The FIFA Under-20 World Cup is bill boarded as the place to see the stars of tomorrow and last Friday we looked at where 11 of the players who competed in 2007 are now. This week we complete the piece with players 12-22.

Alexandre Pato signed for Milan in September 2007 but was unable to make his debut until January of 2008. With Kaka being sold to Real Madrid this past summer the young Brazilian seems to be the heir apparent. He has speed and a great shot and only a certain amount of youthful inconsistency is holding him back.  

By the time the 2007 tournament was held in Canada Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani was already in Italy. Signed by Palermo in January 2007 Cavani quickly settled in Serie A and has become a regular starter for the club. He has also gone onto to play for the full Uruguay side and is closing in on double figure appearances.

Hugo Arismendi is now with Stoke City of the Premier League after completing a $5M move from Club Nacional just as the recent transfer window was closing. The defensive midfield player has already appeared for Uruguay at the full international level.

How Luis Suarez is still with Ajax is one of soccer’s mysteries. Another player who started off at Nacional, Suarez was spotted and signed by Dutch side Groningen after only one season in professional football.

Groningen’s investment of around $1.2M was repaid in spades in a year when Ajax paid close to nine times as much to sign the youngster who scored 10 goals in his debut season in European football.

Since his arrival he has scored at a clip of close to two goals every three games.  His only drawback seems to be a red mist that descends on the Uruguayan on a regular basis. At 22 he is captain of Ajax. 

US midfielder Michael Bradley left the Metro Stars as an 18-year-old when he was transferred to Heerenveen of the Eredivisie. By the time the 2007 competition rolled around Bradley had gained his first full international cap.

In 2008 Bradley moved again, this time to Borussia Mönchengladbach of the Bundesliga where he quickly nailed down a regular starting spot. Bradley is also a regular starter for the USA.

After winning the Adidas Silver Ball at the FIFA Under-15 World Cup in 2005 and having achieved a regular spot in the Barcelona squad Giovani Dos Santos arrived at the 2007 Under-20 World Cup marked as one of the players to watch.

Dos Santos and Mexico were eventually knocked out in the last eight by the eventual winners Argentina and the Barcelona player was awarded the Bronze Ball. However, the award was probably more down to reputation than performance and the last two years have seen his cache slip considerably.

Dos Santos was sold to Spurs in 2008 but despite great expectations the Mexican has struggled to settle in English football.  He has, however, regained much of his spark at the international level. He was voted the best player at the 2009 Gold Cup and he has also played a leading role in resurrecting Mexico’s bid to make next season’s World Cup Finals.

Costa Rica’s Celso Borges has flown under the radar so far but over the next few seasons he could well step up and play in one of Europe’s major leagues. He only recently finalized a move to Fredrikstad of the Norwegian league from Deportivo Saprissa at a bargain price. Nonetheless he has settled quickly and has already made his mark as an attacking midfield player.  

Gerard Pique left Barcelona to sign for Manchester United as a 17-year-old in 2004. He was loaned out to Real Zaragoza in the season before the 2007 World Cup and arrived at the tournament with a fair amount of Liga experience.

However, the centre back was deemed surplus to requirements at Old Trafford and Barcelona quickly moved to resign him in 2008. His first season at Barca was marked by winning the domestic double and the Champions League as well as cementing a position with the full national team.

Esteban Granero failed to make much of a mark when Canada hosted in 2007 but it looks as if he has a very bright future. Real Madrid spent hundreds of millions of dollars on bringing some of the biggest names in the game to the Bernabeu this past summer but they also exercised a buy back option that allowed them to buy Granero back from Getafe. Kaka and Ronaldo will garner the headlines but Granero is one to watch.

The Portuguese keeper from 2007 Rui Patrício has already established himself as the starter at Sporting and has been called up to the full international squad but has yet to start. 

Erwin Hoffer initially gained attention in 2007 because he had shaved the name “Jimmy” into his hair after an Austrian coach had given him the nickname. However, it was to be his goal scoring exploits that left the more permanent memory.

Hoffer scored three goals (even though his participation was limited due to injury) and helped Austria to a surprising fourth place finish. Since then Hoffer has become a full international and played at Euro 2008 co-hosted by Austria. At the club level Hoffer scored around a goal every second game while at Rapid Vienna and this past summer he signed for Napoli of Serie A.

In Canada the CBC will be carrying games from the quarter finals on.