A decade ago, Kylian Mbappé was an 11-year-old kid who was about to take his first steps at AS Bondy, a small club in the outskirts of Paris. A decade ago, Messi and Ronaldo were already the undisputed world's best players with a Ballon d'Or each. Ronaldo was at his first season with Real Madrid after an astonishing €94 million transfer to the Merengues and Messi was already Catalunya's brightest star. In a sport where everything can change in a matter of days, you can imagine the set of events that could happen to a club or a player.

We identified 5 players that had a remarkable rising during the decade and we give you the details of their career in 2009-10.

N'Golo Kanté - Jeunesse Sportive

Kanté is currently the world's best center midfielder. If not, at least we can throw him into the discussion because he has that value. Jeunesse Sportive was his home at the beginning of the decade and with 19 years old, Kanté could only dream about being a professional player at that time. Ten years later, he has amongst many titles, two Premier League and a World Cup.

Jamie Vardy - Stocksbridge Park

Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. is just a small club from the Division One South of the Northern Premier League. The same as to say that the 23-year-old Jamie Vardy was playing in the 8th division of English Football. In ten years, he was one of the heroes that gave Leicester the Premier League, he's a common name in Southgate's calls for the National Team and currently one of the best English strikers.

Riyad Mahrez - Quimper Cornouaille FC

19-year-old Riyad Mahrez was playing at a small club from the French amateur leagues called Quimper Cornouaille FC. With him was Pogba's brother Mathias, but it was Mahrez who had a brilliant decade. From there to Le Havre, it was at Leicester that the Algerian moved to the top of Europe, being one of the most important names in the club's successful campaign at the Premier League. 10 years and €68 million later, Mahrez is one of the stars of Manchester City.

Dusan Tadic - FK Vojvodina

The Serbian forward was at FK Vojvodina, in what would be his last season playing in Serbia. FK Vojvodina was the only club he knew in Serbia and Groningen took a bet on him in 2010, paying just €1 million for his rights. Today, Tadic is one of the biggest names in Ajax and in the Serbian National Team, having won all the titles from the Dutch football.

Olivier Giroud - Tours

Giroud was the striker of Tours FC, playing in the French second division. With 23 years-old at the time, Giroud would finish the season on top of the scoring list with 21 goals, calling the attention of Montpellier. The club bought him for just €2 million and kept him for two seasons, and Giroud delivered the Championnat and was the top scorer of Ligue 1 on that amazing season of 2011-12. In a decade, Giroud was a key player in big clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal, winning 4 FA Cups, 3 English Super Cups, and a Europa League. He also won the World Cup with France in 2018.

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