Best Soccer Player From (Almost) Every Country Quiz

Can you name each of these countries based on their best (current) soccer player by overall rating?
Based on FC 26 player ratings, not based on personal opinion. Some countries are not included since they have no players in FC 26.
Country of representation, not necessarily country of birth. A (*) will indicate a player born in another country, but represents the country listed as the answer. This quiz does not include free agents.
The United Kingdom will be an answer as opposed to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland separately.
Includes men's players only.
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Player
Place of Birth
Current Team
Country
91
Kylian Mbappé
Paris
Real Madrid
France
Mohamed Salah
Nagrig
Liverpool
Egypt
90
Jude Bellingham
Stourbridge
Real Madrid
United Kingdom
Erling Haaland*
Leeds (UK)
Manchester City
Norway
Rodri
Madrid
Spain
Virgil van Dijk
Breda
Liverpool
Netherlands
89
Alisson | Raphinha | Vini Jr.
Novo Hamburgo | Porto Alegre | São Gonçalo
Liverpool | Barcelona | Real Madrid
Brazil
Thibaut Courtois
Bree
Real Madrid
Belgium
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Castellammare di Stabia
Manchester City
Italy
Achraf Hakimi*
Madrid (Spain)
PSG
Morocco
Joshua Kimmich | Florian Wirtz
Rottweil | Pulheim
Bayern Munich | Liverpool
Germany
Federico Valverde
Montevideo
Real Madrid
Uruguay
Vitinha
Vila das Aves
PSG
Portugal
88
Alexander Isak
Solna
Liverpool
Sweden
Robert Lewandowski
Warsaw
Barcelona
Poland
Lautaro Martínez
Bahía Blanca
Inter Milan
Argentina
Jan Oblak
Škofja Loka
Atlético Madrid
Slovenia
87
Moisés Caicedo
Santo Domingo
Chelsea
Ecuador
Serhou Guirassy*
Arles (France)
Borussia Dortmund
Guinea
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Tbilisi
PSG
Georgia
Victor Osimhen
Lagos
Galatasaray
Nigeria
Yann Sommer
Morges
Inter Milan
Switzerland
86
Hakan Çalhanoğlu*
Mannheim (Germany)
Turkey
85
Luis Díaz
Barrancas
Bayern Munich
Colombia
Péter Gulácsi
Budapest
RB Leipzig
Hungary
Bryan Mbeumo*
Avallon (France)
Manchester United
Cameroon
Patrik Schick
Prague
Bayer Leverkusen
Czech Republic
Son Heung-min
Chuncheon
LAFC
South Korea
84
Alphonso Davies*
Buduburam (Ghana)
Bayern Munich
Canada
Joško Gvardiol
Zagreb
Manchester City
Croatia
Riyad Mahrez*
Sarcelles (France)
Al-Ahli
Algeria
Sergej Milinković-Savić*
Lleida (Spain)
Al Hilal
Serbia
Christian Pulisic
Hershey
AC Milan
United States
83
Artem Dovbyk
Cherkasy
Roma
Ukraine
Dávia Hancko | Stanislav Lobotka
Prievidza | Trenčín
Atlético Madrid | Napoli
Slovakia
Morten Hjulmand
Kastrup
Sporting CP
Denmark
Sadio Mané
Bambali
Al Nassr
Senegal
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Yerevan
Inter Milan
Armenia
Thomas Partey | Iñaki Williams*
Krobo Odumase | Bilbao (Spain)
Villarreal | Athletic Bilbao
Ghana
Amir Rrahmani
Pristina
Napoli
Kosovo
82
David Alaba | Konrad Laimer
Vienna |
Real Madrid | Bayern Munich
Austria
Salem Al-Dawsari
Wadi ad-Dawasir
Al Hilal
Saudi Arabia
Ritsu Doan | Takefusa Kubo | Kaoru Mitoma
Amagasaki | Kawasaki | Hita
Eintracht Frankfurt | Real Sociedad | Brighton & Hove Albion
Japan
Vangelis Pavlidis
Thessaloniki
Benfica
Greece
Yoane Wissa*
Épinay-sous-Sénart (France)
Newcastle United
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chris Wood
Auckland
Nottingham Forest
New Zealand
81
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang*
Laval (France)
Marseille
Gabon
Edin Džeko
Sarajevo
Fiorentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yangel Herrera
La Guaira
Real Sociedad
