Lace up your cleats and get your heart ready, because the soccer players at the 2018 World Cup are here to steam things up. The good ol' US of A may not be among the 32 nations competing in the international soccer tournament this year (and we may be the only nation who calls it soccer rather than football), but there are still plenty of hot-as-fire reasons [1] to tune in.
Not only is the World Cup the biggest, most prestigious sporting event in the world, but we have good reason to believe it may also be the best looking [2]. And with a total of 64 matches played in 12 venues across 11 different Russian cities, you'll have plenty of opportunities to check out the eye candy on the field. Here are just 26 sexy players who'll make anyone a dedicated soccer fan.
Eduardo Salvio, Argentina
- Age: 27
- Hometown: Avellaneda
- Position: Midfielder
Willian Borges Da Silva, Brazil
- Age: 29
- Hometown: São Paulo
- Position: Midfielder
Ramadan Sobhi, Egypt
- Age: 21
- Hometown: Cairo
- Position: Midfielder
Martín Cáceres, Uruguay
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Montevideo
- Position: Defender
André Silva, Portugal
- Age: 22
- Hometown: Baguim do Monte
- Position: Forward
Dejan Lovren, Croatia
- Age: 28
- Hometown: Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Position: Defender
Ki Sung-yueng, South Korea
- Age: 29
- Hometown: Gwangju
- Position: Midfielder
Gerard Piqué, Spain
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Barcelona
- Position: Defender
Raphaël Varane, France
- Age: 25
- Hometown: Lille
- Position: Defender
Ola Toivonen, Sweden
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Degerfors
- Position: Forward
Michy Batshuayi, Belgium
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Brussels
- Position: Forward
Eric Dier, England
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Cheltenham
- Position: Midfielder
Mats Hummels, Germany
- Age: 29
- Hometown: Bergisch Gladbach
- Position: Defender
Keita Baldé, Senegal
- Age: 23
- Hometown: Arbúcies, Spain
- Position: Forward
Kendall Waston, Costa Rica
- Age: 30
- Hometown: San José
- Position: Defender
Rúrik Gíslason, Iceland
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Reykjavik
- Position: Forward
Yoshimar Yotún, Peru
- Age: 28
- Hometown: Callao
- Position: Midfielder
Aziz Bouhaddouz, Morocco
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Berkane
- Position: Forward
Fahad Al-Muwallad, Saudi Arabia
- Age: 23
- Hometown: Jeddah
- Position: Forward
Mathew Leckie, Australia
- Age: 27
- Hometown: Melbourne
- Position: Midfielder
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Iran
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Jirandeh
- Position: Forward
Héctor Moreno, Mexico
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Culiacán
- Position: Defender
Hiroki Sakai, Japan
- Age: 28
- Hometown: Kashiwa
- Position: Defender
Roman Bürki, Switzerland
- Age: 27
- Hometown: Münsingen
- Position: Goalkeeper
Luka Milivojević, Serbia
- Age: 27
- Hometown: Kragujevac
- Position: Midfielder
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
- Age: 33
- Hometown: Funchal
- Position: Forward
