Where are England’s U17 World Cup winners now?

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.