Holland
CLUE: Rome's greatest poet
Virgil van Dijk
João [---]
A "lucky" Portuguese player for Benfica, primarily as an attacking midfielder.
Felix
Famous lover of Cleopatra; French
Antoine Griezmann
"periculum" might be clue for this Belgian's surname...
Eden Hazard
Jasper Cillessen's former team = a hero second only to Achilles.
Ajax
Fabio [---]: CLUE= emperor's name, a philosopher
Brazilian former footballer; played for Grêmio, São Paulo & Liverpool.
The emperor Aurelius
Håvard Nordtveit plays for London team whose nicknames include CASA/ DOMUS PARVA and ALBUS.
Fulham
Craven Cottage, Whites, Lily Whites.
Brazilian team sounds link Latin word for "river"
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
Dutch footballer who plays for French club Lyon. CLUE: City (ancient Cairo) visited by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.
Memphis Depay
Real Madrid defender, "spring" in Latin?
Adrián de la Fuente
(English) team motto: PARATI
Aston Villa ("prepared")
Player has connections with Helvetia + Arsenal??
Granit Xhaka
Midfielder for Netherlands & FC Barcelona.
Surname clue: IUVENIS, IUVENALIS
Frenkie de Jong
(*Luuk de Jong)
Dutch former professional footballer; one of the best strikers of his generation. Surname reminds us of an ancient empire.
Persian empire
[Robin van Persie]
Mats Møller Dæhli plays for a German team whose name might remind you of a Christian saint crucified by Nero in AD64/5.
FC St Pauli
Paul
Italian, the "motionless first king of Persia"
Ciro Immobile
Amsterdam, Venice of the North: god of North Wind?
Boreas
Manchester as the "navel of the earth" & source of prophecy?
Oracles/ prophecies at Delphi
FABIAN DELPH
Lottin, Latin, "You say tom-AY- to, I say tom-AH-to..."
French
Kylian Mbappé Lottin
U21 Scottish on loan to Portsmouth from Rangers: first name close to LATIN for "dew"
Ross McCrorie