defensive midfielders with most goals in the world ever

Franck Kessié has the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in Serie A, with 18 goals.

	NAME	G	Rating	M	START	MIN	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Franck Kessié F. Kessié	18		65	65	5,705	3	99	58	0	18	74	71	107	9	0
2	Jordan Veretout J. Veretout	8		50	50	4,281	3	66	45	0	9	45	52	63	18	1
3	Sandro Tonali S. Tonali	7		67	67	5,359	9	116	78	0	31	71	44	74	13	1
4	Lucas Da Cunha L. Da Cunha	6	7.53	51	51	4,155	5	81	50	0	23	26	44	44	4	0
5	Matías Vecino M. Vecino	6		40	40	3,302	4	92	59	0	15	28	45	75	14	1
6	Kristian Thorstvedt K. Thorstvedt	5	7.03	9	9	692	0	13	4	0	1	10	5	10	3	0
7	Tijjani Reijnders T. Reijnders	5	7.59	31	31	2,547	3	31	17	0	17	30	23	16	5	1
8	Tommaso Pobega T. Pobega	5	6.43	33	33	2,588	1	74	41	0	14	37	39	66	7	2
9	Mattias Svanberg M. Svanberg	5		23	23	1,581	3	21	12	0	15	22	13	29	6	1
10	Fabián Ruiz F. Ruiz	5		40	40	3,380	5	70	41	0	16	45	37	21	2	0
11	Erick Pulgar E. Pulgar	5		20	20	1,717	0	45	25	0	12	31	38	19	4	1
12	Sami Khedira S. Khedira	5		12	12	982	0	12	8	0	2	10	9	6	1	0
13	Davide Frattesi D. Frattesi	4	7.44	26	26	2,105	2	36	11	0	8	20	46	34	5	0
14	Ismael Bennacer I. Bennacer	4		74	74	5,703	5	163	96	0	13	87	43	94	19	0
15	Rolando Mandragora R. Mandragora	4		37	37	2,960	6	56	25	0	16	24	31	46	7	0
16	Bryan Cristante B. Cristante	4		51	51	4,424	7	90	51	0	22	68	81	84	11	1
17	Daniele De Rossi D. De Rossi	4		16	16	1,319	1	16	9	0	1	33	29	7	2	0
18	Roberto Gagliardini R. Gagliardini	4		46	46	3,631	2	89	61	0	8	63	52	73	12	0
19	Máximo Perrone M. Perrone	3	7.17	49	49	3,940	7	71	51	0	6	37	59	62	12	0
20	Khéphren Thuram K. Thuram	3	7.46	19	19	1,546	3	32	14	0	6	8	23	18	2	0
21	Giacomo Bonaventura G. Bonaventura	3	7.89	7	7	600	1	10	5	0	3	0	3	7	1	0
22	Nikola Moro N. Moro	3	6.92	40	40	2,968	3	65	35	0	13	20	37	43	3	0
23	Lewis Ferguson L. Ferguson	3	7.13	26	26	2,267	2	48	29	0	7	18	30	56	6	0
24	Remo Freuler R. Freuler	3		80	80	6,767	5	171	104	0	12	89	108	101	17	0
25	Diego Demme D. Demme	3		18	18	1,359	1	49	30	0	3	14	11	27	4	0

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