Twenty-four years later, a Djorkaeff will play the first match of a World Cup. It will be Qatar – Ecuador scheduled for November 20. But it is not Youri Djorkaeff, the 1998 world champion, whom Qatar would have naturalized for the glitz of the name and the prize list. At fifty-four, the ex-Parisian would also have trouble keeping up. But we are not that far off. It is in fact a young 23-year-old Ecuadorian striker, Reasco, whose first name is Djorkaeff. And he was chosen by his father, himself a former professional player in his country in tribute to Youri Djorkaeff.
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