FIFA World Cup 2022 is just a few months away with teams finalizing their squad for the tournament in Qatar. To celebrate the World Cup year, we've picked out a player from every competing nation that could make an impact in Qatar.

Let us take a look at One player from each nation to watch out for in Qatar:

Charles de Ketelaere (Belgium):

Charles de Ketelaere is one of the most interesting young attacking prospects emerging in European football. Tall and lanky but quick and flighty, his movement off the forward line his excellent. Despite his eye-catching size, he ghosts into dangerous positions across the final third. Once in them, he has the technique and composure to pick out a supporting attacker at test the goalkeeper with a solid finish.

The 21-year-old has the potential to be an impactful player at this year's World Cup for Belgium. It seems unlikely that he'll start, the crucial games at least, but he will come off the bench.

Antony (Brazil):

Not long ago it might have seemed unlikely for Antony to play a part in Brazil's World Cup in 2022, but an Olympic gold medal and a breakout season at club level with Ajax will do magical things to a player's national team hopes.

Expect the winger to feature mostly as a sub, where his energy will be used to impact the games both as a dribbler in transition, but also to add presence off the ball – even if his defensive contributions can lack a bit of diligence. But most importantly, he brings a genuine final third threat both as a goal scorer and as a creator that is effective against all sorts of defensive blocks, using either his speed on the break, or his dribbling quality to unlock set defensive structures.

Joško Gvardiol (Croatia):

At just 20, Joško Gvardiol is on a path to more than a decade of dominance. He already has over 100 senior appearances to his name at both centre-back and left-back, an extraordinary number at his age, especially for a defensive player.

While becoming a regular for Croatia at the end of his time with Dinamo Zagreb, Gvardiol has seamlessly transitioned into playing for a top-level European club: RB Leipzig.

Playing as the left-sided centre-back in a back three, Gvardiol's athleticism and excellence in possession have been standouts, though expect him to prominently feature as a left-back for Croatia, just as he did at the Euros last summer.

Aurélien Tchouaméni (France):

You will all know plenty about Aurélien Tchouaméni. Far from an under-the-radar prospect, he has ascended quickly over the last couple of seasons, becoming one of the most talked about players in Ligue 1.

For good reason, as well. Tchouaméni is a tour-de-force in midfield. He is an all-purpose midfielder that can contribute to every phase of play, predominantly in winning the ball back then progressing it up the pitch. France have a couple of question marks in midfield with Pogba's situation and Kanté's form; Tchouaméni has the quality to answer them.

Nico Schlotterbeck (Germany):

After a breakout season at SC Freiburg and milestone transfer to Borussia Dortmund, Nico Schlotterbeck has a strong chance of being a key starter for Hansi Flick's Germany at Qatar 2022.

He has everything a modern centre-back needs: a dynamic defensive skillset equipped with mobilty and adaptability, he's strong in aerial duels, and he is adept at progressing possession with his passing off his left foot and aggressive ball-carrying. Moreover, he has proven that he can operate to a high level in back-two and back-three systems, offering Flick the option to switch systems fairly flexibly.

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana):

Kamaldeen Sulemana is electric. Since flashing onto our radar at FC Nordsjælland, the wide attacker has made a big move to Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 and become an established member of Ghana's senior international squad.

But Kamaldeen Sulemana really is electric. He twists and turns at an incredible speed, then dribbles and drives at defences just as quickly. Furthermore, he's a clever mover off the ball and can attack the box in different ways – dribbling and combining mainly – as he slices inside off the left wing. He has the raw ability to pose a lot of problems in Qatar.

Jurriën Timber (Netherlands):

Jurriën Timber adds both versatility and quality to the Dutch national team. Capable of playing effectively in both two and three-man defences, or as a right-back, Timber now looks like a certainty to play a key role for the Netherlands in Qatar, just as he did at the Euros following his breakout season with Ajax.

As an athletic centre-back, Timber is an excellent decision-maker defending in transition. He struggles a little more as a man-marker, affording attackers more space than he needs to when considering his own physical qualities.

