The Hot 100: The 100 Young Footballers to Watch for in 2012

100 young players who will hit the highs in 2012.

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Serie A

Steven Jovetic (Fiorentina)

Adem Llajic (Fiorentina)

Gaston Ramirez (Bologna)

Bojan Krkic (Roma)

Abel Hernandez (Palermo)

Gabriel Torje (Udinese)

Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan)

Erik Lamela (Roma)

Fabio Borini (Parma on loan to Roma)

Luc Castaignos (Inter Milan)

Josip Ilicic (Palermo)

Miralem Pjanic (Roma)

Bundesliga

Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund)

Marco Reus (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)

Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

Gokhan Tore (Hamburg)

David Alaba (Bayern Munich)

Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)

Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim)

Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)

Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)

Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)

Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund)

Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund)

Lewis Holtby (Schalke)

Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)

André Schurrle (Bayer Leverkusen)

Julian Draxler (Schalke)

La Liga

Thiago Alcantara (Barcelona)

Isaac Cuenca (Barcelona)

Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)

Jose Callejon (Real Madrid)

Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao)

Sergio Canales (Valencia on loan from Real Madrid)

Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao)

Inigo Martinez (Real Sociedad)

Marc Bartra (Barcelona)

Martin Montoya (Barcelona)

Jordi Alba (Valencia)

Álvaro Domínguez (Atletico Madrid)

Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)

Ligue 1

Eden Hazard (Lille)

Mamadou Sakho (PSG)

Etienne Capoue (Toulouse)

Yann M’Vila (Rennes)

Franck Tabanou (Toulouse)

Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse)

Andre Ayew (Marseille)

Ryad Boudebouz (Sochaux)

Eredivisie

Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar)

Luuk De Jong (FC Twente)

Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax)

Ola John (FC Twente)

Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV Eindhoven)

Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven)

Vurnon Anita (Ajax)

Other Europe

Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscow)

Kevin De Bruyne, Genk

Douglas Costa (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Alan Dzagoev (Spartak Moscow)

Dudu (Dynamo Kiev)

Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)

Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel)

Grant Xhaka (Basel)

Sercan Yildirim (Galatasaray)

South America

Leandro Damiao (Internacional)

Ganso (Santos)

Manuel Lanzini (Fluminense on loan from River Plate)

Neymar (Santos)

Eduardo Vargas (Universidad de Chile)

Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo)

Adryan (Flamengo)

England

Wilifried Zaha (Crystal Palace)

Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield)

Danny Welbeck (Man United)

Tom Cleverley (Man United)

Jack Rodwell (Everton)

Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)

Seamus Coleman (Everton)

Javier Hernandez (Man United)

Martin Kelly (Liverpool)

Comfortable at the back and good going forward, a player with a bright future. Has been quality when he’s been fit.

Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

Jack Wilshere

Chris Smalling (Man United)

Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal)

Gareth Bale (Tottenham)

Mario Balotelli (Man City)

Daniel Sturridge Chelsea)

Phil Jones (Man United)

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)

Oriol Romeu (Chelsea)

John Guidetti (Man City)

Tim Krul (Newcastle United)

Joel Campbell (Arsenal)

Ross Barkley (Everton)

Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)

Ryo Miyaichi (Arsenal)

David De Gea (Manchester United)