#1 Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid and Spain
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Sergio Ramos has time and again proved to be Real Madrid’s most important player and has come up with the goods in the most unlikeliest of circumstances. Be it the 93rd minute equaliser against Atletico Madrid in the final of 2014 Champions League, which inspired Los Blancos to a 4-1 win over their arch-rivals, or his recent 90th minute equaliser against FC Barcelona in the first El Clasico of the season.
Ramos has been one of the best defenders in the world for a while now and played an equally important role in Real’s La Undecima triumph as any other player in the squad. Not only did he guide them to a Champions League win, he opened the scoring for the Santiago Bernabeu outfit on the night of the final, while also burying his spot-kick in the crucial penalty shootout.
Ramos also scored the equaliser for Real Madrid in the 93rd minute of the UEFA Super Cup, which forced the game into extra time and Real came out of the game winners courtesy of Dani Carvajal’s 119th minute winner. He was named the Man of the Match for both – the final of Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. A player with that significant a contribution definitely deserved to make it into the top 17, if not the top 10.
