Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 08

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Torsten Frings86+2

2

Patrick Vieira85+5

3

Mahamadou Diarra84+3

4

Esteban Cambiasso83+3

5

Pável Pardo83+2

6

Daniele De Rossi82+7

7

Seydou Keita82+6

8

Jean II Makoun82+4

9

Gilberto Silva82+3

10

Simon Rolfes82+3

11

Massimo Donati82+1

12

13

Gennaro Gattuso81+6

14

Benoît Pedretti81+6

15

Jérémy Toulalan80+8

16

17

Cláudio Andrés Maldonado80+6

18

Owen Hargreaves80+5

19

Didier Zokora80+0

20

Giovanni van Bronckhorst79+7

21

Javier Mascherano79+7

22

Miguel Veloso79+5

23

Massimo Ambrosini79+4

24

25

Christian Poulsen78+8

26

Francisco Lima78+6

27

Etienne Didot78+6

28

29

Achille Emana78+6

30

Rio Antonio Mavuba78+5

31

32

Mohamed Sissoko78+4

33

George Boateng78+2

34

Fábio Simplício78+2

35

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Phil Neville78+0

38

Sebastian Kehl77+10

39

Stephen Appiah77+10

40

Fabricio Coloccini77+8

41

Timmy Simons77+3

42

Andrea Zanchetta77+3

43

Paulo Assunção77+3

44

Konstantinos Katsouranis77+3

45

Thomas Zdebel77+2

46

Papa Bouba Diop77+2

47

Emiliano Salvetti77+1

48

Martin Andresen77+1

49

Andreas V. Zikos77+1

50

Alou Diarra76+15

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	86	88	+2
2	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Inter Milan	85	90	+5
3	Mahamadou Diarra	CDM	Mali	Real Madrid C.F.	84	87	+3
4	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	83	86	+3
5	Pável Pardo	CDM	Mexico	VfB Stuttgart	83	85	+2
6	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	82	89	+7
7	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	Sevilla F.C.	82	88	+6
8	Jean II Makoun	CDM	Cameroon	Lille OSC	82	86	+4
9	Gilberto Silva	CDM	Brazil	Arsenal FC	82	85	+3
10	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	82	85	+3
11	Massimo Donati	CDM	Italy	Celtic	82	83	+1
12	Emerson	CDM	Brazil	AC Milan	81	89	+8
13	Gennaro Gattuso	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	81	87	+6
14	Benoît Pedretti	CDM	France	AJ Auxerre	81	87	+6
15	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	80	88	+8
16	Edmilson	CDM	Brazil	F.C. Barcelona	80	86	+6
17	Cláudio Andrés Maldonado	CDM	Chile	Santos	80	86	+6
18	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Manchester United	80	85	+5
19	Didier Zokora	CDM	Ivory Coast	Tottenham Hotspur	80	80	+0
20	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	CDM	Netherlands	Feyenoord	79	86	+7
21	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Liverpool	79	86	+7
22	Miguel Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP Lisbon	79	84	+5
23	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	79	83	+4
24	Lorik Cana	CDM	Albania	Marseille	78	87	+9
25	Christian Poulsen	CDM	Denmark	Sevilla F.C.	78	86	+8
26	Francisco Lima	CDM	Brazil	Brescia	78	84	+6
27	Etienne Didot	CDM	France	Stade Rennais	78	84	+6
28	Albelda	CDM	Spain	Valencia C.F.	78	84	+6
29	Achille Emana	CDM	Cameroon	Toulouse F.C.	78	84	+6
30	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	Villarreal C.F.	78	83	+5
31	Puñal	CDM	Spain	Osasuna	78	82	+4
32	Mohamed Sissoko	CDM	Mali	Liverpool	78	82	+4
33	George Boateng	CDM	Netherlands	Middlesbrough	78	80	+2
34	Fábio Simplício	CDM	Brazil	Palermo	78	80	+2
35	Movilla	CDM	Spain	Real Zaragoza	78	79	+1
36	Colsa	CDM	Spain	Real Racing Club	78	79	+1
37	Phil Neville	CDM	England	Everton	78	78	+0
38	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	77	87	+10
39	Stephen Appiah	CDM	Ghana	Fenerbahçe SK	77	87	+10
40	Fabricio Coloccini	CDM	Argentina	R.C. Deportivo La Coruna	77	85	+8
41	Timmy Simons	CDM	Belgium	PSV Eindhoven	77	80	+3
42	Andrea Zanchetta	CDM	Italy	Lecce	77	80	+3
43	Paulo Assunção	CDM	Brazil	F.C. Porto	77	80	+3
44	Konstantinos Katsouranis	CDM	Greece	Sport Lisboa Benfica	77	80	+3
45	Thomas Zdebel	CDM	Poland	VfL Bochum	77	79	+2
46	Papa Bouba Diop	CDM	Senegal	Fulham	77	79	+2
47	Emiliano Salvetti	CDM	Italy	Cesena	77	78	+1
48	Martin Andresen	CDM	Norway	SK Brann	77	78	+1
49	Andreas V. Zikos	CDM	Greece	AEK Athen	77	78	+1
50	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	FC Girondins Bordeaux	76	91	+15