3 players who have won the Champions League and the World Cup double in this millennium

#1 Raphael Varane (Real Madrid and France)

French defender Raphael Varane won the Champions League with Real Madrid and the World Cup in 2018.

The 25-year-old defender, Raphael Varane must feel on top of the world after an emphatic 2018 World Cup campaign with France as they emerged winners. He was instrumental at the back as the French defense bullishly came across all the attacking challenges they faced. Just a couple of months ago, he was a UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madrid as the European giants defeated Liverpool in an intense encounter.

Unlike the previous mention Khedira, Varane was a key player for both club and country starting all the games for France and Real Madrid in their respective campaigns. In 7 starts for the current World Champions, the defender kept 4 clean-sheets as he kept things tight at the back forming an unbreakable partnership with Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti. He also scored the crucial opener against Uruguay in the World Cup quarter-finals.

For Real Madrid too, the defender started all 11 games in their Champions League campaign as he formed a key partnership with legendary centre-back Sergio Ramos. They did fail to keep clean-sheets but with the depth of attacking talent at their disposal, that was never an issue.

At just 25 he has already lived a career that most players can only dream about, he's won four Champions Leagues, three UEFA Super Cups, three Club World Championships, two LaLiga titles, 2 Supercopa de Espanas and one Copa del Rey.

The defender is currently one of the hottest properties in world football after his most recent achievements and it remains a doubt whether Real Madrid will let go of one of their biggest stars after he was linked with English giants Manchester United on a regular basis.