Gabriel Jesus

It’s not easy to upstage Neymar, so what a thrill it must have been for the 19-year-old attacking prodigy to do just that on his international debut, scoring twice and creating another – having been fouled for a penalty, which Neymar converted – as the won 3-0 in Ecuador to claim their first win in the thin air of Quito since 1983.

The teen certainly had a summer of wall-to-wall milestones, with full international consecration, a starring role in Brazil’s golden Rio Olympics and securing a big money transfer from Palmeiras to Manchester City in the new year.

Forceful and pacy, he constitutes a threat wherever he plays, having been used on the right wing at the Olympics and as a conventional centre-forward against Ecuador.