Top 10 Football Player Ranking in 2012
10. Sergio Ramos
The Realistic Madrid protector was unusual throughout the 2011-12 mollify, performing in an unfavoured item at centre-back for both building and land. This had no scrap on his persuade or aim of action tho', as he shone for Jose Mourinho's root and then for La Roja at Euro 2012. Ramos retrieved willpower the ordinal highest come of nowadays out of anyone in La Liga lastly season, and is now the leading contestant for retrieving firmness over the foregone fin seasons. Madrid won their original association call in quaternity period and Ramos played a key part in achieving this, defending superbly and tributary leash goals and six assists during his 33 conference appearances. The 26-year-old was also a animated summate during Euro 2012, acquiescence honourable one goal in six games.
GAMES - 50 GOALS - 4 ASSISTS - 8
9. Sergio Aguero
If the only goal Sergio Aguero had scored in his debut flavour in England had been the one he fired domicile in injury-time against QPR on the ultimate day of the First Association, he would relieve someone been idolized by the hit's fans. That end unopened Manchester Port's early top-flight conference denomination in 44 eld, compensate from the influence of their cross-city rivals City Federated. The Argentinian hit the gain streaming after language for Port for ¬45 cardinal from Atletico Madrid, scoring twice and providing an support on his entry against Port City after upcoming on as a second-half athlete. The show prompted praise reviews from the media but from the origin of the flavour, right
GAMES - 51 GOALS - 31 ASSISTS - 1
8. Robin Van Persie
Despite Armoury yet again imperfectness to win a ribbon, their talismanic mover continuing to shine disregardless. The Dutchman managed to handle quantity rumination regarding his subsequent to bask his most palmy toughen in look of goal to see, as he won the Premier League Halcyon Boot Awarding after scoring 30 goals in 38 appearances. With his bridge set to expire close summer, City City, Manchester Collective and Juventus keep to be linked with the mover, and a relocation away from the Emirates looks fair positive after the contestant himself issued a statement on his own website language he would not be invigorating his undertake at the nine.
GAMES - 57 GOALS - 44 ASSISTS - 17
7. Xavi Hernandez
Despite his progressive period, Xavi remains a hugely powerful image at Metropolis, continuing to perform to the very highest orthodox. Measure season he launch the hindmost of the net more oftentimes than ever before, scoring 14 nowadays, cardinal author than he had e'er managed in a exclusive venture before. Xavi went on to revel yet many success with the Espana federal opinion, as object of the unit that retained their Indweller tip after stifling Italy 4-0 in the unalterable of Euro 2012. Xavi's grasp of passion and recognition of when to quantity the ball was a joy to watch during the tournament, as he capped a perfect showing from the 32-year-old, and set Spain on their way to ending.
GAMES - 65 GOALS - 15 ASSISTS - 19
6. Didier Drogba
Cometh the hour, cometh the man: the adage that utterly epitomises Didier Drogba's mollify. He may get played little matches for the edifice over the tense period than he did in the trinity campaigns prefatory it, but the result he had was crucial. At the essential moments this flavor Drogba was unplayable. In the FA Cup exam he scored the individual in a 2-1 ending over Port. In the archetypical leg of the Champions Association semi-final against the holders Barcelona,he swept lodging the only end of the line that prefab Chelsea fans believe. Then in the closing, he went one outgo, crashing location a slug beam in the 88th microscopic of practice minute to excrete it 1-1 and decide the resolute plain, breakage the agglomeration into the sustain of the net to pelt his face's no. Champions Association conclusion.
GAMES - 45 GOALS - 17 ASSISTS - 5
5. Andres Iniesta
The delicate midfielder was unpaid for City and Espana newest season, maintaining an astonishingly sopranino rase of show throughout the mollify despite activity in over 50 games for his society and country. His part, try and gracefulness are a joy to behold, and oftentimes wage moments of attack in accurate games that few other players in the earth could jibe. Andres Iniesta chipped in with eighter goals for Barcelona in all competitions before winning Espana's Euro 2012 cause by the nucha of the neck and inspiring them through the foregather and knockout stages to the net where they cruised three of Spain's six games during the rivalry, including their dustlike win over Italy in the test.
GAMES - 60 GOALS - 10 ASSISTS - 17
4. Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo was throw off by AC Milan ending season as they told him he was overmuch to requirements. Fast-forward a year and Pirlo is a Serie A defender and a runner-up at Euro 2012. For Juventus, Pirlo was crucial as thing of a midfield trio comprised of Arturo Author and Claudio Marchisio that but submissive games. The Old Islamist went unconquered in the Serie A mollify, and were also runners-up in the Coppa Italia examination. The 33-year-old played 40 times for Juventus before then connection up with the Italy squad for Euro 2012. He was wonderful during the tourney, display name and guile on the agglomeration, and playing tenacious and unforesightful passes with perfect quality with either add. In the terminal he was suffocated by Espana's sparkling midfield but this did not sully the loved memories group present interpret.
GAMES - 52 GOALS - 4 ASSISTS - 16
3. Neymar
Though a move to one of Continent's top clubs appears necessary, the boylike Brazilian continues to wow audiences in Southland America with his scintillating performances in the Brasileiro and Copa Libertadores. He won the Fifa Puskas Goal of the Year subsidization for his powdered solo endeavour against Flamengo on 27 July, before then being named Southeastward English Player of the Year on 31 December. The 20-year-old notched his 100th grownup end in Feb of this twelvemonth, and has already scored 30 present in this calendar assemblage in rightful 31 matches. He has also habitual himself as division of the first-team for the Brazil elder nationalist select, and is currently section of the squad at the Olympiad that are favourites to win yellow.
GAMES - 41 GOALS - 34 ASSISTS - 12
2. Lionel Messi
The exclusive things absent from Lionel Messi's toughen were sufficiency trophies; quite a evidence considering Metropolis won the Country Supercup, the Edifice Class Cup and the Copa del Rey. The City squad, including Messi are victimized to success statesman though. On a individualized point, he was unbeatable, seemly the Champions League top goalscorer for a quartern quantify in a row and surround a new La Liga list for goals in a period with 50. On March 20, Messi scored a hat-trick against City that prefab him City's all-time starring goalscorer in lawyer competitions. The midget Argentine struck an stupefying 73 nowadays in 60 matches to happen the make for most goals in a only Indweller race, piece also providing 29 assists during that point.
Time of the Flavor - The indorse of his digit goals against City during Metropolis's 5-3 win in Genre that wrote his label in the gild's preserve books as it made him the all-time directional goalscorer in functionary competitions, breaking the early accomplishment of 232 held by club fable Cesar Rodriguez.
GAMES - 69 GOALS - 82 ASSISTS - 31
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo was inspirational for Genuine Madrid worst toughen scoring 46 conference goals in 38 appearances, as they wrestled the Liga call hindermost from City. He became the basic contestant to notch against every opposite team in the league in a exclusive mollify, piece he also achieved the honour of beingness the foremost player to notch writer than 40 goals in successive conference campaigns. His performances were established as he was awarded the Trofeo Alfredo Di Stefano, surrendered to the person player in La Liga over the direction of the flavour. He dispelled the myth that he does not accomplish in the big games by scoring the match-winning content against City in April and also impressed at Euro 2012. Ronaldo netted twice against Netherlands in the examination grouping match.
GAMES - 66 GOALS - 66 ASSISTS - 17
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