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100. Leandro Damiao - Age:22 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Internacional Position: Striker Did You Know? He scored in four consecutive Brazilian Serie A appearances this year 99. Rio Ferdinand - Age:33 Nationality: English Club: Manchester United Position: Defender Did You Know? Rio has committed only nine fouls in 34 Premier League games since January 1, 2010. 98. Giuseppe Rossi - Age:24 Nationality: Italian Club: Villarreal Position: Forward Did You Know? Rossi scored six goals from just 13 shots inthe Europa League in 2011. 97. Kevin-Prince Boateng - Age:24 Nationality: Ghanian Club: AC Milan Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Milan have had a 69 percent win rate in Serie A last year with Boateng. 96. Maicon - Age:30 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Inter Milan Position: Defender Did You Know? No defender has created as many Serie A goalscoring chances in 2011 as Maicon. 95. Miroslav Klose - Age:33 Nationality: German Club: Lazio Position: Forward Did You Know? Since joining Lazio, Klose has been involved in half of their 16 league goals. 94. Javier Mascherano - Age:27 Nationality: Argentine Club: Barcelona Position: Defender/Midfielder Did You Know? He has made more tackles per minute than any of his team-mates in La Liga. 93. Joe Hart - Age:24 Nationality: English Club: Manchester City Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? He has kept more clean sheets (13) than any other Premier League regular in 2011. 92. Fernando Llorente - Age:26 Nationality: Spanish Club: Atletico Bilbao Position: Forward Did You Know? He has won more aerial duels (119) than any other La Liga player in 2011. 91. Diego Lugano - Age:31 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Paris Saint-Germain Position: Defender Did You Know? Lugano won 89 per cent of his aerial duels at the 2011 Copa America 90. Alvaro Pereira - Age:26 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Porto Position: Defender/Midfielder Did You Know? He was the only non-striker to net twice at the 2011 Copa America. 89. Thomas Muller - Age:22 Nationality: German Club: Bayern Munich Position: Forward Did You Know? He has created 29 Bundesliga chances from open play so far in 2011/12. 88. Mario Balotelli - Age:21 Nationality: Italian Club: Manchester City Position: Forward Did You Know? He is the youngest player to score a Prem hat-trick since Luke Moore in 2006. 87. Javi Martinez - Age:23 Nationality: Spanish Club: Atletico Bilbao Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Only three players made more tackles than his 132 in La Liga in 2011. 86. Gianluigi Buffon - Age:33 Nationality: Italian Club: Juventus Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? Juve have conceded twice as many goals per game without Buffon in 2011. 85. Lucio - Age:33 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Inter Milan Position: Defender Did You Know? Lucio has made the most interceptions in Serie A in 2011. (118) 84. Jack Wilshere - Age:19 Nationality: English Club: Arsenal Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Last season Wilshere made more passes (1,903) than any other Gunner. 83. Pepe Reina - Age:29 Nationality: Spanish Club: Liverpool Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? Only Joe Hart has more Prem clean sheets(13) than Reina(12) in 2011. 82. Santi Cazorla - Age:26 Nationality: Spanish Club: Malaga Position: Midfielder Did You Know? No one has scored more goals from direct free-kicks in La Liga in 2011/12 than Santi. 81. Diego Forlan - Age:32 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Inter Milan Position: Forward Did You Know? Forlan had the most shots on target in the 2011 Copa America 80. Yann M'Vila - Age:21 Nationality: French Club: Rennes Position: Midfielder Did You Know? M'Vila has completed 1,586 passes in Ligue1 this year. 79. Pepe - Age:28 Nationality: Portuguese Club: Real Madrid Position: Defender Did You Know? He has won 67 per cent of his duels in La Liga in 2011, the best at his club. 78. Steven Gerrard - Age:31 Nationality: English Club: Liverpool Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Liverpool have won 64 per cent of the Prem games Gerrard has played in 2011. 77. Claudio Marchisio - Age:25 Nationality: Italian Club: Juventus Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He is the Juve player who has received the most passes in 2011 (1,054) 76. Christian Eriksen - Age:19 Nationality: Danish Club: Ajax Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He has delivered the second-most assists this season in the Eredivise. 