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Hamburg’s former Brazil international Ze Roberto (pictured) is proving instrumental in his side’s performance so far in the new season, having helped them win 4 of their last 5 games, with a draw to boot.

VfB Stuttgart’s former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann kept his sheet clean in the return leg of the Champions League playoff game against Politehnica Timisoara (0:0) to earn 9 rating points in the FTBL system and return to the elite group of German top

Hamburg’s Croatian striker Mladen Petric (pictured) had a hat-trick as his side pummeled French underdogs Guingamp 5:1 in their Europa League playoff game in France yesterday.

Russia’s Dmitri Loskov has joined the FTBL World Top 23 of veteran midfielders (players over 35) following a series of five consecutive wins with his side Saturn in the Russian Premier League. The midfielder has picked up a little under 50 rating points

Real Madrid’s new coach Manuel Peligrini has reportedly deemed Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart (pictured) surplus to requirement, prompting German Bundesliga side Hamburg and Dutch powerhouse Ajax, two teams he has played for in the past, to