Here is the final page in our definitive list of our 500 Most Important Players on the Planet. For each player we have included their club and the country that club plays in, along with their nationality. The asterisks signify new entries for 2018.
Additionally, feel free to follow the player links which will take you to player biographies, and the country links will take you to their 2018 World Cup team page.
Ola TOIVANEN – Toulouse (Fra) & Sweden*
Karl TOKO EKAMBI – Angers (Fra) & Cameroon*
Corentin TOLISSO – Bayern Munich (Ger) & France
Macnelly TORRES – Atletico Nacional & Colombia
Roman TORRES – Seattle Sounders (USA) & Panama*
Zoran TOSIC – Partizan & Serbia*
Adrien TREBEL – Anderlecht (Blg) & France*
Viktor TSYHANKOV – Dynamo Kiev & Ukraine*
Andreas ULMER – Salzburg & Austria*
Sven ULRIECH – Bayern Munich & Germany*
Samuel UMTITI – Barcelona (Spa) & France
Dayot UPAMECANO – RB Leipzig (Ger) & France*
Mark UTH – Hoffenheim & Germany
VAGNER LOVE – Besiktas (Tur) & Brazil*
Jaime VALDES – Colo Colo & Chile
Jorge VALDIVIA – Colo Colo & Chile
Diego VALERI – Portland Timbers (USA) & Argentina*
Donny VAN DE BEEK – Ajax & Holland*
Virgil VAN DIJK – Liverpool (Eng) & Holland*
Hans VANAKEN – Club Brugge & Belgium*
Anchor: Varane anchors the defence for Real madrid and France (Getty Images)
Raphael VARANE – Real Madrid (Spa) & France
Jamie VARDY – Leicester City & England
Eduardo VARGAS – Tigres (Mex) & Chile
Carlos VELA – Los Angeles FC (USA) & Mexico
Marco VERRATTI – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Italy
Jan VERTONGHEN – Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) & Belgium
Arturo VIDAL – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Chile
David VILLA – New York City (USA) & Spain
VINICIUS JUNIOR – Flamengo & Brazil
Edin VISCA – Istanbul BB (Tur) & Bosnia*
VITOLO – Sevilla & Spain
Ruud VORMER – Club Brugge (Blg) & Holland
Sandro WAGNER – Bayern Munich & Germany
Kyle WALKER – Manchester City & England
Improved: Walker has become a brilliant player whilst at Manchester City (Getty Images)
Julian WEIGL – Borussia Dortmund & Germany
Timo WERNER – RB Leipzig & Germany
Inaki WILLIAMS – Athletic Bilbao & Spain
WILLIAN – Chelsea (Eng) & Brazil
Axel WITSEL – Tianjin Quinjian (Chn) & Belgium*
Marius WOLF – Eintracht Frankfurt & Germany*
WU Lei – Shanghai SIPG & China
Hotaru YAMAGUCHI – Cerezo Osaka & Japan*
YUSUF Yazici – Trabzonspor & Turkey*
Maya YOSHIDA – Southampton (Eng) & Japan
Wilfred ZAHA – Crystal Palace (Eng) & Ivory Coast
Eran ZAHAVI – Guangzhou R&F (Chn) & Israel*
Andre-Frank ZAMBO ANGUISSA – Marseille (Fra) & Cameroon*
Duvan ZAPATA – Sampdoria (Ita) & Colombia*
Simone ZAZA – Valencia (Spa) & Italy*
Piotr ZIELINSKI – Napoli (Ita) & Poland
Hakim ZIYECH – Ajax (Hol) & Morocco
Szymon ZURKOWSKI – Gornik & Poland*
So there we have out list of the 500 most important players on the planet. Was there anyone you think we missed? Which club and country had the most representatives? Check out our other 500 list where we have organised them by club and country. Simply click the links below.
World Soccer 500 – List by Nationality
World Soccer 500 – List by Club
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