michael umana won the best young player in fifa 2014 world cup.
michael umana won the best young player in fifa 2014 world cup.
who won the best young player in fifa 2014 world cup?
michael umana
on leading france to the 2014 world cup, didier deschamps extended his contract till euro 2016. france were drawn in group e of the 2014 world cup along with switzerland, ecuador and honduras. although expectations were not very high for france, they were expected to make at least the round of 16. france suffered a huge setback just before the world cup as star midfielder franck ribéry would miss the tournament through injury. france started the world cup with a 3–0 win against honduras in which talismanic striker karim benzema bagged a brace. this was followed with a 5–2 thrashing of switzerland and a goalless draw against ecuador, which was enough for france to win the group and qualify for the knockout stages. france's round of 16 opponents were nigeria. france won 2–0 and would set up a quarter-final clash against germany. france were beaten by germany in the quarter-finals courtesy of an early goal by mats hummels. paul pogba was awarded the best young player award during the tournament.
history of the france national football team
fifa organised a survey on the internet for users to choose the "best young player" of the world cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. with 61% of the overall vote, the winner was pelé, who finished ahead of the peruvian teófilo cubillas, the best young player at mexico 1970, and england's michael owen, who reached similar heights at france 98.









































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