Venezuela
Lukáš Hrádecký*
Bratislava (Slovakia*)
Monaco
Finland
Evan Ndicka*
Paris (France)
Roma
Ivory Coast
Edmond Tapsoba
Ouagadougou
Bayer Leverkusen
Burkina Faso
80
Julián Quiñones*
Magüí Payán (Colombia)
Al-Qadsiah
Mexico
Ellyes Skhiri*
Lunel (France)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Tunisia
79
Leon Bailey
Kingston
Roma
Jamaica
Nathan Collins | Caoimhín Kelleher
Leixlip | Cork
Brentford | Liverpool
Ireland
Stole Dimitrievski
Kumanovo
Valencia
North Macedonia
Berat Djimsiti*
Zurich (Switzerland)
Atalanta
Albania
Aleksandr Golovin
Kaltan
Monaco
Russia
Albert Guðmundsson
Reykjavík
Fiorentina
Iceland
Kaku*
Ciudadela (Argentina)
Al Ain
Paraguay
Andrei Rațiu
Aiud
Rayo Vallecano
Romania
Reinildo
Beira
Sunderland
Mozambique
Hamari Traoré
Bamako
Paris FC
Mali
78
Ali Al-Musrati
Tripoli
Hellas Verona
Libya
Emil Audero
Mataram
Cremonese
Indonesia
Musa Barrow
Kanifing Estate
Al Taawoun
Gambia
Oscar Dorley
Monrovia
Slavia Prague
Liberia
Geoffrey Kondogbia*
Nemours (France)
Marseille
Central African Republic
Adam Marušić* | Stefan Savić
Belgrade (Serbia*) | Mojkovac
Lazio | Trabzonspor
Montenegro
Mehdi Taremi
Bushehr
Olympiacos
Iran
77
Gabriel Arias*
Neuquén (Argentina)
Racing Club
Chile
Leandro Barreiro
Erpeldange
Benfica
Luxembourg
Logan Costa*
Saint-Denis (France)
Villarreal
Cape Verde
Kévin Denkey | Dakonam Djené | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Lomé | Dapaong | Lomé
FC Cincinnati | Getafe | Al Ain
Togo
Kiril Despodov
Kresna
PAOK
Bulgaria
Abdukodir Khusanov
Tashkent
Manchester City
Uzbekistan
Clinton Mata*
Verviers (Belgium)
Lyon
Angola
Youssouf Ndayishimiye
Bujumbura
Nice
Burundi
Manor Solomon
Kfar Saba
Villarreal
Israel
76
Beto*
Lisbon (Portugal)
Everton
Guinea-Bissau
Saúl Coco*
Lanzarote (Spain)
Torino
Equatorial Guinea
Marshall Munetsi
Harare
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Zimbabwe
Amir Murillo
Panama City
Marseille
Panama
75
Luis Advíncula
Chincha
Boca Juniors
Peru
Yazan Al-Arab | Musa Al-Tamari
Russeifa | Amman
FC Seoul | Montpellier
Jordan
Sheraldo Becker*
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Osasuna
Suriname
Jackson Irvine
Melbourne
FC St. Pauli
Australia
Junior Firpo | Pablo Rosario*
Santo Domingo | Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Betis | Porto
Dominican Republic
Aboubakary Koïta*
Pikine (Senegal)
AEK Athens
Mauritania
Fashion Sakala
Chipata
Al-Fayha
Zambia
Teddy Teuma*
Toulon (France)
Reims
Malta
73
Kervin Arriaga | Romell Quioto
Puerto Cortés | Balfate
Levante | Al-Najma
Honduras
Erik*
Quaraí (Brazil)
Al Ain
United Arab Emirates
Facundo Garcés*
Santa Fe (Argentina)
Alavés
Malaysia
Karl Hein
Põlva
Werder Bremen
Estonia
Antoine Makoumbou*
Paris (France)
Samsunspor
Republic of the Congo
Marius Mouandilmadji
Doba
Chad
Steve Mounié
Parakou
FC Augsburg
Benin
Siyabonga Ngezana
Sebokeng
FCSB
South Africa
Joseph Okumu
Kisumu
Reims
Kenya
72
Ali Adnan
Baghdad
-
Iraq
Abdulai Juma Bah
Freetown
Nice
Sierra Leone
Tim Chow*
Wigan (UK)
Chengdu Rongcheng
Taiwan
Stelios Andreou | Grigoris Kastanos | Konstantinos Laifis
Nicosia | Paralimni | Paralimni
Widzew Łódź | Hellas Verona | APOEL
Cyprus
Hamza Choudhury*
Loughborough (UK)
Leicester City
Bangladesh
Carlos Lampe | Guillermo Viscarra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolívar | Alianza Lima
Bolivia
Loïc Lapoussin*
Rosny-sous-Bois (France)
Sint Truiden
Madagascar
Cebrail Makreckis*
Aachen (Germany)
Ferencvárosi TC
Latvia
Raphael Obermair*
Prien am Chiemsee (Germany)
Paderborn 07
Philippines
Frantzdy Pierrot
Cap-Haïtien
AEK Athens
