Where are England's U17 World Cup winners now?

England's Under-17 World Cup campaign gets under way on Tuesday eight years after a 'golden generation' of young stars wrote their names in the history books.

Steve Cooper's Young Lions won the competition with a side littered with prospects who have gone on to have successful careers and earn a wealth of senior caps.

England were 5-2 winners over Spain in the final in India, with goalscorers Phil Foden, Morgan Gibbs-White, Marc Guehi and Rhian Brewster all going on to play Premier League football.

The Young Lions also beat Brazil, United States and Japan in the knockouts as they delivered England's first Under-17 World Cup trophy.

But where are those players now?

TJ Eyoma

Club then: Tottenham Hotspur

Club now: Lommel

The defender made one sole first-team appearance for Tottenham before leaving for Lincoln City in 2021, having spent the previous season on loan. After 148 games for the Imps and a year at Northampton Town, Eyoma joined Belgian side Lommel earlier this year.

Lewis Gibson

Club then: Everton

Club now: Preston North End

Following loan spells with Fleetwood Town, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol Rovers, Gibson joined Plymouth Argyle in 2023 having not made a senior appearance for Everton. Gibson swapped Plymouth for Championship side Preston North End earlier this year.

Conor Gallagher

Club then: Chelsea

Club now: Atletico Madrid

Gallagher made 95 Chelsea appearances and a further 118 on loan with Charlton Athletic, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace prior to joining Atletico Madrid in 2024. He won the Europa League with Chelsea and is also a Euro 2024 runner-up with 21 senior England caps.

Angel Gomes

Club then: Manchester United

Club now: Marseille

Gomes, a key player for England in their World Cup win, made 10 senior appearances for Manchester United before joining Lille in 2020. The midfielder remains in France, having joined Marseille in the summer and won four senior caps last year under interim England boss Lee Carsley.

Nya Kirby

Club then: Crystal Palace

Club now: Croydon Athletic

Following one first-team appearance for Palace and two loan spells at Blackpool and Tranmere Rovers, Kirby has been in non-league since 2023. He started his lower league career at Oxford City before joining Croydon Athletic last year. He also plays in Baller League for SDS FC.

Josef Bursik

Club then: Stoke City

Club now: Portsmouth

The goalkeeper made 53 senior appearances for Stoke as well as completing six loan stints prior to joining Club Brugge in 2023. After a loan spell at Hibernian last year, Bursik returned to England this year to join Championship side Portsmouth.

Danny Namaso

Club then: Reading

Club now: Auxerre

Formerly known as Danny Loader, the striker made 35 Reading appearances prior to swapping Berkshire for Portugal in 2020 to join Porto. Namaso has played over 100 matches for Porto's first-team. The striker, who is currently on loan in France with Auxerre, switched nationalities to Cameroon and has won his first five caps this year.

Emile Smith Rowe

Club then: Arsenal

Club now: Fulham

The midfielder played 115 times for Arsenal's first-team and won three England caps prior to joining Fulham last year for an initial £27m fee. Smith Rowe has 124 Premier League appearances to his name and 19 top-flight goals.

Billy Crellin

Club then: Fleetwood Town

Club now: Glentoran

The goalkeeper made 13 appearances for Fleetwood, as well as loans at FC United of Manchester, Chorley and Bolton Wanderers, before joining Everton in 2022. Crellin left Everton earlier this year without making a first-team appearance following a spell on loan with Accrington Stanley and joined Northern Irish side Glentoran last week.

Jadon Sancho

Club then: Borussia Dortmund

Club now: Aston Villa

The winger missed the Under-17 World Cup final after being recalled by Dortmund, where he won the DFB Pokal prior to joining Manchester United in 2021. Sancho has since left for loans with Dortmund, Chelsea and Aston Villa, the latter of which he is currently at. He has 23 England caps but has not played for his country since 2021.

Steve Cooper (head coach)

Team then: England Under-17

Team now: Brondby

Cooper remained in the job until 2019 when he joined Swansea City as their first-team manager. He remained in south Wales until 2021 before joining Nottingham Forest a few months later, where he took them up to the Premier League. Cooper was sacked in December 2023 with the club 17th in table and then spent a short spell at Leicester City last year. Now managing Danish side Brondby.

Of the 21 players in that squad, eight have won senior caps; including Guehi, Foden, Gibbs-White, Gomes, Sancho, Hudson-Odoi, Smith Rowe and Gallagher - earning 131 caps combined.

Manchester City playmaker Foden has the most caps with 45 and was in England's squads at the 2020 and 2024 European Championships as well as the 2022 World Cup.

Atletico Madrid midfielder Gallagher also featured for the Three Lions at their last two major tournaments - earning 21 caps to date.

Aston Villa winger Sancho has 23 caps and was part of England's squad at the 2020 Euros, missing a penalty in the shootout defeat to Italy.

Crystal Palace captain Guehi played an integral role in the Three Lions' run to the final of the Euros last year and currently has 26 caps.

Gomes is the latest member of that squad to earn international stripes after being called-up by interim manager Lee Carsley following England's 2023 Under-21 European Championship triumph.

Coventry defender Latibeaudiere and Auxerre striker Namaso have since gone on to win senior caps for Jamaica and Cameroon respectively.

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