Thibaut Courtois (Belgian football player)

Joining Atletico Madrid last season, the 20-year-old goalkeeper played very successfully.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Etienne Capoue (France)

The Toulouse defensive midfielder was called up to the French national team and debuted in a friendly match against Uruguay in the middle of last month and showed that he could completely help `Les Bleus` forget about their out-of-form pillar Yann M’Vila.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Leroy Fer (Netherlands)

This versatile midfielder was called up to the national team in 2010 in a friendly match against Ukraine.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Lorenzo Insigne (Italy)

The first two rounds of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers saw the 21-year-old attacking midfielder join the `Blue Army` for the first time.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (Italy)

Known for his impressive performance at Espanyol and Roma in the past two years, the 2014 World Cup qualifiers are likely to be the place for this talent with dual Italian and Argentine nationality to vent the most intensely.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Javi Martinez (Spain)

At the age of 23, Martinez has won two Euro 2012 and World Cup 2010 championships with Spain, but in both of those successful campaigns, he played very little.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Marco Reus (Germany)

Impressive advancement in the past year or so at Moenchengladbach and then Dortmund has helped Reus win great sympathy from coach Joachim Loew.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Axel Witsel (Belgium)

Just one year after moving to Benfica, Witsel’s talent (black shirt number 6) was widely recognized, paving the way for a 40 million euro transfer to Zenit a few days ago.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)

Last season, at the age of 19, Xhaka was the mainstay of Basel, causing a stir when he indirectly caused MU to stop in the Champions League right from the group stage.

10 new promising stars in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine)

Yarmolenko (yellow shirt) is a disappointing point in the Ukrainian team at Euro 2012. This wing player makes a strong impression with his acceleration like an arrow and his shots like a hammer.

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