Here is page eight 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.
Nils PETERSEN – Freiburg & Germany*
Maximilian PHILIPP – Borussia Dortmund & Germany*
Gerard PIQUE – Barcelona & Spain
Lukasz PISZCZEK – Borussia Dortmund (Ger) & Poland
Miralem PJANIC – Juventus (Ita) & Bosnia
Marvin PLATTENHARDT – Hertha Berlin & Germany*
Paul POGBA – Manchester United (Eng) & France
Ivelin POPOV – Spartak Moscow & Bulgaria
Alejandro POZUELO – Genk (Blg) & Spain
Lucas PRATTO – River Plate & Argentina
Ayrton PRECIADO – Emelec & Ecuador*
Aleksandr PRIJOVIC – PAOK (Gre) & Serbia*
Christian PULISIC – Borussia Dortmund (Ger) & USA
USA: Pulisic has become the star of American football (Getty Images)
Ricardo QUARESMA – Besiktas (Tur) & Portugal
Juan Fernando QUINTERO – Porto (Por) & Colombia
Adrien RABIOT – Paris Saint-Germain & France*
Stefan RADU – Lazio (Ita) & Romania*
Ivan RAKITIC – Barcelona (Spa) & Croatia
Sergio RAMOS – Real Madrid & Spain
RAPHINHA – Vitoria Guimaraes (Por) & Brazil*
Simone RAPP – Thun & Switzerland*
Marcus RASHFORD – Manchester United & England
Konstantin RAUSCH – Dynamo Moscow & Russia*
Tore REGINIUSSEN – Rosenborg & Norway*
Panagiotis RETSOS – Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) & Greece*
Marco REUS – Borussia Dortmund & Germany
Diego REYES – Porto (Por) & Mexico
Kaveh REZAEI – Charleroi (Blg) & Iran*
Franck RIBERY – Bayern Munich (Ger) & France
RICARDO Pereira – Porto & Portugal*
Arjen ROBBEN – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Holland
RODRIGO – Valencia & Spain
Cristian RODRIGUEZ – Penarol & Uruguay
James RODRIGUEZ – Real Madrid (Spa) & Colombia
Lucas RODRIGUEZ – Estudiantes & Argentina*
Maxi RODRIGUEZ – Penarol (Uru) & Argentina
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ – Milan (Ita) & Switzerland
RODRIGUINHO – Corinthians & Brazil*
Rodrigo ROJAS – Cerro Porteno & Paraguay*
Finisher: Ronaldo’s goalscoring record is unbelievable (Getty Images)
Cristiano RONALDO – Real Madrid (Spa) & Portugal
Valentin RONGIER – Nantes & France*
Jerome ROUSSILLON – Montpellier & France*
Sebastian RUDY – Bayern Munich & Germany
Raul RUIDIAZ – Morelia (Mex) & Peru
Bryan RUIZ – Sporting (Por) & Costa Rica*
Marcel SABITZER – RB Leipzig (Ger) & Austria
Emiliano SALA – Nantes (Fra) & Argentina
Mohamed SALAH – Liverpool (Eng) & Egypt
Alexis SANCHEZ – Manchester United (Eng) & Chile
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