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#5 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid and Bayern Munich)
One of the best defensive midfielders to ever play the game, Xabi Alonso has been successful wherever he has played, be it in the Premier League with Liverpool, or the La Liga with Real Madrid or the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich or the Spanish national team.
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A complete, consistent, hardworking and versatile midfielder, Alonso is capable of contributing both defensively and offensively. Although primarily a defensive midfielder, Xabi Alonso has scored plenty of crucial goals for his side with stunning free-kicks, long-range screamers and penalties.
Having won the Champions League with Real Madrid and Ancelotti in 2014, the legendary Spaniard moved to Bayern Munich where he was reunited again with the Italian tactician in 2016. Alonso played a crucial role in Bayern's Munich's 2016/17 Bundesliga title before calling time on his spectacular career.
Xabi Alonso was a player who dictated the pace of the game and the Spaniard is quite rightly considered to be one of the best defensive playmakers of all time.
