The Associated Press' inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 for the week ending Oct. 20. Voting is by an 18-member panel of international soccer writers:
Players 1. Lionel Messi, 140 points. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 111. 3. Radamel Falcao, 79. 4. Robin van Persie, 73. 5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 61. 6. Gonzalo Higuain, 50. 7. Juan Mata, 41. 8. Javi Hernandez, 28.
9. Cesc Fabregas, 27. 10. Mario Gotze, 26. Teams 1. Barcelona, 130 points. 2. Atletico Madrid, 109. 3. Manchester United, 105. 4. Borussia Dortmund, 81. 5. Real Madrid, 64. 6. Schalke, 59. 7. Juventus, 53.
8. Bayer Leverkusen, 49. 9. Shakhtar Donetsk, 37. 10. Ajax, 35. AP Global Soccer 10 Panelists Cedric Rouquette, Europsport, France James Porteous, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Gregor Derichs, dapd, Germany
Francois Colin, De Standaard, Belgium Willem Vissers, Volkskraant, Netherlands Christian Schatze, Der FussballBlogger.de, Germany Jose Antonio Cortes, Record, Mexico Will Tidey, Bleacher Report, United States
Federico Giammaria, LaVoz, Argentina Jerome Touboul, L'Equipe, France Mike McGrath, Wardles News Agency/The Sun, England Filip Bondy, Daily News (New York), United States Julian Bennetts, Hayters News Agency, England
Aurelio Capaldi, Rai, Italy Orfeo Suarez, El Mundo, Spain Paulo Vinicius Coelho, Estado de S.Paulo. Brazil Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch John Duerden, kickoffasia.com, South Korea
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