Football players

Personal information
Date of birth	15 October 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder

Mesut Özil (born 15 October 1988) is a German footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award, which is awarded to the tournament's best player. 

Thomas William "Tom" Cleverley (born 12 August 1989) is an English footballer who plays mainly as a central midfielder for Manchester United and England.

After starting his career in the youth setup at Bradford City, Cleverley joined Manchester United at the age of 12. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Manchester United's reserve team, and occasionally in first team friendly matches. 

Asier Illarramendi Andonegi (born 8 March 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a defensive midfielder.

A product of local Real Sociedad's youth system, Illarramendi was born in Mutriku, Gipuzkoa, and he spent the vast majority of his first four senior seasons with the B-team, contributing with 27 games and two goals in 2009–10 as the Basque returned to Segunda División B after one year out. On 19 June 2010, in the last day of the Segunda División campaign, as the first team had already sealed its promotion to La Liga as champions, he made his first official appearance, in a 1–4 away loss against Elche CF.

Raheem Shaquille Sterling (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the English national team mainly as a winger. He began his youth career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010. 

He represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level before being capped at full level by the national side for the first time in November 2012. 

Tin Jedvaj (born 28 November 1995) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for A.S. Roma. Jedvaj started his professional career in 2013 with Dinamo Zagreb, coming on through Dinamo Zagreb's youth academy. He made his debut in match against NK Osijek, playing on center-back position alongside Josip Šimunić. He scored his debut goal against Cibalia. 

During his first professional season with the club he won the Croatian Prva HNL trophy. In the beginning of the new season he won another trophy with the club, when Dinamo Zagreb defeated Hajduk Split in the Croatian Supercup. During his time with the club, Jedvaj made total of 14 official appearances for Dinamo.

Personal information
Date of birth	27 January 1993 (age 20)
Place of birth	Massy, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker

Yaya Sanogo (born 27 January 1993 in Massy) is a French footballer who plays for English assosiation football club Arsenal in the English Premier League. He is a French youth international having represented his country at under-16, under-17, and under-19 level. Sanogo formerly served as captain of the under-17 team. He plays as a striker. Sanogo was born in the commune of Massy in Essonne to parents of Ivorian and Malian descent and began his career at age seven playing for CMS Pantin, a multi-sports club based in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. 

After two years in Pantin, he departed the club for CS Municipal d'Eaubonne, another sports club, this time based in Eaubonne. Sanogo spent only a year at the club and, the following year, joined Montrouge CF 92, a local club in the southern suburbs and the same club that had the honor of training young starlets Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. After failing to earn selection into the prestigious Clairefontaine academy, Sanogo joined another local Parisian club CO Les Ulis, the same club that produced France national team's all-time leading goalscorer Thierry Henry. He spent only a year at the club before being signed up on an aspirant (youth) contract with first division club Auxerre at age 13. 

Sanogo quickly established himself in the club's youth system scoring 25 goals in 14 matches and also providing 17 assists in the 2006–07 edition of the Championnat Federal des 14 ans. While playing with the under-16 team, the following season, in the Championnat National des 16 ans, Sanogo averaged a goal a game. Alongside his positive displays domestically, Sanogo's prolific scoring on the international stage led to him being declared Auxerre's best overall prospect. He drew the interest of Premier League clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur before signing his first professional contract for three years on 27 October 2009.

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Personal information
Full name	Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento
Date of birth	11 April 1991 (age 22)
Place of birth	San Pietro Vernotico, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder

Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento (born 11 April 1991), known simply as Thiago, is professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Barcelona. Thiago was born in San Pietro Vernotico, Italy and grew up in Spain. His father is former Brazilian World Cup winner Mazinho. 

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Full name	Nemanja Matić
Date of birth	1 August 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Sremska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Midfielder

Nemanja Matić, born 1 August 1988, is a Serbian footballer who plays for Benfica in Primeira Liga, as a midfielder. He also plays for the Serbian national team. On 18 August 2009, Matić signed for Chelsea from Košice for a fee of around £1.5 million in a four-year contract. 

He was given the number 24 shirt by Chelsea but wasn't able to make his debut immediately due to the injury he picked up at the 2009 under-21 championships. He was on the bench for Chelsea's League Cup match against Queens Park Rangers on 23 September 2009, but did not take any part in the 1–0 victory. 

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Full name	Kevin De Bruyne
Date of birth	28 June 1991 (age 21)
Place of birth	Drongen, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder

Kevin De Bruyne (born 28 June 1991) is a Belgian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea. Born in Drongen, De Bruyne began his career with hometown club KVV Drongen in 1999. Two years later, he joined Gent and on 2005 moved to Genk. De Bruyne continued his development in their youth set-up and was rewarded for his progress by being promoted to the first team squad in 2008. He made his first team debut for Genk in a 3–0 defeat at Charleroi on 9 May 2009. 

Mateo Kovačić (born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A team Internazionale and the Croatian national team.

He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker or regista for Inter Milan, but he is considered to be a versatile midfielder, having played in different positions and can adapt to playing either wide on the left or as a trequartista if required. 

Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, born 9 September 1991, known as Oscar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Brazil national team.

Oscar began his career at São Paulo FC, where he won the Brazilian Serie A in 2008. In 2009, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. After a series of controversies he left for Internacional, where he spent the next three years of his career. His displays for club and country led to him signing for Premier League club Chelsea in 2012.

Mattia De Sciglio is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. A native of Milan, Mattia De Sciglio started playing football as a child at the Santa Chiara e San Francesco parish recreation centre in the nearby municipality of Rozzano, before moving to local amateur team Cimiano in 2001. The following year, aged ten, he joined A.C. Milan's youth system, where he would spend nine seasons. In 2010, he was a member of the under-20 squad who won the Coppa Italia Primavera, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition.

Mattia De Sciglio won a total of eight caps for Italy under-19 between 2010 and 2011, including two appearances and one goal in the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifying round.He went on to be called-up by Italy under-20, winning five caps between 2011 and 2012.