KAKA

• Date of Birth: 22 April 1982
• Height: 186 cm
• Shirt number: 10
• Position: Midfielder
• Current club: Real Madrid (ESP)
• International Caps: 81
• International Goals: 27
• First international: Brazil - Bolivia (31 January 2002)

Kaka is firmly established as one of the finest players in the world with a capacity to glide almost effortlessly past opponents.

KI Sung Yueng

• Date of Birth: 24 January 1989
• Height: 187 cm
• Shirt number: 16
• Position: Midfielder
• Current club: Celtic (SCO)
• International Caps: 26
• International Goals: 4
• First international: Korea Republic - Jordan (5 September 2008)

A central midfielder with an eye for goal, Ki Sung-Yueng has emerged as the dead-ball specialist during Korea Republic’s FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

Lionel MESSI

• Date of Birth: 24 June 1987
• Height: 170 cm
• Shirt number: 10
• Position: Forward
• Current club: Barcelona (ESP)
• International Caps: 49
• International Goals: 13
• First international: Hungary - Argentina (17 August 2005)

There has been no shortage of players billed as Diego Maradona’s successor, yet few, if any, have borne that burden with the aplomb of Lionel Messi.

CRISTIANO RONALDO

• Date of Birth: 5 February 1985
• Height: 185 cm
• Shirt number: 7
• Position: Forward
• Current club: Real Madrid (ESP)
• International Caps: 76
• International Goals: 23
• First international: Portugal - Kazakhstan (20 August 2003)

Perhaps more than any other player of the modern era, Portugal's superstar seems to maintain a wide-eyed innocence on the field.