Central Coast Mariners sensation Garang Kuol has earned his maiden World Cup call-up at just 18 years of age, despite having not started a single professional game in his fledgling football career.
Kuol, alongside Mariners team-mate Jason Cummings, were two of several unexpected inclusions in Graham Arnold's 26-player squad headed for Qatar after impressing both individually and as an attacking duo in the opening rounds of the A-League Men.
