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Central midfielder - Toni Kroos
Toni Kroos is one of the finest midfielders to have graced the Champions League, especially in the last decade. The four-time Champions League winner has made over 100 appearances in the competition.
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Kroos has tallied goal contributions in all but two of his 12 seasons in the Champions League. The 31-year-old generally operates in a deep-lying playmaking role, which explains why he scores so sparingly in the competition.
Nevertheless, the 2014 FIFA World Cup winner is one of the first names on the team sheet. That's because of his set-piece prowess and ability to orchestrate play from the middle of the park.
Central midfielder - Xavi
Xavi Hernandez is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders to have played the game.
The four-time Champions League winner was a star performer for club and country. Xavi is one of a handful of players to have made over 150 appearances in the competition.
The diminutive midfielder could pierce the tightest of gaps in opposition defenses like very few could. It was from Xavi's cross that Lionel Messi scored a rare headed goal in the 2009 Champions League final against Manchester United.
The assist king registered a career-best seven assists in Barcelona's triumphant Champions League campaign that season.
Central midfielder - Andres Iniesta
Andres Iniesta, like his compatriot and Barcelona teammate Xavi, was a midfielder par excellence.
The 37-year-old made 130 appearances in the Champions League, all for Barcelona, winning four titles, including two continental trebles. Though he did not score a lot of goals in the Champions League, Iniesta scored a few landmark strikes in the competition.
It was his last-ditch equalizer at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea that sent Barcelona to the 2009 Champions League final on away goals. That was Iniesta's only goal in the competition that season as the Blaugrana won the continental treble.
Arguably the best player never to have won the Ballon d'Or award, Iniesta scored the winner against the Netherlands that sealed Spain's maiden FIFA World Cup triumph in 2010.
