Torres, Zlatan, Iniesta, Kaka: Football's 100 best young players were ranked in 2001

Fernando Torres, Andres Iniesta and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all featured in FourFourTwo’s ranking of the 100 best young players back in 2001.

The list, whilst absolutely packed to the brim with legends, makes for surprising reading when it comes to many of their finishing positions.

Of the above-mentioned trio, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid icon Torres is the only star that breached the top 10.

Whilst the 2007 Ballon d'Or winner Kaka is good enough only for 95th place.

Check out the full list below.

100. Alexander Hleb (VfB Stuttgart)

99. David Prutton (Nottingham Forest)

98. Erdal Kilicaslan (Bayern Munich)

97. Daniyel Cimen (Eintracht Frankfurt)

96. Benjamin Auer (Borussia Monchengladbach)

95. Kaka (Sao Paulo)

94. Azar Karadas (SK Brann)

93. Shaun Maloney (Celtic)

92. Leonardo Santiago (Feyenoord)

91. Kieran Richardson (Manchester United)

Brazil legend Kaka was still at Sao Paolo in 2001 and therefore yet to make his mark on Europe, so for that reason, FourFourTwo can be forgiven for his low placing.

He went on to enjoy a glittering career, though, winning the Champions League as well as the Ballon d'Or.

90. Aldo Jara (Cerro Porteno)

89. Keith Kelly (Paris Saint-Germain)

88. Christoph Preuss (Eintracht Frankfurt)

87. Ramon Calliste (Manchester United)

86. Mika Vayrynen (Jokerit)

85. Michael Zepek (Bayer Leverkusen)

84. Labinot Harbuzi (Malmo)

83. Thijs Houwing (Twente)

82. Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen)

81. Tuomas Aho (Myllykosken Pallo −47)

Berbatov burst onto the scene at Bayer Leverkusen before making the switch to Tottenham and then becoming a legend at Manchester United.

The Bulgarian forward scored more than 100 goals in England's top-flight and lifted the title twice.

80. Candido Costa (Porto)

79. Andres