75. Robinho - Age:27 Nationality: Brazilian Club: AC Milan Position: Forward Did You Know? Robinho had his most prolific season yet, scoring 14 goals in Serie A. 74. Hulk - Age:25 Nationality: Brazlilian Club: Porto Position: Forward Did You Know? Hulk scored 23 goals in just 26 league games for Porto in 2010/11. 73. Daniele de Rossi - Age:28 Nationality: Italian Club: Roma Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Only Andrea Pirlo has completed more passes in Serie A this season. 72. Marek Hamsik - Age:24 Nationality: Slovakian Club: Napoli Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He was involved in 11 goals, the second-most of Serie A midfielders in 2011. 71. Kaka - Age:29 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Real Madrid Position: Midfielder Did You Know? One of four La Liga players to score two and assist two in a game 2010/11. 70. Alexis Sanchez - Age:22 Nationality: Chilean Club: Barcelona Position: Forward Did You Know? Sanchez was the only player to score four in a game in the 2010-11 Serie A. 69. Alexandre Pato - Age:22 Nationality: Brazilian Club: AC Milan Position: Forward Did You Know? Pato was involved in a goal every 93 minutes in the 2010-11 season. 68. Shinji Kagawa - Age:22 Nationality: Japanese Club: Borussia Dortmund Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Despite missing five months, he was Europe's second most prolific Asian. 67. Edin Dzeko - Age:25 Nationality: Bosnian Club: Manchester City Position: Forward Did You Know? Only Dzeko scored a brace, a hat-trick and four goals in 2011 Prem games. 66. Giorgio Chiellini - Age:27 Nationality: Italian Club: Juventus Position: Defender Did You Know? In 2011 he made the Serie A's top 10 for headed clearances and interceptions. 65. Michael Essien - Age:29 Nationality: Ghanian Club: Chelsea Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 1,982 successful passes was the most in last season's Premier League. 64. Hugo Lloris - Age: 24 Nationality: French Club: Lyon Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? Lloris has Ligue1's best shots-to-save ratio over the past two years. 63. Eric Abidal - Age:32 Nationality: French Club: Barcelona Position: Defnder Did You Know? Abidal is unbeaten in La Liga in 2011, playing in 19 wins and six draws. 62. Radamel Falcao - Age:25 Nationality: Colombian Club: Atletico Madrid Position: Forward Did You Know? He's scored twice as many 2011 Europa League goals as any other player(12) 61. Carlos Tevez - Age:27 Nationality: Argentine Club: Manchester City Position: Forward Did You Know? He was joint-top scorer in the Premier League last season, with 20 goals. 60. Andrea Pirlo - Age:32 Nationality: Italian Club: Juventus Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Pirlo has made and received the most passes in the Serie A this season so far. 59. Marcelo - Age:23 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Real Madrid Position: Defender Did You Know? Only Angel di Maria completed more dribbles for Madrid in La Liga 2011. 58. Carles Puyol - Age:33 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Defender Did You Know? He had La Liga's highest pass success (93.4 per cent) of any defender in 2011. 57. Sergio Ramos - Age:25 Nationality: Spanish Club: Real Madrid Position: Defender Did You Know? Ramos made the third-most assists of any La Liga defender in 2011. 56. Frank Lampard - Age:33 Nationality: English Club: Chelsea Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He is top-scoring midfielder in Premier League history with 145 goals. 55. Victor Valdes - Age:29 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? His haul of 17 clean sheets was the highest in Europe's top five leagues. 54. Rafael van der Vaart - Age:28 Nationality: Dutch Club: Tottenham Hotspur Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His shooting accuracy of 83 per cent is the Premier League's highest this term. 53. Didier Drogba - Age:33 Nationality: Ivorian Club: Chelsea Position: Forward Did You Know? He was one of two Prem stars to hit doubles figures in 2010/11 goals and assists. 52. Antonio di Natale - Age:34 Nationality: Italian Club: Udinese Position: Forward Did You Know? He scored 26 goals for Udinese in 2011; the next highest Serie A tally was 20. 51. Fernando Torres - Age:27 Nationality: Spanish Club: Chelsea Position: Forward Did You Know? Torres' chance conversion rate for the Blues has doubled this season. 50. John Terry - Age:30 Nationality: English Club: Chelsea Position: Defender Did You Know? He found more passes in 2011 (1,516) than anyone else in the Premier League. 49. Arjen Robben - Age:27 Nationality: Dutch Club: Bayern Munich Position: Midfielder Did You Know? In 2011 league football he was directly involved in a goal every 58 minutes. 