On the ball, he is a diligent player that is happy to defer to better ball-players (think Daley Blind, Lisandro Martinez) or take on the responsibility himself when required.

Rafael Leão (Portugal):

It may have taken a little while, but Rafael Leão is now a widely-appreciated young player. His breakout is a result of him powering AC Milan to title tilts.

It's also a result of him pulling the different aspects his dynamic skillset together on a more consistent basis. Leão poses a scary attacking threat for defenders to deal with; he combines an athletic frame with a smooth but sharp change of speed, which he uses to glide past defenders as a dribbler or runner – all with the end goal or creating a shot, for himself or others. Portugal will have a difference-maker in their squad that would start for most nations.

Pedri (Spain):

He starred at last summer's Euros, and there is no reason why Pedri won't do the exact same thing at the World Cup. He will still be a teenager by the time the tournament starts, but the Spaniard is already one of the most feared midfield players in the world, with his combination of excellent passing, movement, and an unbelievable engine.

Watch for his combination play with whoever starts at left-back for Spain. Pedri loves to drift into the left channel to create overloads that allow his left-back to get to the by-line and into cut-back territory.

At the same time, Pedri's own creativity from the centre of the pitch can't be ignored, especially given the freedom he has to roam and break down the opposition midfield and defensive structures.

Darwin Núñez (Uruguay):

Darwin Núñez is a name on many people's lips. The striker has exploded his season, despite SL Benfica's underwhelming form, to announce himself as one of the most sought-after young players around.

He has some issues, click the link below to find out about them, but he also has his idiosyncratic virtues. His size and speed makes him difficult to stop once he gets going, especially when driving into space. His movement in and around the box is excellent as well, and he's also an explosive ball-striker that can score from any angle and most distances. Uruguay have a strong striking pedrigee. Darwin carries it on.

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Many great players have taken the football pitch and left the fans in awe. However, only a few players have gone on to win various trophies in their careers. In this special article, we will take a look at an elite list of players who have won the most trophies in football as a player. 

Argentine football star Lionel Messi is the player with most trophies in football history. In his career so far, with club and country, he has won 46 major trophies. Moreover, he is one of the very few players to win FIFA World Cup. Ballon d'Or, and UEFA Champions League in his career. 

But, yes, the below list only counts the major trophies won with teams and only only individual awards. We wanted to be clear with that at the start. With this list of "11 players who have won the most trophies in football history," we will able to judge which player has been a part of a winning team mostly. 

Though, it is not always the case that when you win a trophy, you have a big role to play in that. But, in this list, all the players listed always had big contributions to their team's success. So, without further a due, let's checkout the list. 

Top 11 players with the most trophies in football:

11. Vitor Baia (34 trophies)

Vitor Baia spent most of his career with FC Porto except playing two years for Barcelona. Baia started his career with FC Porto in 1988 and left the club to join Barcelona in 1996. 

Before retiring in 2007, he played for Barcelona in two stints and won the La Liga in 1997-98 season. His most success came his boyhood club FC Porto, where he won the Liga Portugal 10 times.

However, the biggest achievement was to win the UEFA Champions League in 2004 with the Dragons. Under the visionary eyes of Jose Mourinho, they created one of the greatest underdog success stories in European football.

In a total, Baia won 25 trophies with the Porto while adding the rest to his collection of glories for Barcelona. Unfortunately, he was not able to add any trophy while playing for Portugal.

10. Kenny Dalglish (34 trophies)

Scottish legend Sir Kenny Dalglish is Liverpool's one of the most legendary players. Apart from playing 13 years for the Reds, he played for Celtic for 8 years at the start of his career.

For Liverpool FC, he won a club record 8 Premier League titles along with three Champions League titles. He had won 7 English Super Cups and 2 FA Cup titles as well.

While playing for Celtic, he became the Scottish Champion four times.

