Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 09

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1

Esteban Matias Cambiasso86+2

2

Daniele De Rossi85+4

3

Torsten Frings85+3

4

Javier Mascherano85+2

5

Anatoliy Tymoschuk84+2

6

Massimo Ambrosini83+6

7

Zé Roberto83+5

8

Jérémy Toulalan83+5

9

Patrick Vieira83+4

10

Christian Poulsen83+3

11

Owen Hargreaves83+2

12

Gennaro Gattuso82+8

13

Mark van Bommel82+4

14

Jean II Makoun82+4

15

16

Lansana Bariagher81+5

17

Angelo Palombo81+4

18

Lassana Diarra81+1

19

Mahamadou Diarra80+7

20

Nigel de Jong80+7

21

Mohamed Lamine Sissoko80+6

22

Simon Rolfes80+5

23

Antonio Jose Rollero80+5

24

Jermaine Jones80+4

25

Miguel Veloso80+4

26

27

Claude Makélelé79+10

28

Albert Valenod79+8

29

Sebastian Kehl79+7

30

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst79+7

31

Gilberto Silva79+6

32

Fabian Ernst79+5

33

Achille Emana79+5

34

35

Pablo Horacio Guiñazu79+4

36

37

Uwe Hoheneder79+3

38

Jonas Frick79+2

39

Timmy Simons79+1

40

Alou Diarra79+1

41

42

Paulo Rey Moreno79+0

43

Daniel Papon78+12

44

45

Mathieu Bodmer78+9

46

Pável Pardo78+7

47

Gerardo Torrado78+6

48

Marco Donadel78+6

49

Frank Baumann78+4

50

Thomas Hitzlsperger78+4

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Esteban Matias Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	86	88	+2
2	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	85	89	+4
3	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	Werder Bremen	85	88	+3
4	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Liverpool	85	87	+2
5	Anatoliy Tymoschuk	CDM	Ukraine	Ukraine	84	86	+2
6	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	83	89	+6
7	Zé Roberto	CDM	Brazil	Bayern München	83	88	+5
8	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
9	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Inter Milan	83	87	+4
10	Christian Poulsen	CDM	Denmark	Juventus	83	86	+3
11	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Manchester United	83	85	+2
12	Gennaro Gattuso	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	82	90	+8
13	Mark van Bommel	CDM	Netherlands	Bayern München	82	86	+4
14	Jean II Makoun	CDM	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais	82	86	+4
15	Lorik Cana	CDM	Albania	Marseille	81	87	+6
16	Lansana Bariagher	CDM	Ivory Coast		81	86	+5
17	Angelo Palombo	CDM	Italy	Sampdoria	81	85	+4
18	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Portsmouth	81	82	+1
19	Mahamadou Diarra	CDM	Mali	Real Madrid C.F.	80	87	+7
20	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Hamburger SV	80	87	+7
21	Mohamed Lamine Sissoko	CDM	Mali	Juventus	80	86	+6
22	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	80	85	+5
23	Antonio Jose Rollero	CDM	Brazil		80	85	+5
24	Jermaine Jones	CDM	Germany	FC Schalke 04	80	84	+4
25	Miguel Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	80	84	+4
26	Edmilson	CDM	Brazil	Villarreal C.F.	80	83	+3
27	Claude Makélelé	CDM	France	Paris Saint-Germain	79	89	+10
28	Albert Valenod	CDM	France		79	87	+8
29	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	79	86	+7
30	Giovanni Van Bronckhorst	CDM	Netherlands	Feyenoord	79	86	+7
31	Gilberto Silva	CDM	Brazil	Panathinaikos	79	85	+6
32	Fabian Ernst	CDM	Germany	FC Schalke 04	79	84	+5
33	Achille Emana	CDM	Cameroon	Real Betis	79	84	+5
34	Albelda	CDM	Spain	Valencia C.F.	79	83	+4
35	Pablo Horacio Guiñazu	CDM	Argentina	I. Porto Alegre	79	83	+4
36	Petit	CDM	Portugal	1. FC Köln	79	82	+3
37	Uwe Hoheneder	CDM	Switzerland		79	82	+3
38	Jonas Frick	CDM	Switzerland		79	81	+2
39	Timmy Simons	CDM	Belgium	PSV Eindhoven	79	80	+1
40	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	FCGB	79	80	+1
41	Colsa	CDM	Spain	Real Racing Club	79	79	+0
42	Paulo Rey Moreno	CDM	Portugal		79	79	+0
43	Daniel Papon	CDM	France		78	90	+12
44	Josué	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	78	89	+11
45	Mathieu Bodmer	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	78	87	+9
46	Pável Pardo	CDM	Mexico	VfB Stuttgart	78	85	+7
47	Gerardo Torrado	CDM	Mexico	Cruz Azul	78	84	+6
48	Marco Donadel	CDM	Italy	Fiorentina	78	84	+6
49	Frank Baumann	CDM	Germany	Werder Bremen	78	82	+4
50	Thomas Hitzlsperger	CDM	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	78	82	+4