48. Eden Hazard - Age:20 Nationality: Belgian Club: Lille Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He made the most passes in the opposition half in Ligue1 in 2011. 47. Javier Hernandez - Age:23 Nationality: Mexican Club: Manchester United Position: Forward Did You Know? He scored the most premier League goals as a substitute in 2011. 46. Mats Hummels - Age:22 Nationality: German Club: Borussia Dortmund Position: Defender Did You Know? He was also the Bundesliga's top-scoring defender last season, netting five. 45. Gareth Bale - Age:22 Nationality: Welsh Club: Tottenham Hotspur Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He scored three and set up one of Wales' six goals in Euro 2012 qualifying. 44. Juan Mata - Age:23 Nationality: Spanish Club: Chelsea Position: Forward Did You Know? He was the first Chelsea player to score on debut since George Weah in 2000. 43. Patrice Evra - Age:30 Nationality: French Club: Manchester United Position: Defender Did You Know? Evra has won 90.5 per cent of tackles this term, the most for a Prem full-back 42. Mario Gomez - Age:26 Nationality: German Club: Bayern Munich Position: Forward Did You Know? In the top five leagues only Ronaldo scored more goals than Gomez's 29. 41. Mario Goetze - Age:19 Nationality: German Club: Borussia Dortmund Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He created 80 chances in 2011, the seventh-most in Europe. 40. Fabio Coentrao - Age:23 Nationality: Portuguese Club: Real Madrid Position: Defender/Midfielder Did You Know? He has won more tackles this season than any Madrid player bar Alonso. 39. Yaya Toure - Age:28 Nationality: Ivorian Club: Manchester City Position: Midfielder Did You Know? No City player can match his 1,398 Premier League passes in 2011. 38. Frank Ribery - Age:28 Nationality: French Club: Bayern Munich Position: Midfielder Did You Know? In the top five leagues in 2011, only Messi has completed more dribbles. 37. Xabi Alonso - Age:30 Nationality: Spanish Club: Real Madrid Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 75.3 passes per game is a Champions League high after Barca players. 36. Nani - Age:25 Nationality: Portuguese Club: Manchester United Position: Midfielder Did You Know? in 2011, Nani has completed the second-most dribbles in the Premeir League. 35. Vincent Kompany - Age:25 Nationality: Belgian Club: Manchester City Position: Defender Did You Know? He kept the most clean sheets of all outfield players in the last season's Prem. 34. Ashley Cole - Age:30 Nationality: English Club: Chelsea Position: Defender Did You Know? The consistent Cole played in every game last season and this season so far. 33. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Age:30 Nationality: Swedish Club: AC Milan Position: Forward Did You Know? He won his eighth consecutive domestic title in three different leagues in 2011. 32. Thiago Silva - Age:27 Nationality: Brazilian Club: AC Milan Position: Defender Did You Know? Silva is the Serie A player with the most successful passes in 2011 (1,718) 31. Angel di Maria - Age:23 Nationality: Argentine Club: Real Madrid Position: Midfielder Did You Know? The winger has provided a table-topping 17 assists in 2011 La Liga. 30. Karim Benzema - Age:23 Nationality: French Club: Real Madrid Did You Know? Over the past two years, he has averaged a goal every 84 minutes in Europe. 29. Samuel Eto'o - Age:30 Nationality: Cameroonian Club: Anzhi Makhachkala Position: Forward Did You Know? Despite arriving in mid-season, Eto'o is Anzhi's top scorer. 28. Pedro - Age:24 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Forward Did You Know? He completed 91.9 per cent of passes in the Champions League in 2011. 27. Samir Nasri - Age:24 Nationality: French Club: Manchester City Position: Midfielder Did You Know? No player has delivered more assists than Nasri in the Prem this season. 26. Edison Cavani - Age:24 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Napoli Position: Forward Did You Know? He was Serie A's second-most prolific striker in 2011 with 20 goals. 25. Javier Pastore - Age:22 Nationality: Argentine Club: Paris Saint-Germain Position: Midfielder Did You Know? This season he has created the most chances from open play in Ligue1 24. Dani Alves - Age:28 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Barcelona Position: Defender Did You Know? His 13 assists are more than any other defender in Europe's major leagues. 23. Neymar - Age:19 Nationality: Brazilian Club: Santos Position: Forward Did You Know? His 17 completed dribbles in the 2011 Copa America were second only to Messi. 22. Gonzalo Higuain - Age:23 Nationality: Argentine Club: Real Madrid Position: Forward Did You Know? Higuain has scored a goal every 63 minutes in La Liga in 2011. 