9. Angel di Maria (35 trophies)

One of the most underrated players in modern football history, Di Maria always had to shine under the shadows of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Di Maria played alongside Lionel Messi for Argentina and then shared club dressing room with Cristiano at Real Madrid.

With his latest trophy for Benfica in the Portuguese Super Cup, he now has won 35 trophies in his career. Di Maria won five Ligue 1 titles with PSG and won his only Champions League title with Real Madrid.

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However, just like Lionel Messi, his international success bloomed late in his career. He won the Copa America twice in 2021 and 2024. But, his major success was to win the FIFA World Cup 2022, where he scored an important in the final.

Di Maria retired from international football after the 2024 Copa America final.

8. Cristiano Ronaldo (36 trophies)

Arguably one of the greatest players in the history of football, Cristiano Ronaldo has 36 trophies in his cabinet at the moment. The Portuguese legend won his latest trophy for Portugal, as he lifted the UEFA Nations League 2025 for his country.

Ronaldo, who started his club career with Sporting CP, won the Portuguese Super Cup with the club in 2003. That was the start to a historical career which gave football fans joy for over two decades.

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The Portuguese legend flourished under Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. He then joined Real Madrid, where he won four of his five UEFA Champions League titles. Ronaldo has won a title for every club he has played for so far.

However, one of his biggest achievements as a player was to win the UEFA European Cup with Portugal in 2016. Besides scoring over 900 career goals, Ronaldo's success for every team is what makes him a legend.

7. Ryan Giggs (37 trophies)

Ryan Giggs played all his life for one football club; Manchester United. In his 24-year career at the club, he won a total of 37 trophies, a record for the club.

Not only that, with 13 Premier League titles, he is league's most successful player ever. With the Red Devils, he also went on to win two UEFA Champions League title.

For United, he played 963 games and has 168 goals and 265 assists, another record for United.

6. Sergio Busquets (38 Trophies)

Sergio Busquets, the FC Barcelona and Spain legend is one of the most underrated players ever to play. The central defender was part of one of the greatest international team which won 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Euros for Spain.

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The former Barcelona captain won 9 La Liga titles. Not only that, he won 7 Spanish Cups and Spanish Super Cups as well for the Catalan club.

However, his biggest achievement in club football was to win three UCL titles for Barcelona. His latest trophy is the 2024 Supporters’ Shield winners with Inter Miami CF.

5. Maxwell (38 trophies)

Maxwell, the Brazilian left back might be the only unknown player on this list. The defender achieved most of his success playing for PSG in France.

However, he found success with FC Barcelona as well. But, joined PSG to find more chances as well.

Maxwell's first trophy was with Cruzeiro, winning the Brazilian Cup in 2000. Soon the joined Ajax, wining two Dutch League titles.

His move to Barcelona via Inter Milan and FC Empoli saw him winning the UEFA Champions League title in 2011. But his most success came with PSG, winning the Ligue 1 four times in a row from 2013 to 2016.

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4. Gerard Pique (39 trophies)

Another player from that legendary Spanish and Barcelona team, who features in this list. Although known for his career at FC Barcelona, Gerard Pique had success with Manchester United as well.

It might be quite revealing for many that, he played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, against whom he had some tough battles later.

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Pique won 9 La Liga titles for Barcelona to go with 3 UCL titles for the club. But before reaching there he had won the Premier League and Champions League for United in the 2007-08 season.

He was also an integral part of the Spanish team which won the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and UEFA Euro in 2012.

3. Andres Iniesta (39 trophies)

Probably the best midfielder of the modern era, Andres Iniesta with 41 trophies is the third most successful footballer ever.

Another important player of that iconic Spanish and Barcelona team, Iniesta found success early in his career. He won his first major trophy with Spain U-17 team winning the U-17 Euros in 2000. He followed that up with the U-19 Euro title next year.

His Barcelona career started in 2002 which continued till 2018. In those 17 year at Barcelona, he won 32 trophies. Post that, he joined Japanese club Viseel Kobe where he won three trophies as well.

