FourFourTwo's list of the 100 best young players in the world in 2001 has re-emerged - and it makes for fascinating reading over two decades on.
Liverpool striker Anthony Le Tallec is positioned ninth - two places behind then team-mate and cousin Florent Sinama-Pongolle and three behind Ajax starlet Rafael van der Vaart. Arsenal wonderkid Jermaine Pennant was considered the fifth-best youngster in the world in 2001.
In fourth place is Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres, while Vitoria midfielder Leandro Bonfim was in third. Brazilian midfielder Bonfim signed for PSV in 2002, making 18 appearances before joining Porto three years later.River Plate midfielder Andres D'Alessandro - who once had a short-lived but successful loan spell at Portsmouth in 2006 - was in second place. The creative midfielder spent most of his career with Internacional in Brazil, and collected 25 caps for Argentina.The France striker scored 70 goals in 128 appearances for French side Auxerre, before earning a move to Liverpool in 2004.
Cisse scored goals regularly in three different countries, with successful spells at Marseille and Panathinaikos followed by a spell at QPR, where his six goals in eight games in 2011/12 kept the team in the Premier League. He retired in 2017 after a spell with Swiss side Yverdon-Sport, before briefly returning to the sport in 2021.98. Erdal Kilicaslan 95. Kaka 90. Aldo Jara 87. Ramon Calliste 82. Dimitar Berbatov 78. Michael Essien 75. Mauro Rosales
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