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While Europe’s top five leagues – France’s Ligue 1, Italy’s Serie A, England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga and Germany’s Bundesliga – are considered the best in the world, only Spain’s team is made up of players from this quintet.

Al-Ahly Ivan Toni and Galatasaray’s Leroy Sane were selected by England and Germany, while France included both Theo Hernandez and N’Golo Kante of Al-Hilal and Fenerbahce respectively.

Although Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium are high in size, outside of Europe, Argentina and Senegal have the most players who play at the highest level.

None of the teams from Curacao, Iran, Iraq or Qatar have played in Europe’s top five leagues this season, although Iraqi forward Ali Jassim is on the books of Serie A club Como and has spent the season on loan at Saudi club Al-Najam.