Here is page nine 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.
Carlos SANCHEZ – Fiorentina (Ita) & Colombia*
Davinson SANCHEZ – Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) & Colombia
Jadon SANCHO – Borussia Dortmund (Ger) & England*
Leroy SANE – Manchester City (Eng) & Germany
Future: Sane has a bright future ahead of him (Getty Images)
Sekou SANOGO – Young Boys (Swi) & Ivory Coast*
Morgan SANSON – Marseille & France
Ismaila SARR – Rennes (Fra) & Senegal*
SAUL Niguez – Atletico Madrid & Spain
Patrik SCHICK – Roma (Ita) & Czech Republic
Kasper SCHMEICHEL – Leicester City (Eng) & Denmark
Stephan SCHROCK – Ceres-Negros & Philippines*
Stefan SCHWAB – Rapid Vienna & Austria*
SERGI Roberto – Barcelona & Spain
Jean Michael SERI – Nice (Fra) & Ivory Coast
Xherden SHAQIRI – Stoke City (Eng) & Switzerland
SHIKABALA – Zamalek & Egypt*
Djibril SIDIBE – Monaco & France*
Gylfi SIGURDSSON – Everton (Eng) & Iceland
Andre SILVA – Milan (Ita) & Portugal
Bernardo SILVA – Manchester City (Eng) & Portugal
David SILVA – Manchester City (Eng) & Spain
Pione SISTO – Celta Vigo (Spa) & Denmark*
Milan SKRINIAR – Internazionale (Ita) & Slovakia*
Martin SMEDBERG-DALENCE – Bolivar & Bolivia*
Fedor SMOLOV – Krasnodar & Russia*
SON Heung-min – Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) & South Korea
Yeferson SOTELDO Universidad de Chile (Chl) & Venezuela
Renato STEFFEN – Wolfsburg (Ger) & Switzerland*
Raheem STERLING – Manchester City & England
Lars STINDL – Borussia Monchengladbach & Germany
Vladimir STOJKOVIC – Partizan & Serbia*
Cristhian STUANI – Girona (Spa) & Uruguay*
Luis SUAREZ – Barcelona (Spa) & Uruguay
Prolific: Overshadowed by Messi, Suarez still scores at a high rate (Getty Images)
Danijel SUBASIC – Monaco (Fra) & Croatia
Niklas SULE – Bayern Munich & Germany*
SUSO – Milan (Ita) & Spain*
Dusan TADIC – Southampton (Eng) & Serbia*
Jonathan TAH – Bayer Leverkusen & Germany
TALISCA – Besiktas (Tur) & Brazil
Mehdi TAREMI – Al Gharafa (Qat) & Iran*
Percy TAU – Mamelodi Sundowns & South Africa
Djaniny TAVARES – Santos Laguna (Mex) & Cape Verde*
Alex TELLES – Porto (Por) & Brazil*
Marc-Andre TER STEGEN Barcelona (Spa) & Germany
Martin TERRIER – Strasbourg & France*
Carlos TEVEZ – Boca Juniors & Argentina
Florian THAUVIN – Marseille & France
THIAGO Alcantara – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Spain
THIAGO SILVA – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Brazil
Youri TIELEMANS – Monaco (Fra) & Belgium
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