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Along with all club level success, Iniesta's greatest achievement was to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup alongside lifting the 2008 and 2012 Euro Cup. His goal in the 2010 World Cup final to hand Spain their first-ever World Cup, is regarded as one of the greatest World Cup moments.

Iniesta called it a day in 2024 after spending a year at the Emirates Club. 

2. Dani Alves (43 trophies)

Before Lionel Messi took over as the player with most trophies in football history, it was Dani Alves who had the record. The defender won 23 trophies in eight years at Barcelona.

Dani Alves won six La Liga and three Champions League titles with Barcelona. He then won 19 more titles while playing for Juventus, PSG, and Sao Paulo. He won domestic titles in Italy, France, Brazil and Spain as, which makes him one of the greatest of his era.

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The defender won six major titles with his national team, Brazil. He started his Brazil career by winning the U-20 FIFA World Cup in 2003. Alves then won two Copa America titles in 2007 and 2019. He concluded his international career by winning the Olympic gold in 2021.

Despite the recent off-field controversies, with 43 trophies in his cabinet, Dani Alves is one of the greatest ever to play the game.

1. Lionel Messi (46 trophies)

Leo Messi is the player with the most trophies in football history. With his latest triumph at the 2024 Supporters’ Shield winners, the magician from Argentina won his 46th trophy in his career.

Messi won back-to-back four international trophies with Argentina within three years. He won the Copa America 2021 and then went on to win the Finalissima 2022. Then he capped off his greatest achievement by winning FIFA World Cup 2022.

The Argentine maestro has also won the Olympic Gold Medal with his country in 2008. His latest international success came in Copa America 2024.

In club football history, Messi is the most successful player with 41 club trophies to his name. He started his career with his boyhood club Barcelona and played 18 seasons for the club, scoring a record 672 goals.

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The 8-time Ballon d'Or winner won four Champions League titles with Barcelona. Alongside European success, he won 10 La Liga titles as well, most for Barcelona. He has also won Spanish Cup seven times.

After his great stint at Barcelona, Messi went to the French League to play for PSG. However, he was unable to bring the UCL to the French giant, he won the French League with them. In addition, he won the French Super Cup for the season 2022-23 with PSG.

"Argentina Merch On," said the commentator as Lautaro Martinez scored the final shootout of the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final between Argentina and Netherlands.

Nahuel Molina started the proceedings for Argentina as he scored in the 35th minute of the match in which was touted to be toughest match for them in FIFA World Cup 2022. The youngster did not miss his chance to jump on Messi's lap after scoring that electryfying goal. Lionel Messi then scored from the spot in the 73rd minute to give Argentina a 2-0 lead.

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Things were looking all easy for Lionel Scaloni's men until Wout Weghorst came in as a substitute for the Netherlands team. He came and just massacred the hearts of Argentine fans with two goals in 83rd and 90+11 minute of the match to take the game into the extra time.

The game was tied at 2-2 after full 120 minutes when an epic penalty shootout took place at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Netherlands defender and captain Virgil van Dijk missed the first shot to give Argentina the advantage. Emiliano Martinez with a great save, jumping to his left. Lionel Messi, the captain of the Argentina team then stepped up to take the first shot of the shootout for his team and he scored. 0-1 for Argentina after first shot.

Steven Berghuis missed the second shot for the Dutch team to provide Leandro Paredes an opportunity to give Argentina a 0-2 lead. Emiliano Martinez again with a great save. This time, jumping to his left.

Teun Koopmeiners converted from the spot for the Netherlands for the first time to give them some hope. However, Gonzalo Montiel made sure that his team keep the gap alive to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals.

Things got a bit tensed for Lionel Scaloni's men as Enzo Fernández missed the fourth shot for them after Wout Weghorst scored for the Dutch team to make it 3-2 after four shots each.

However, with a deficit of one goal already, Argentina just had to make sure they scored in the last shot after Luke de Jong scored from Netherlands last shot. Lautaro Martínez's clinical penalty then made sure that Argentina were the one going to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022 which they eventually went on to win.

