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#9 Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez is regarded as one of the best strikers in the modern game. The Uruguayan was unceremoniously kicked out of Barcelona, but his contribution to the club during his six years at the Camp Nou was astonishing.
In his second season at the club, Suárez won his first Pichichi Trophy as well as his second European Golden Shoe, for which he became the first player since 2009 to win both awards after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Suarez scored 147 goals for Barcelona in 191 games.
He is also Uruguay's all-time leading goalscorer. At 33 Suarez still has a lot to offer to the game of football, which is why Atletico Madrid snapped him up this summer. Suarez scored two goals and laid an assist on his debut for Atletico.
#8 Giorgio Chiellini
At 36, Giorgio Chiellini is still regarded as one of the best defenders in the game. The Italian is a true warrior and is the gold standard for old school defenders who put their bodies on the line for their team.
At Juventus, Chiellini has won nine consecutive Serie A titles from 2012 to 2020 and four consecutive Coppa Italia titles and four Supercoppa Italiana titles. Chiellini has been named in the Serie A Team of the Year five times: in 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 and 2018–19 and has been awarded the Serie A Defender of the Year award three times: in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Chiellini is entering the final stages of his career but is still putting out world-class performances for a top European club, which earns him a place in the top 10 players over 30.
#7 Luka Modric
Luka Modric is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and the greatest Croatian footballer of all-time. The 35-year-old was voted as the worst transfer of the season in his first year at Real Madrid, but what he has gone on to achieve with the club is beyond astonishing.
He has won 17 major trophies at Real Madrid, including four UEFA Champions League titles, two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey and three FIFA Club World Cup trophies.
Modric has also achieved a large amount of personal success during his eight years at Real Madrid. In 2015, he became the first Croatian player to be included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in which he was regularly included until 2019.
In 2018, Modrić became the first Croatian player to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and by winning The Best FIFA Men's Player and Ballon d'Or awards, he became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the both awards in more than a decade.
At 35, the midfielder still oozes class and controls games from midfielder for Real Madrid, as he led them to their first La Liga title in four years last season.
