The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/
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World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the
FIFA World Youth Championship
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. It was held in
Qatar
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from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament took place in three venues within the city of
Doha
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. The tournament was originally going to be held in
Nigeria
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. Due to a meningitis outbreak, however, Nigeria withdrew from hosting duties and FIFA relocated the event to Qatar.
Qualification
:1.Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of the squads see
Group stages
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout Stages
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Final
Result
Awards
Goalscorers
Joseba Etxeberria of Spain won the
Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 105 goals were scored by 58 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
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Joseba Etxeberria
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After starting his professional career at the age of 17 with Real Sociedad, he quickly s ...
;5 goals
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Caio
;4 goals
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Mark Viduka
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Sebastián Rozental
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Dani
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Nuno Gomes
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He was given the nickname ''Gomes'' during childhood after Fernando Gomes, and was regarded ...
;3 goals
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Sebastián Pena
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Reinaldo
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Mendel Witzenhausen
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Agostinho
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Raúl
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Francisco Gabriel Guerrero
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Leonardo Biagini
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Most of his professional career was spent in Spain where he arrived at the age of 18, going on to represent six clubs in more than one dec ...
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Walter Coyette
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Élder
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Basile Essa
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Macdonald Ndiefi
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Valery Ntamag
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Jewison Bennette
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Amado Guevara
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Hidetoshi Nakata
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Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player ...
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Nordin Wooter
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Club career
Wooter was born in Breda, and started playing at OSV and AVV Zeeburgia before joining the youth academy of Ajax. He entered ...
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Iván de la Peña
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Míchel Salgado
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Nicknamed ''Il Due'' ("two" in Italian), he was known for his combative tackling and attacking play. After excellent d ...
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Raúl Ochoa
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Roger
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Andrés Garrone
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Ariel Ibagaza
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Nicknamed ''El Caño'', his usual position was attacking midfielder, and he was well known for his technique and vision.
He sp ...
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Raúl Chaparro
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Robert Enes
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Murilo
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Blaise Butunungu
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Augustine Simo
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Dante Poli
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Frank Lobos
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Jafet Soto
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Carsten Hinz
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Jan Walle
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Marcel Rath
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Edwin Medina
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Luis Oseguera
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Career
Born in Olanchito, Oseguera began playing football as a striker ...
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Orvin Cabrera
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Daisuke Oku
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Oku was born in Amagasaki on February 7, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1994. He debuted in 1996. He became a regular player fro ...
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Nobuhisa Yamada
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Yamada mainly played on the right as a defender or midfielder. He spent his entire professional career at Urawa Reds of J1 League with more than 500 league appearances. ...
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Sotaro Yasunaga
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Susumu Oki
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Rob Gehring
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Wilfred Bouma
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Club career
Early career
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Beto
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Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
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Aleksandr Lipko
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He is the director of sports for FC Nizhny Novgorod.
Honours
* Russian Premier ...
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Sergei Lysenko
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Sergei Semak
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Yevgeni Chumachenko
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Luis Martínez
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Nihad Al Boushi
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Personal l ...
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Carlos Felipe
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Background
Born in Feira de San ...
(playing against Australia)
Final ranking
Notes
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
an
(Part 3)
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April 1995 sports events in Asia