role if England is to go far on this world cup.

If this young man manages to overcome the injuries that has kept him out of the field, we are certain he will become an elite player. He stands out for his marvelous ball kicking and impecable field/play vision, combined with a good game management, all of this at his young age.

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7- GIOVANI LO CELSO (Argentina)

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Up until a few months ago, this 22 year old argentinian who debuted with Rosario Central was a complete stranger for the world of footbal. That was until he started to win a starter position in the midfield of Paris Saint Germain by giving outstanding performances every time he entered the field. He became a key player for PSG to win the Coup de France and La Ligue 1.

He will be a starter for Argentina on this world cup due to several injuries among midfield starter players. It´s expected that Argentina´s performance will depend a lot on what Messi brings to the table, but Messi will also rely on his midfielders to give equilibrium and help him out creating opportunites, this is where Giovani comes into play.

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