2018 FIFA World Cup: most valuable Latin American players

The statistic presents a ranking of Latin American soccer players participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, based on market value. As of June 2018, Neymar and Messi were the most valuable players in the world, with a market value of 180 million euros each. The Argentine Pablo Dybala ranked third among Latin American players, with a value of 110 million euros.

Most valuable soccer players from Latin America at the 2018 FIFA World Cup (in million euros)

Characteristic	Market value in million euros
Neymar (Brazil)	180
Lionel Messi (Argentina)	180
Paulo Dybala (Argentina)	110
Philippe Coutinho (Brazil)	100
Gabriel Jesus (Brazil)	80
Roberto Firmino (Brazil)	80
Sergio Agüero (Argentina)	80
James Rodríguez (Colombia)	70
Luis Suárez (Uruguay)	70
Alexis Sánchez (Chile)	70

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June 2018

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LAC

Survey time period

As of June 2018

Supplementary notes

The statistic does not include Mauro Icardi (13rd most valuable soccer player in the world as of June 2018), who was left out of the Argentina World Cup squad, or Jamaican-born English player Raheem Sterling (23rd most valuable player in the world).
The source does not provide an exact date of data collection. The date of survey given is the date of access.

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