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Spartak Moscow’s Brazilian striker Welliton (pictured right) further consolidated his lead in the FTBL ranking in the Russian Premier League with a brace against Terek Grozny in league action in the weekend. He picked up 21.45 rating points on top of

Stuttgart’s Russian international Pavel Pogrebnyak seems to be finding his bearings in the Bundesliga as he scored a goal in his side’s 4:2 win over newly promoted FC Freiburg. He earned 20 rating points in the game and is now in 2nd place in the FTBL

Everton’s South African midfielder Steven Pienaar (pictured in front) returned in the Top 23 of Africa’s best players after his country’s 2:0 win over hapless New Zealand in the Confed Cup.

Arsenal’s Russian forward Andrei Arshavin had a reasonable performance in his side’s 4:0 win over Stoke City in the last round of the English Premier League despite not scoring. He earned 17 rating points and now has 161.34 points over all to continue

Argentines Alejandro Dominguez (Rubin) and Hector Bracamonte (FC Moskva) are locked in a battle for leadership in our FTBL Top 23 for the Russian Premier League. The two face challenges of approximately the same magnitude: earn a little more than 3 rating