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Ismail Aissati, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Alexander Hleb, Stefan Effenberg, Frank de Boer, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, André Ooijer, Ivan de la Peña, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Degryse, Tim de Cler, Markus Babbel and Rafael van der Vaart have at least one thing in common: they once competed in the Otten Cup tournament as a junior player.
This afternoon the 61st edition of the Otten Cup tournament will be kicked off and some players who put in impressive displays may very well show their skills in the Dutch top flight or at the European stage in a few years. While browsing through the impressive list of players that participated in the Otten Cup tournament the previous 25 years, one cannot help noticing that many of them have developed into well-known players. PSV club archivist Peter Verhagen has done careful research for PSV Media and has completed a list of these players. And who knows, some stars of the tournament in Eindhoven will be the stars of the future.
1982-1983 Eindhoven: Mart van Duren. Sparta: René Eijer, Silvio Diliberto. Feyenoord: Mario Been
1983-1984 Club Brugge: Marc Degryse. PSV: Patrick Lodewijks, Frank Berghuis. Eindhoven: Ricardo Moniz. Ajax: Rob Witschge
1984-1985 Ajax: Fred Grim, Aron Winter
1985-1986 Ajax: Frank Verlaat, Richard Witschge. Eindhoven: Roland Vroomans
1986-1987 Borussia Monchen Gladbach: Stefan Effenberg. Liverpool: Steve Staunton. Ajax: Brian Roy, Frank de Boer,Ronald de Boer. Feyenoord: Regi Blinker. PSV: Eric Viscaal, Edward Linskens, Rob Maas
1987-1988 Ajax: Michael Mols. Sparta: Gerard de Nooijer, Dennis de Nooijer. PSV: Mitchell van der Gaag. FC Utrecht: Jan van Halst. FC Twente: Sander Boschker
1989-1990 FC Barcelona: Jordi Cruijff. Bayern Munich: Markus Babbel. Feyenoord: Alfred Schreuder. Ajax: Michael Reiziger. PSV: Peter Hoekstra
1990-1991 FC Barcelona: Canizares. Feyenoord: Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Ajax: André Ooijer, Olaf Lindenbergh, Clarence Seedorf, Hans van de Haar. PSV: Jurgen Dirkx
1991-1992 FC Barcelona: Ivan de la Peña. Ajax: Patrick Kluivert. Feyenoord: George Boateng. PSV: Robert Fuchs, Patrick Paauwe.
1992-1993 Ajax: Denny Landzaat. PSV: Björn van der Doelen, Wilfred Bouma, Boudewijn Zenden, Tommie van der Leegte. FC Twente: Arnold Bruggink
1993-1994 FC Twente: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Niels Oude Kamphuis. Ajax: Mario Melchiot
1994-1995 PSV: Rob Wielaert
1995-1996 Sparta: Kew Jaliens. Ajax: Tim de Cler, Andy van der Meyde. Vitoria: Claudio
1996-1997 FC Twente: Simon Cziommer. Ajax: Michael Lamey. PSV: Jurgen Colin, Leon Hese. Feyenoord: Orlando Engelaar, Thomas Buffel
1997-1998 PSV: Kasper Bøgelund. Ajax: Mike Zonneveld. Feyenoord: Ebi Smolarek
1998-1999 Feyenoord: Danny Buys, Ivard Sprockel, Said Boutahar. Ajax: Serginho Greene, Youssouf Hersi, Rafael van der Vaart
1999-2000 Ajax: Maarten Stekelenburg, Johnny Heitinga, Wesley Sneijder. FC Twente: Ramon Zomer. PSV: Klaas Jan Huntelaar. VFB Stuttgart: Kuranyi
2000-2001 Ajax: Nigel de Jong. VFB Stuttgart: Alexander Hleb
2001-2002 PSV: Otman Bakkal. Ajax: Hedwiges Maduro, Daniel de Ridder, Thomas Vermaelen, Ryan Babel. Feyenoord: Salomon Kalou. FC Twente: El Ahmadi
2002-2003 PSV: Ibrahim Afellay, Johan Vonlanthen. Ajax: Urby Emanuelson, Dwight Tiendalli. Feyenoord: Gianni Zuiverloon
2003-2004 Feyenoord: Jonathan de Guzman
2004-2005 Ajax: Jan Vertonghen. Feyenoord: Royston Drenthe. PSV: Ismail Aissati
2005-2006 PSV: Género Zeefuik
2006-2007 ?