Top Rated Players — Midfielders

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Cristiano Ronaldo91+3

2

Lionel Messi90+5

3

4

Franck Ribéry88+4

5

Francesc Fabregas88+3

6

Steven Gerrard88+2

7

Andrea Pirlo87+6

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9

Bert Ronhaar87+3

10

Xavi87+1

11

Rafael van der Vaart86+6

12

Juan Román Riquelme86+5

13

14

Michaël Essien86+3

15

Wesley Sneijder86+3

16

Michael Ballack86+2

17

Frank Lampard86+2

18

Mauro German Camoranesi86+2

19

Esteban Matias Cambiasso86+2

20

Michelangelo van der Poel85+7

21

22

Deco85+5

23

David Silva85+5

24

Daniele De Rossi85+4

25

Paul Scholes85+3

26

Torsten Frings85+3

27

Javier Mascherano85+2

28

Juan Sebastián Verón85+0

29

Tomáš Rosický84+6

30

Pablo César Aimar84+5

31

32

33

Aliaksandr Hleb84+3

34

Arjen Robben84+2

35

Anatoliy Tymoschuk84+2

36

Marcos Senna84+2

37

Luis Oscar González84+2

38

Gareth Barry84+1

39

Jesús Navas83+9

40

Clarence Seedorf83+7

41

Riccardo Montolivo83+7

42

Massimo Ambrosini83+6

43

Alberto Aquilani83+6

44

Casper Zeeberg83+6

45

Bernd Schneider83+5

46

Zé Roberto83+5

47

Sidney Govou83+5

48

Florent Malouda83+5

49

Jérémy Toulalan83+5

50

Aiden McGeady83+5

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	RWM	Portugal	Manchester United	91	94	+3
2	Lionel Messi	RWM	Argentina	F.C. Barcelona	90	95	+5
3	Kaká	CAM	Brazil	AC Milan	90	93	+3
4	Franck Ribéry	LM	France	Bayern München	88	92	+4
5	Francesc Fabregas	CM	Spain	Arsenal	88	91	+3
6	Steven Gerrard	CM	England	Liverpool	88	90	+2
7	Andrea Pirlo	CM	Italy	AC Milan	87	93	+6
8	Diego	CAM	Brazil	Werder Bremen	87	90	+3
9	Bert Ronhaar	LWM	Netherlands	Holland	87	90	+3
10	Xavi	CM	Spain	F.C. Barcelona	87	88	+1
11	Rafael van der Vaart	CAM	Netherlands	Real Madrid C.F.	86	92	+6
12	Juan Román Riquelme	CAM	Argentina	Boca Juniors	86	91	+5
13	Iniesta	CM	Spain	F.C. Barcelona	86	90	+4
14	Michaël Essien	CM	Ghana	Chelsea	86	89	+3
15	Wesley Sneijder	CAM	Netherlands	Real Madrid C.F.	86	89	+3
16	Michael Ballack	CAM	Germany	Chelsea	86	88	+2
17	Frank Lampard	CAM	England	Chelsea	86	88	+2
18	Mauro German Camoranesi	RM	Italy	Juventus	86	88	+2
19	Esteban Matias Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	86	88	+2
20	Michelangelo van der Poel	CAM	Netherlands	Holland	85	92	+7
21	Quaresma	RWM	Portugal	Inter Milan	85	90	+5
22	Deco	CAM	Portugal	Chelsea	85	90	+5
23	David Silva	LM	Spain	Valencia C.F.	85	90	+5
24	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	85	89	+4
25	Paul Scholes	CM	England	Manchester United	85	88	+3
26	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	Werder Bremen	85	88	+3
27	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Liverpool	85	87	+2
28	Juan Sebastián Verón	CM	Argentina	Argentina	85	85	+0
29	Tomáš Rosický	CAM	Czechia	Arsenal	84	90	+6
30	Pablo César Aimar	CAM	Argentina	Sport Lisboa Benfica	84	89	+5
31	Simão	LWM	Portugal	Atlético Madrid	84	88	+4
32	Joe Cole	RWM	England	Chelsea	84	87	+3
33	Aliaksandr Hleb	RM	Belarus	F.C. Barcelona	84	87	+3
34	Arjen Robben	LM	Netherlands	Real Madrid C.F.	84	86	+2
35	Anatoliy Tymoschuk	CDM	Ukraine	Ukraine	84	86	+2
36	Marcos Senna	CM	Spain	Villarreal C.F.	84	86	+2
37	Luis Oscar González	CM	Argentina	F.C. Porto	84	86	+2
38	Gareth Barry	CM	England	Aston Villa	84	85	+1
39	Jesús Navas	RM	Spain	Sevilla F.C.	83	92	+9
40	Clarence Seedorf	CAM	Netherlands	AC Milan	83	90	+7
41	Riccardo Montolivo	CM	Italy	Fiorentina	83	90	+7
42	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	83	89	+6
43	Alberto Aquilani	CM	Italy	AS Roma	83	89	+6
44	Casper Zeeberg	CM	Netherlands	Holland	83	89	+6
45	Bernd Schneider	RM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	83	88	+5
46	Zé Roberto	CDM	Brazil	Bayern München	83	88	+5
47	Sidney Govou	RWM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
48	Florent Malouda	LM	France	Chelsea	83	88	+5
49	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
50	Aiden McGeady	LWM	Republic of Ireland	Celtic	83	88	+5