Here is page seven 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.
Luka MODRIC – Real Madrid (Spa) & Croatia
Jefferson MONTERO – Swansea City (Eng) & Ecuador*
Aaron MOOY – Huddersfield Town (Eng) & Australia
Alvaro MORATA – Chelsea (Eng) & Spain
Ryota MORIOKA – Anderlecht (Blg) & Japan*
Victor MOSES – Chelsea (Eng) & Nigeria
Mason MOUNT – Chelsea & England*
Joao MOUTINHO – Monaco (Fra) & Portugal*
Youssef MSAKNI – Al Duhail (Qat) & Tunisia*
Nordi MUKIELE – Montpellier & France*
Thomas MULLER – Bayern Munich & Germany
Enock MWEPU – Salzburg (Aut) & Zambia*
Yuto NAGATOMO – Internazionale (Ita) & Japan*
Darlington NAGBE – Atlanta United & USA
Radja NAINGGOLAN – Roma (Ita) & Belgium
Shoya NAKAJIMA – Portimonense (Por) & Japan*
Kengo NAKAMURA – Kawasaki Frontale & Japan*
NALDO – Schalke (Ger) & Brazil*
Keylor NAVAS – Real Madrid (Spa) & Costa Rica
Tanguy NDOMBELE – Amiens & France*
Manuel NEUER – Bayern Munich & Germany
Dazzling: Neymar is nearly on the same level as Messi and Ronaldo, but his head occasionally explodes (Getty Images)
NEYMAR – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Brazil
Nemanja NIKOLIC – Chicago Fire (USA) & Hungary
Steven NZONZI – Sevilla (Spa) & France
Dimitri OBERLIN – Red Bull Salzburg (Aut) & Switzerland*
Jan OBLAK – Atletico Madrid (Spa) & Slovenia
Guillermo OCHOA – Standard Liege (Blg) & Mexico*
Martin ODEGAARD – Real Madrid (Spa) & Norway*
Shinji OKAZAKI – Leicester City (Eng) & Japan
Andre ONANA – Ajax (Hol) & Cameroon*
Henry ONYEKURU – Everton (Eng) & Nigeria
Nicolas OTAMENDI – Manchester City (Eng) & Argentina*
Romulo OTERO – Atletico Mineiro (Bra) & Venezuela
Alfio OVIEDO – Cerro Porteno & Paraguay*
Mesut OZIL – Arsenal (Eng) & Germany
Arsenal: Ozil has been criticised for his work-rate for Arsenal (Getty Images)
Leandro PAREDES – Zenit (Rus) & Argentina
Dani PAREJO – Valencia & Spain
Thomas PARTEY – Atletico Madrid (Spa) & Ghana*
Rui PATRICIO – Sporting & Portugal
PAULINHO – Barcelona (Spa) & Brazil
PAULINHO – Vasco da Gama & Brazil*
Benjamin PAVARD – Stuttgart (Ger) & France*
Jiri PAVLENKA – Werder Bremen (Ger) & Czech Republic*
Cristian PAVON – Boca Juniors & Argentina
Dimitri PAYET – Marseille & France
Pietro PELLEGRI – Monaco (Fra) & Italy*
PEPE – Besiktas (Tur) & Portugal
Oribe PERALTA – America & Mexico
Ivan PERISIC – Internazionale (Ita) and Croatia
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