The best soccer players in Europe in each position

The best soccer players in Europe in each position - The CIES Football Observatory has released the 2018 list of top players in each position in the top European leagues (Spain, France, England, Italy, and Germany). The ranking, which covers the first three months of the year, considered athletes who played for 45 minutes or more in eight matches, and took into account criteria such as rigor, take on, distribution, recovery, chance creation, and shooting. Get to know the top five stars in each position!

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Full backs - 5th - Ben Davies
Team: Tottenham
Score: 84.0

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Full backs - 4th - Jordi Alba
Team: Barcelona
Score: 84.6

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Full backs - 3rd - Kyle Walker
Team: Manchester City
Score: 85.8

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Full backs - 2nd - Daniel Carvajal
Team: Real Madrid
Score: 86.6

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Full backs - 1st - Mário Rui
Team: Napoli
Score: 88.2

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Box-to-box midfielders - 5th - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Team: Liverpool
Score: 85.9

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Box-to-box midfielders - 4th - Julian Draxler
Team: PSG
Score: 86.1

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Box-to-box midfielders - 3rd - İlkay Gündoğan
Team: Manchester City
Score: 86.9

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Box-to-box midfielders - 2nd - Marek Hamšík
Team: Napoli
Score: 89.5

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Box-to-box midfielders - 1st - Christian Eriksen
Team: Tottenham
Score: 89.9

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Goalkeepers - 5th - Pepe Reina
Team: Napoli
Score: 82.0

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Goalkeepers - 4th - Ederson Moraes
Team: Manchester City
Score: 83.3

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Goalkeepers - 3rd - Alphonse Aréola
Team: PSG
Score: 83.7

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Goalkeepers - 2nd - Alisson Becker
Team: Roma
Score: 83.8

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Goalkeepers - 1st - Hugo Lloris
Team: Tottenham
Score: 84.1

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Center backs - 5th - Raúl Albiol
Team: Napoli
Score: 87.8

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Center backs - 4th - Thiago Silva
Team: PSG
Score: 87.8

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Center backs - 3rd - Nicolás Otamendi
Team: Manchester City
Score: 88.1

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Center backs - 2nd - Davinson Sánchez
Team: Tottenham
Score: 88.5

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Center backs - 1st - Kalidou Koulibaly
Team: Napoli
Score: 90.4

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Defensive midfielders - 5th - Lucas Biglia
Team: Milan
Score: 86.7

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Defensive midfielders - 4th - André-Franck Zambo
Team: Marseille
Score: 86.9

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Defensive midfielders - 3rd - Ivan Rakitić
Team: Barcelona
Score: 88.0

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Defensive midfielders - 2nd - Mousa Dembélé
Team: Tottenham
Score: 89.0

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Defensive midfielders - 1st - Toni Kroos
Team: Real Madrid
Score: 92.8

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Wingers - 4th - Heung-Min Son
Team: Tottenham
Score: 87.1

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Wingers - 4th - Joaquín Suso
Team: Milan
Score: 87.1

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Wingers - 3rd - Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Team: Milan
Score: 88.8

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Wingers - 2nd - Mohammed Salah
Team: Liverpool
Score: 89.9

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Wingers - 1st - Lionel Messi
Team: Barcelona
Score: 93.7

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Forwards - 5th - Sergio Agüero
Team: Manchester City
Score: 86.0

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Forwards - 4th - Antoine Griezmann
Team: Atlético de Madrid
Score: 86.2

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Forwards - 3rd - Harry Kane
Team: Tottenham
Score: 87.1

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Forwards - 2nd - Gonzalo Higuaín
Team: Juventus
Score: 87.4

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Forwards - 1st - Cristiano Ronaldo
Team: Real Madrid
Score: 90.8

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