Full list: John Boye is 8th best player in Brazil so far

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has ranked Black Stars defender, John Boye as the eighth best player at the on-going FIFA World Cup^TM tournament in Brazil.

The Rennes defender lasted the entire duration of Ghana’s dramatic 2-1 defeat to the United States of America on Monday at the Arena Das Dunas, Natal.

John Boye amassed a 9.45 rating which ensured he surpassed the likes of Chile’s Alexis Sanchez and Australia’s Tim Cahil.

Again, stats obtained from renowned football data engine, Opta also revealed that John Boye attempted 44 passes and completed 91% of those passes during the Ghana – U.S.A game.

In addition, Boye won 5 of his 7 duels in defense and made an impressive 8 recoveries, eight clearances and 1 block in Ghana’s group G opener against the United States of America.

This revelation will come as a major surprise to many Ghanaian football fans as the Ghanaian back four appear to have been at the receiving end after they conceded two goals during Monday’s opener.

Germany and Bayern Munich forward, Thomas Muller topped the list as the best player at the tournament thus far after amassing a rating of 9.75.

Iran’s Mehrad Pooladi, U.S.A’s Geoff Cameron, David Luiz (Brazil), Phil Jagielka (England) followed in that respective order on the list.

Below is the full list of FIFA’s best players at the 2014 World Cup thus far.

Position	Name	Ratings	Country
1st	Thomas Muller	9.75	Germany
2nd	Mehrdad Pooladi	9.7	Iran
3rd	Geoff Cameron	9.64	U.S.A
4th	David Luiz	9.6	Brazil
5th	Phil Jagielka	9.56	England
6th	Robin van Persie	9.52	Netherlands
7th	Arjen Robben	9.48	Netherlands
8th	John Boye	9.45	Ghana
9th	Alexis Sanchez	9.42	Chile
10th	Tim Cahill	9.39	Australia

By: Benjamin Epton Owusu

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