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unusual facts about Spain national under-17 football team



Ahmad Al Salih

He played against Argentina, Spain and Honduras in the group-stage of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Altin Lala

He travelled to Germany at the age of 15 with the Albanian U-16 side in 1991, where they were staying at their training camp near the Port of Hamburg.

Ashley Sammons

As a 15-year-old, Sammons played three matches for the England under-17 team in the 2007 Nordic Tournament, against their Icelandic, Finnish and Swedish counterparts.

Benjamin Siegrist

He was chosen as a backup goalkeeper for Switzerland's U21 squad at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but remained an unused substitute throughout the tournament as Switzerland lost 2–0 in the final to Spain.

Birkenhead United

They also saw Elijah Neblett get selected for the New Zealand U-17 national team and Bill Tuiloma signed with Olympique de Marseille.

Brett Studman

He represented Australia at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.

Cao Xiandong

Cao Xiandong was considered a talented midfielder and was soon called up to the Chinese under-17 team that took part in the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship where China were knocked out in the quarter-finals to West Germany in a 4-2 defeat.

CD Mirandés

Additionally, it also held other sporting events, most notably the under-21 match between Spain and Poland in 2006 (0–1).

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Spain, Switzerland and Belarus qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Gerson Acevedo

He has represented the Chilean national team at the Under-17 and Under-20 levels.

Glen Riddersholm

In 2006 he replaced Hans Brun Larsen as the manager of the Danish national under-17 football team.

Iñigo Martínez

In the following year, he was picked by manager Luis Milla for his squad that appeared in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London: in the first game against Japan, he was sent off late into the first half for bringing down Kensuke Nagai thus denying a clear goalscoring opportunity, in an eventual 0–1 loss.

Jordon Mutch

He made his debut for the England under-17 team in July 2007, aged only fifteen-and-a-half, against their Icelandic counterparts.

Jordy Croux

He played again two days later in a 2–1 loss against the England U-17 squad.

Juan Ramón López Caro

In June 2010, he finished his contract with Spain Under-21 and he decided not to continue anymore and to sign a contract with the Romanian Liga 1 club FC Vaslui.

Kim Sam-Rak

He was manager of South Korea national under-16 football team at South 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship and South Korea national under-23 football team at 1992 Summer Olympics

Latvia national under-17 football team

The following players have been called up for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship matches against Northern Ireland, Turkey and Luxembourg in Belfast and Dungannon in November 2013.

Lauren Bruton

Bruton scored on her debut cap for the England Under-17s side, against Greece.

Max Clayton

On 25 June 2011, he scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory over Uruguay in Torreón.

Mexico national under-17 football team

Germany had advantage during the first minutes of the second time, but Mexico came back to equalize the score after Jonathan Espericueta scored a second goal from a corner kick, where Julio Gómez was injured and left the field.

Mika Stadium

It was completed in 2008 and hosted the first ever match on 22 May of the same year between the U-19 national teams of Spain and Ukraine.

Mohamad Zbida

He plays against Argentina, Spain and Honduras in the group-stage of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 and against England in the Round of 16.

Netherlands national under-17 football team

:* Second Place: 2005 , 2009

Nick Carle

Carle began his international career playing for Australia at under-17 level before representing Australia at the under-20s 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

North Korea national under-17 football team

The team's first match was a 1–1 draw to Syria on 24 October 2010 with Ri Kwang-Il scoring the goal for North Korea.

Paulo Dybala

It was called by Argentina Under-17 to participate in the XVI Pan American Games, but in the end did not take part in the competition.

Raúl Bravo

With the under-17s he played in the Nymburk International Tournament, scoring two goals in three matches.

Raúl Ruiz Matarín

On 10 February 2009, also from the bench and in a friendly (he took the place of Fran Mérida at half-time), Raúl scored the third and final goal for the U19s in a 3–0 win over England, in Bournemouth.

Ricardo Janota

While a youngster with Benfica, he represented his country at under-16 level, and was first-choice goalkeeper at the European under-17 championship finals, at which Portugal's under-17s beat England 3–2 on penalties to win the third-place play-off; Janota saved the decisive penalty.

Scotland women's national under-17 football team

The Scotland women's national under-17 football team, also known as Scotland under-17s or Scotland U17(s), represents Scotland in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland.

Sebastian Lletget

Lletget has played for the United States at under 17, under 20 and under 23 levels.

Sergio Araujo

During April–May 2009, Araujo represented Argentina at the South American U-17 Championship, where he scored three goals in five appearances.

Stefan Marinković

Already a member of the Switzerland U-17 national team at age 16, Ajax won the young player over ahead of Juventus, Sampdoria, Brescia, Nancy and Valenciennes, all who were in running for the young defender.

Switzerland national under-17 football team

The biggest success was the win of the World Cup in 2009 in Nigeria.

Theo Wharton

Wharton was first selected for the Wales Under-17 squad for 2011 Euro qualifiers where he start 2 games against Belgium and Denmark.

Vincent van den Berg

Van den Berg has played for the Netherlands U17 team, and was a member of the side that reached third place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005.


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