21. Philipp Lahm - Age:28 Nationality: German Club: Bayern Munich Position: Defender Did You Know? Lahm has completed 821 passes this season, the best in the Bundesliga. 20. Luis Suarez - Age:24 Nationality: Uruguayan Club: Liverpool Position: Forward Did You Know? No player has attempted more dribbles in the Premier League in 2011 (171) 19. Iker Casillas - Age:30 Nationality: Spanish Club: Real Madrid Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? His saves-to-shots ratio (88.6%) is the best in the Champions League this term. 18. Luka Modric - Age:26 Nationality: Croatian Club: Tottenham Hotspur Position: Midfielder Did You Know? No player has completed more passes in the opposition half this Prem season. 17. Sergio Busquets - Age:23 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 181 passes in the one game against Levante set a new La Liga record. 16. Nemanja Vidic - Age:30 Nationality: Serbian Club: Manchester United Position: Defender Did You Know? Vidic's 185 clearances in 2011 in the Prem are more than any other Red. 15. Manuel Neuer - Age:25 Nationality: German Club: Bayern Munich Position: Goalkeeper Did You Know? Neuer has saved an impressive 88 per cent of shots in this term's Bundesliga. 14. Sergio Aguero - Age:23 Nationality: Argentine Club: Manchester City Position: Forward Did You Know? He has the best mins-per-goal ratio in the Premier League in 2011 (72.9) 13. Wesley Sneijder - Age:27 Nationality: Dutch Club: Inter Milan Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 26 mins-per-chance-created in 2011 is second-top in the Champions League. 12. Bastian Schweinsteiger - Age:27 Nationality: German Club: Bayern Munich Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Bastian has completed 1,629 passes in 2011, the most in Germany. 11. Cesc Fabregas - Age:24 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Midfielder Did You Know? Barca's new boy got five goals and four assists in his first eight league games. TOP 10! 10. Mesut Ozil - Age:23 Nationality: German Club: Real Madrid Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He's assisted 46 goals in his last 106 league games for Werder Bremen and Real Madrid. 9. Robin vsn Persie - Age:28 Nationality: Dutch Club: Arsenal Position: Forward Did You Know? He's the Premier League's top scorer in 2011 with 35 goals in 36 appearances. 8. Gerard Pique - Age:24 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Defender Did You Know? Pique's 88.3 per cent pass completion was better than any other defender in La Liga last season. 7. David Silva - Age:25 Nationality: Spanish Club: Manchester City Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 10 assists is the most of any Premier League player in 2011. 6. Wayne Rooney - Age:26 Nationality: English Club: Manchester United Position: Forward Did You Know? Rooney is the first player in Premier League history to score nine goals in his first five games in a season. 5. David Villa - Age:30 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Forward Did You Know? Only Lionel Messi and Mario Gomez score more Champions League goals in 2011 than Villa's five. 4. Andres Iniesta - Age:27 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Midfielder Did You Know? He averaged over a pass a minute in 2011, while only Messi made more successful dribbles per 90 minutes. 3. Xavi - Age:31 Nationality: Spanish Club: Barcelona Position: Midfielder Did You Know? His 3,304 La Liga passes in 2011 is over 1,000 more than any other player in Europe's top five leagues. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo - Age:26 Nationality: Portuguese Club: Real Madrid Position: Forward Did You Know? Ronaldo scored 53 goals in 2011 up to November 2011. Scored 7 International goals in 9 games for his Country in 2011. On 15 May 2011, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in a season in the history of Real Madrid with 51 goals, surpassing the club's previous high of 49 by Ferenc Puskás. 1. Lionel Messi - Age:24 Nationality: Argentine Club: Barcelona Position: Forward Did You Know? Messi did 181 successful dribbles in La Liga in 2011, nearly three times as many as the next most successful dribbler. Scored 52 goals in 2011 up to November 21. Made 24 assists in 2011. After scoring 12 goals in the 2010–11 Champions League, Messi became only the third player (after Gerd Müller and Jean-Pierre Papin) to top-score in three successive European Champion Clubs' Cup campaigns. However, Messi is the first one to win the Champions League top scorer titles for three consecutive years after Champions League changed its format in 1992. 

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