Valencia Leads Best Young Player Vote

June 19th, 2006 | by: Trent |

Ecuador midfielder Luis Valencia currently leads FIFA’s best young player poll. At least on the Spanish-language World Cup site. What I find most impressive is the other names near his on the list are superstar names that litter Champions League rosters, like Messi, Ronaldo, Park, Podolski, Rooney and the like. And those players have had less responsibility than has Valencia.

Some of them have only played a few minutes, so I’m sure they may overtake the 20-year-old Valencia as the tournament wears on. But kudos to Valencia for his great play this far.

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Comments

By Jose Miguel | June 19th, 2006 at 11:45 pm

Go on and vote!!!

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By asiarules | June 19th, 2006 at 11:56 pm

Sadly, that Park on the poll isn’t Park Ji Sung (Manchester United), but Park Chu Young (FC Seoul). Park Chu Young hasn’t even seen the pitch yet (Dick Advocaat has opted for Ahn and Seol instead) but perhaps people are voting for him out of confusion?

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By Trent | June 20th, 2006 at 12:06 am

asiarules – thanks for the correction.

By Orlando Pasto | June 20th, 2006 at 12:52 am

yes i was goin to write a comment about valencia as the best young player. everyone vote for him after all he’s a doing a great job as a midfield

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