Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 05

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Patrick Vieira94+5

2

Claude Makélelé91+5

3

Xavi86+7

4

Dietmar Hamann85+7

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6

Paul Lambert84+8

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Juan Sebastián Verón83+9

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10

Massimo Ambrosini82+11

11

Matias Jesus Almeyda82+10

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13

Aggelos Basinas82+8

14

Zvonimir Soldo82+5

15

Matteo Brighi81+17

16

Neil Lennon81+13

17

Owen Hargreaves81+12

18

Tomasz Zdebel81+7

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20

Sunday Oliseh81+5

21

Frank Baumann81+5

22

Alessio Tacchinardi80+13

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24

Daniele De Rossi80+10

25

De la Peña80+8

26

Antonio Folha80+5

27

Walter Baseggio79+15

28

Iván Campo79+11

29

Olivier Dacourt79+10

30

Luigi Piangerelli79+10

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Miroslav Karhan79+7

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Stuart Lovell79+6

35

Christian Nerlinger79+5

36

Diego Pablo Simeone79+5

37

José Ignacio78+7

38

Rüdiger Kauf78+5

39

Christian Poulsen77+14

40

Sebastian Kehl77+13

41

Olivier Thomert77+12

42

De los Santos77+9

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Jérémy Toulalan77+7

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Esteban Matías Cambiasso77+5

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Igor Biscan76+18

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Fábio Simplício76+16

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Raphael Wicky76+13

50

Carsten Ramelow76+12

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Arsenal	94	99	+5
2	Claude Makélelé	CDM	France	Chelsea	91	96	+5
3	Xavi	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	93	+7
4	Dietmar Hamann	CDM	Germany	Liverpool	85	92	+7
5	Helguera	LCDM	Spain	Real Madrid	84	95	+11
6	Paul Lambert	CDM	Scotland	Celtic	84	92	+8
7	Flavio	CDM	Brazil	Galatasaray SK	83	95	+12
8	Juan Sebastián Verón	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	83	92	+9
9	Albelda	CDM	Spain	Valencia	83	92	+9
10	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	82	93	+11
11	Matias Jesus Almeyda	CDM	Argentina	Brescia	82	92	+10
12	Nicky Butt	CDM	England	Newcastle United	82	90	+8
13	Aggelos Basinas	CDM	Greece	Panathinaikos	82	90	+8
14	Zvonimir Soldo	CDM	Croatia	VfB Stuttgart	82	87	+5
15	Matteo Brighi	CDM	Italy	Chievo Verona	81	98	+17
16	Neil Lennon	CDM	Northern Ireland	Celtic	81	94	+13
17	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Bayern Munich	81	93	+12
18	Tomasz Zdebel	RCDM	Poland	VfL Bochum	81	88	+7
19	Gavin Rae	CDM	Scotland	Rangers	81	87	+6
20	Sunday Oliseh	CDM	Nigeria	Borussia Dortmund	81	86	+5
21	Frank Baumann	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	81	86	+5
22	Alessio Tacchinardi	CDM	Italy	Juventus	80	93	+13
23	Renato	CDM	Brazil	Sevilla	80	91	+11
24	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	80	90	+10
25	De la Peña	LCDM	Spain	RCD Espanyol	80	88	+8
26	Antonio Folha	CDM	Portugal	F.C. Penafiel	80	85	+5
27	Walter Baseggio	CDM	Belgium	Rsc Anderlecht	79	94	+15
28	Iván Campo	CDM	Spain	Bolton Wanderers	79	90	+11
29	Olivier Dacourt	CDM	France	AS Roma	79	89	+10
30	Luigi Piangerelli	CDM	Italy	Firenze	79	89	+10
31	Movilla	CDM	Spain	Real Zaragoza	79	87	+8
32	Miroslav Karhan	CDM	Slovakia	VfL Wolfsburg	79	86	+7
33	Jens Sloth	CDM	Sweden	Trelleborgs	79	86	+7
34	Stuart Lovell	CDM	Australia	Livingston	79	85	+6
35	Christian Nerlinger	CDM	Germany	FC Kaiserslautern	79	84	+5
36	Diego Pablo Simeone	LCDM	Argentina	Atletico de Madrid	79	84	+5
37	José Ignacio	CDM	Spain	RC Celta Vigo	78	85	+7
38	Rüdiger Kauf	CDM	Germany	Arminia Bielefeld	78	83	+5
39	Christian Poulsen	CDM	Denmark	FC Schalke 04	77	91	+14
40	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	77	90	+13
41	Olivier Thomert	CDM	France	RC Lens	77	89	+12
42	De los Santos	CDM	Uruguay	Valencia	77	86	+9
43	Petit	CDM	Portugal	Benfica	77	85	+8
44	P. García	CDM	Uruguay	Osasuna	77	85	+8
45	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	FC Nantes	77	84	+7
46	Esteban Matías Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	77	82	+5
47	Igor Biscan	CDM	Croatia	Liverpool	76	94	+18
48	Fábio Simplício	CDM	Brazil	Parma	76	92	+16
49	Raphael Wicky	CDM	Switzerland	Hamburger Sport Verein	76	89	+13
50	Carsten Ramelow	CDM	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	76	88	+12