Top 8 world’s best defensive midfielder
- N’Golo Kante
N’Golo Kanté , born 29 March, 1991 is a French professional footballer and Chelsea FC defensive midfielder who is dynamic and disciplined.He has won so many trophies in the football space despite being a late bloomer at the age of 21 years. He won the UEFA Championship League in 2021.He is regarded as a big player, a strong tackler with sharp dribbling ability to counter-attacks, intercepting passes, regaining possession, blocking shots and overall outstanding performance. He has a burst of energy that enables him to keep fighting to win in his defensive position. A charismatic midfielder who is found worthy by many to win the Ballon d’or.
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Joshua Kimmich
Joshua Walter Kimmich, born 8 February, 1995 is a German professional footballer and plays as a defensive midfielder for Bayern Munich. He has a great complete play-style that is versatile, aggressive as well as a play-making ability that makes him one of the best in the world. Kimmich is known to have enormous quality in attacking and defensive roles which makes him an intelligent player with good technical skills. Over the years, he has had great reviews based on his skills and the ability to take possession of the ball in the midfield. He has been described with the qualities such as, “ intelligent, aggressive toward the ball, strong in the air, eye for free space,deep-lying playmaker,superb vision, comfortable in possession,precise passing and crossing as well as a good striker .
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Jorginho
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho Cavaliere OMRI , born 20 December, 1991 is simply called ” Jorginho”. He is a Brazilian-born Italian professional footballer and a Chelsea midfielder. He is an outstanding defensive midfielder and termed a ‘regista’ in Italian football as well as being widely known in the world as one of the best midfielders.Jorginho’s composure and versatility has made him be featured in any midfield position in football. He is usually used as a central defensive midfielder due to his intelligence, work-rate and technique, superb vision, agility and passing accuracy, and the ability to take possession of the ball in a three-man midfield in a 4–3–3 formation during a game. He has a slender build and an average height which makes him not imposing physically on the field but is a great midfielder that covers all ground during a game.
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Fabinho
Fábio Henrique Tavares, shortened to Fabinho was born 23 October 1993. He is a Brazilian professional footballer and a midfielder for both the Liverpool club and the Brazil national team. He is known as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world due to his versatility as a centre-back. He has the agility to recycle possession and win back the ball when playing on the field. He has an exceptional game reading ability that earned him the nickname, ‘The Lighthouse’ by Liverpool assistant coach and team players.
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Sergio Busquets
Sergio Busquets Burgos was born on 16th July, 1988 and is a Spanish professional footballer for his national team. He also plays as a defensive midfielder and captain for the Barcelona club. He plays as a playmaker who has a great sight for directing the gameplay with short and calm passes which makes him known as one of the best defensive midfielders. He is hardworking and excellent at tackling, passing, ball possession and control, positional sense and great defensive attributes that makes him good at reading at games. He lacks pace but has tactical intelligence, physical prowess, technical skills and great vision.
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Frenkie de Jong
Frenkie de Jong , born 12 May, 1997 is a Dutch professional footballer for the Netherlands National team and a midfielder for Barcelona FC. He is known to be a versatile player with dynamic vision, passing ability, dribbling tactics and techniques, strong defensive capability as well as great attacking prowess. He has been ranked among the best midfielders in the world. De Jong has been mentioned by many to be able to function as a “regista, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, holding midfielder, box-to-box midfielder and centre back” and still perform well in the field.
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Carlos Casemiro
Carlos Henrique Casimiro, born 23 February, 1992 and known as Casemiro. He is a Brazilian professional footballer for the Brazil national team and the Spanish club Real Madrid. He has been identified as one of the best defensive midfielders in football. Casemiro majorly plays as a defensive midfielder but occasionally takes the role in the centre of the pitch or as a centre-back. He is talented and possess technical skills as well as physically strong, intelligent and hardworking. He has the ability to bring balance to his teams by supporting teammates defensively in the game.
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Tomas Soucek
Tomas Soucek was born on 27th February, 1995 and a Czech professional footballer. He plays as the captain for the Czech Republic national team and the defensive midfielder for West Ham United club. He is known as an energetic footballer with both attacking and defensive characteristics. His physical presence makes him easily noticed on the field of play and his heading ability makes him compared to Marouane Fellaini by the world famous Jose Mourinho. He is regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world.
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