Best Central Midfielders

Top-rated central midfielders (CM, RCM, LCM) — FIFA 05

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Steven Gerrard93+6

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Michael Ballack90+9

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Clarence Seedorf90+7

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Frank Lampard90+6

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Giorgos Karagounis90+5

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Andrea Pirlo89+8

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Stilian Petrov89+7

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Kieron Dyer88+10

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Edgar Davids88+8

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Benoît Pedretti87+10

13

Ferreira Emerson86+13

14

Enzo Maresca86+10

15

Xabi Alonso85+11

16

Thomas Gravesen85+8

17

Mahamadou Diarra85+7

18

Theodoros Zagorakis85+7

19

Andreas Zikos84+9

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Alexei Smertin84+8

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Edu83+9

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Thiago Motta83+6

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Fabian Ernst83+5

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Camel Meriem82+14

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Barry Ferguson82+8

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Lee Bowyer81+10

31

Scott Parker81+9

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Peter Bernard Luccin81+8

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Simone Perrotta81+7

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Claudio Reyna81+5

36

Steed Malbranque80+14

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Jermaine Jenas80+12

38

Stephen Hughes80+8

39

Martin Andresen80+8

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Martin Jørgensen80+8

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Sebastián Battaglia80+7

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Christian Tiffert80+5

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Eric Djemba-Djemba79+13

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Danny Murphy79+11

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Claus Jensen79+10

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Tomás Galásek79+9

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Ciriaco Sforza79+7

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Fabio Liverani79+7

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Philip Cocu79+5

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Steven Gerrard	CM	England	Liverpool	93	99	+6
2	Roy Keane	CM	Republic of Ireland	Manchester United	91	99	+8
3	Michael Ballack	CM	Germany	Bayern Munich	90	99	+9
4	Clarence Seedorf	CM	Netherlands	AC Milan	90	97	+7
5	Frank Lampard	CM	England	Chelsea	90	96	+6
6	Giorgos Karagounis	CM	Greece	Inter Milan	90	95	+5
7	Andrea Pirlo	CM	Italy	AC Milan	89	97	+8
8	Stilian Petrov	CM	Bulgaria	Celtic	89	96	+7
9	Gilberto	CM	Brazil	Arsenal	89	96	+7
10	Kieron Dyer	CM	England	Newcastle United	88	98	+10
11	Edgar Davids	CM	Netherlands	Inter Milan	88	96	+8
12	Benoît Pedretti	CM	France	Marseille	87	97	+10
13	Ferreira Emerson	CM	Brazil	Juventus	86	99	+13
14	Enzo Maresca	CM	Italy	Firenze	86	96	+10
15	Xabi Alonso	CM	Spain	Liverpool	85	96	+11
16	Thomas Gravesen	CM	Denmark	Everton	85	93	+8
17	Mahamadou Diarra	CM	Mali	Olympique Lyonnais	85	92	+7
18	Theodoros Zagorakis	CM	Greece	Bologna	85	92	+7
19	Andreas Zikos	CM	Greece	AS Monaco	84	93	+9
20	Alexei Smertin	CM	Russia	Chelsea	84	92	+8
21	Costinha	CM	Portugal	FC Porto	84	92	+8
22	Kleberson	CM	Brazil	Manchester United	83	98	+15
23	Edu	CM	Brazil	Arsenal	83	92	+9
24	Arteta	CM	Spain	Real Sociedad	83	90	+7
25	Thiago Motta	CM	Brazil	FC Barcelona	83	89	+6
26	Fabian Ernst	LCM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	83	88	+5
27	Camel Meriem	RCM	France	Bordeaux	82	96	+14
28	Barry Ferguson	CM	Scotland	Blackburn Rovers	82	90	+8
29	Maniche	CM	Portugal	FC Porto	81	92	+11
30	Lee Bowyer	CM	England	Newcastle United	81	91	+10
31	Scott Parker	CM	England	Chelsea	81	90	+9
32	Assunçao	CM	Brazil	Real Betis	81	90	+9
33	Peter Bernard Luccin	RCM	France	Atletico de Madrid	81	89	+8
34	Simone Perrotta	CM	Italy	AS Roma	81	88	+7
35	Claudio Reyna	CM	United States	Manchester City	81	86	+5
36	Steed Malbranque	CM	France	Fulham	80	94	+14
37	Jermaine Jenas	CM	England	Newcastle United	80	92	+12
38	Stephen Hughes	CM	Scotland	Rangers	80	88	+8
39	Martin Andresen	CM	Norway	Stabæk Fotball	80	88	+8
40	Martin Jørgensen	CM	Denmark	Firenze	80	88	+8
41	Sebastián Battaglia	CM	Argentina	Villarreal	80	87	+7
42	Christian Tiffert	RCM	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	80	85	+5
43	Eric Djemba-Djemba	CM	Cameroon	Manchester United	79	92	+13
44	Danny Murphy	CM	England	Charlton Athletic	79	90	+11
45	Claus Jensen	CM	Denmark	Fulham	79	89	+10
46	Tomás Galásek	CM	Czechia	Ajax	79	88	+9
47	Rivera	CM	Spain	Levante	79	88	+9
48	Ciriaco Sforza	CM	Switzerland	FC Kaiserslautern	79	86	+7
49	Fabio Liverani	LCM	Italy	Lazio	79	86	+7
50	Philip Cocu	CM	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven	79	84	+5