Stefano Okaka Chuka (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian football player, currently playing for A.S. Roma in Serie A. He is a prodigy and considered great for the future.

Okaka was born to Nigerian parents in Castiglione del Lago, Perugia. His family later obtained Italian citizenship.

Okaka entered in A.S. Roma youth team, winning the national title in 2005, scoring goals against Juventus F.C. in the semi-final, and Atalanta B.C. in the final. On 29 September 2005, he made his debut with the major team in UEFA Cup, playing against Aris FC, and becoming thus the youngest Italian footballer to debut in an international competition.

Stefano also scored his first official goal for Roma in an Italian Cup match against S.S.C. Napoli, on 8 December of the same year, with a powerful run from midfield and a precise shot to the left of the goalie. He has since then appeared a number of times for the senior squad and is poised to play more as Luciano Spalletti, Roma's coach, has often hinted at.

On September 17, 2006, Okaka scored his first Serie A goal, the last of three AS Roma goals in a 3-1 win over AC Siena.

Yoan Gouffran (born May 25, 1986 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a French footballer of Guadeloupean descent[1], currently playing for SM Caen. His position is striker. He has bags of pace and a is an excellent finisher with either his left or right foot.

Gouffran took part in the 2006 U-21 Championships in Portugal, where he made four appearances and scored one goal.

Paris Saint Germain hoped to sign the 20-year-old during the 2007 January transfer window, however they were unwilling match the euro3million (£2million) valuation. Reports suggested that Arsenal had signed Gouffran for £2 million on a four-year contract, staying at Caen for another season on loan, but Caen president Jean-François Fortin told L'Equipe that no contact had been made with any other clubs, and that he felt Gouffran should stay in Caen to further his development[2][3].

On May 20th, Gouffran was awarded French Ligue 2 Player of the Season after a successful season with SM Caen which see the club promoted to the Ligue 1 next season finishing third behind Metz and Strasbourg.[4]

Jô (João Alves de Assis Silva), born March 20, 1987 in São Paulo is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker, playing for CSKA Moscow. A skillful, strong and pacey striker who banged in 14 goals in his first 18 appearances for the russian club, Jô is a fan-favourite at CSKA and widely considered to be one of the best strikers of his generation. He received his first call-up to the Seleção this May to be in the squad to play against England later this year and made his international debut in friendly against Turkey, in June.

Juan Manuel Mata García (born 28 April 1988 in Burgos) is a Spanish football striker, who currently plays for Valencia. He was the hero of the European Under-19 Championship.

Mata started his football career at Oviedo, his father's main football career team. Mata quickly impressed everyone with his goals, good technique and versatile positioning.

Mata played for Oviedo for 3 years before joining Madrid at only 15 years old. Since Mata made his debut for Cadet A he was raising to stardom, graduating from one junior team to another, soon the Juvenil C and finally the Juvenil A. In his last campaign he scored 18 goals in the League, and 3 more in the Cup Winners Cup (final phase of the Juvenil teams), and another 3 in the Spanish Juvenil Cup.

Mata had a contractual clause at Real Madrid during his last season at the club, and he has agreed to sign for Valencia, and will play for Los Ches next season.[1]

Played in 32 games and scoring 18 goals for the Juvenil team. Scored the only goal in the Copa de Campeones final against Real Valladolid.

Mata is not only a great footballer but also a good student, managing to get good grades besides scoring great goals, and got in the "Universidad Politecnica de Madrid" (www.INEF.com) studying journalism. When he isn't on the pitch, Mata likes playing ping-pong in his free time, while on the pitch his dream is to break into the first team at the Bernabéu.

After he won the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship with the U-19 Spanish squad, he was promoted to Real Madrid Castilla (skipping Real Madrid C) from Juvenil A. 'Juanín' finished the championship second to his teammate Alberto Bueno (5 goals) as top goal scorer of the competition with 4 goals in 5 matches.

He was given the number 34 shirt in the Real Madrid first team and the number 28 in Castilla.

Mata is a player who is able to link attack and midfield effectively.

At 1.70 m in height and just over 61 kg, Mata is very mobile and light on his feet, and likes to switch positions or go out wide. He can put his team-mates through into great positions, and create chances for himself even against the toughest markers.

The resemblance in style of play to Real Madrid first team captain Raúl González is remarkable.

After winning the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship with the U-19, Mata is on to his next target. On February 1, Iñaki Sáez announced the squad list for the friendly against England, on that list were Roberto Soldado, José Manuel Jurado, Sergio Sánchez, Miguel Torres, Esteban Granero, Antonio Adán and Juan Mata, at just 18 years and 10 months.