Watch: Lionel Scaloni's reaction as Argentina qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals

Argentina made it 2-0 against France in the World Cup final with a brilliant team move that was finished off by Di Maria.

Argentina VS France | FIFA World Cup 2022

Winning Goal | Copa America 2021

In a hard-fought 2021 Copa America final, Argentina ended a 28-year long wait for International trophies by beating Brazil 1-0. Thanks to Angel Di Maria's goal!

Olympics Win | Beijing 2008

Argentina became Olympic champions in Beijing as Angel Di Maria brought home the Gold with the winning goal against Nigeria.

Real Madrid | Ankle- breaker to Puyol

The way Di Maria changed defense to offense against one of the world's greatest defenders was beyond exceptions.

Manchester United

Just 16 minutes into the game, Di Maria showed his class against Leicester with a sumptuous lob to put United two up and was votes United's player of the month in September that year!

Juventus Hat-trick

Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick as Juventus advanced in the Europe League playoffs by beating Nantes 3-0

PSG vs OGC

When asked about his best goal, Angel Di Maria picked out his stunning lob from a seemingly impossible angle against OGC Nice last season!

Angel Di Maria has confirmed that he will retire from the Argentina national team after the 2024 Copa America.

The Argentine superstar already has seven Golden Balls to his name – more than anybody else in history. He is now set to be recognized as the best player on the planet once again having inspired his country to World Cup glory at Qatar 2022.

Diario Sport reports that Messi will be handed the most prestigious of individual accolades at a glitzy ceremony hosted by France Football in Paris on October 30. That award will pull him further clear of eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi, who linked up with MLS side Inter Miami over the summer, will also become the first recipient of the Ballon d’Or to be playing their club football outside of Europe.

In the process of adding another entry to the record books, Messi will pip prolific Manchester City striker Erling Haaland – who hit 52 goals while helping the Blues to Treble glory last season.

France's 1998 World Cup-winning member Frank Leboeuf thinks that the Premier League could very much be Kylian Mbappe's next possible destination. Leboeuf told CasinosEnLigne.com that Liverpool can turn out to be Mbappe's potential suitor if Real Madrid miss out on the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) sensation's signing. The legendary Chelsea player, however, seemed quite disappointed with the way the Blues have been performing in recent times. Leboeuf spent five years in England with Chelsea. He is clearly not happy with the new ownership.

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"Manchester City or Bayern Munich could potentially move for Mbappe, but I think those two clubs already have great players. I think Liverpool could be an option, but I'm not sure Mbappe will want to live there! That's all due respect to the Scousers," Leboeuf said.

Chelsea announced Mauricio Pochettino as the head coach of the side this summer. But his arrival has not helped Chelsea in changing their fortunes. They are currently struggling at the 14th spot in the Premier League. Chelsea's attacking unit has been quite miserable this time.

"Chelsea are a mid-table club," Frank Leboeuf whiskered every possibility of Kylian Mbappe's signing for Chelsea

"Let's be realistic - Chelsea are a mid-table club. Attracting players will be tough and players like Mbappe won't want to come. The big players want to play in the Champions League. Arsenal had that problem for years, and so did Manchester United. Top players won't come to Chelsea because the club has fallen. It's unbelievable to see what the club has become just two years on from their Champions League win. I'm disgusted with it. I have nothing against Todd Boehly, but they need to change things quickly or else they'll kill the club," the 55-year-old former centre-back said.

Chelsea failed to qualify for this season's Champions League after finishing their Premier League campaign in the 12th spot last time. Chelsea have reportedly invested around £1bn in the transfer market since Todd Boehly took charge of the Premier League club 18 months back.

The investment has not paid off yet. Chelsea scored just 38 Premier League goals last season, the second-lowest in a single campaign in the history of the club. Their lowest Premier League tally in a single campaign appeared back in 1923-24 when they were relegated.