Haiti
Ally Samatta
Dar es Salaam
Le Havre
Tanzania
71
Sai Erjiniao* | Wu Lei
Monte Aprazível (Brazil) | Nanjing
Beijing Guoan | Shanghai Port
China
Aarón Herrera*
Las Cruces (USA)
D.C. United
Guatemala
Isaiah Jones*
Lambeth (UK)
Luton Town
Guyana
Aiham Ousou*
Mölndal (Sweden)
Charleroi
Syria
Patrick Gilmar Sequeira
Limón
Casa Pia
Costa Rica
70
Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev*
Makhachkala (Russia)
Qarabağ
Azerbaijan
Alex Roldán*
Artesia (USA)
Seattle Sounders FC
El Salvador
Edgaras Utkus
Radviliškis
Cercle Brugge
Lithuania
69
Rahim Alhassane*
Abuja (Nigeria)
Oviedo
Niger
Shandon Baptiste*
Reading (UK)
Luton Town
Grenada
Herbert Bockhorn
Kampala
1. FC Magdeburg
Uganda
Abdullah Iqbal*
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Mjällby
Pakistan
Ilya Shkurin
Vitebsk
GKS Katowice
Belarus
68
Subhasish Bose | Sunil Chhetri
Kolkata | Secunderabad
Mohun Bagan | Bengaluru
India
Brian Kaltak
Erakor
Perth Glory
Vanuatu
67
Iker Álvarez
Andorra la Vella
Córdoba
Andorra
Claudio Kammerknecht*
Emmendingen (Germany)
Dynamo Dresden
Sri Lanka
Ryan Nyambe
Katima Mulilo
Derby County
Namibia
66
Chris Forino* | Reeco Hackett*
Islington (UK) | Redbridge (UK)
Bolton Wanderers | Lincoln City
Saint Lucia
Daniel Phillips*
Enfield (UK)
Stevenage
Trinidad and Tobago
Virgiliu Postolachi
Edineț
Universitatea Cluj
Moldova
Christian Joel Sánchez
Havana
Sporting Gijón
Cuba
65
Luther James-Wildin*
Leicester (UK)
Stevenage
Antigua and Barbuda
64
Ethan Bristow* | Jay Williams*
Maidenhead (UK) | Northampton (UK)
Tranmere Rovers | Crawley Town
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Husseyn Chakroun*
Hanover (Germany)
Hannover 96
Lebanon
Samuel Gueulette
Kigali
Samuel Gueulette
Rwanda
63
Thierry Gale
Bridgetown
Bolton Wanderers
Barbados
Nicholas Mickelson*
Skien (Norway)
SV Elversberg
Thailand
Bilal Njie*
Oslo (Norway)
KFUM
Somalia
62
Charles Petro
Blantyre
Botoșani
Malawi
Khusrav Toirov
Danghara
Chornomorets Odesa
Tajikistan
60
Maziar Kouhyar
Badakhshan Province
Notts County
Afghanistan
58
Fabio Luque-Notaro
Vaduz
Schweinfurt 05
Liechtenstein
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9 Comments
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Level 17
Apr 24, 2021
Best quiz ever!!!!! Can you Make One with a valid player of every country
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Level 74
Apr 24, 2021
Thanks! I've considered it and will probably make it when I get the chance.
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Level 74
Apr 24, 2021
Note: Decided not to do this since some countries have never fielded a team.
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Level 17
Oct 12, 2021
Best quiz ever! But the best of Morocco is Hakimi not Ziyech
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Level 74
Oct 12, 2021
Thanks! I will fix it. For some reason, Hakimi isn't showing up when you search by nationality.
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Level 20
Aug 17, 2023
Why did you call it soccer? Its called FOOTBALL
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Level 74
Aug 18, 2023
1. I'm American.

2. I have many American Football quizzes as well, so the quiz name is to avoid confusion. (The quiz series is called "Soccer (Football)" though).

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Level 49
Jun 30, 2025
Donacien from St. Lucia has a 68 rating and Marcel Büchel from Liechtenstein has a rating of 69.
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Level 16
Apr 11, 2026
nice quiz geographynerd !