This year, 48 teams have entered a World Cup event in which the group stage is about to end. A 2026 full of first times for four countries – Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan – and many hopes for others like Spain, France or Argentina that seek to add another star. Precisely these three teams have among their squad names who are currently part of the squads of Spanish clubs. An example of the almost 100 players that LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION contribute to the national teams.
LALIGA clubs nurture great teams. It is the case of Argentina that in his debut against Algeria he fielded up to eight players who have passed or are currently active in the first Spanish competition. Among their ranks, seven Atlético de Madrid players -Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada, Nico González, Giuliano Simeone, Julián Álvarez, Rodrigo De Paul-. The same is the case with France, which sees many players from Real Madrid or Spain in its lineups, with 17 of its players being part of LALIGA clubs.
The weight of the two Spanish competitions is such that, Ricardo Rosety, sports journalist, remembers that Spain, in South Africa, “was the first selection who manages to win a world championship with all the footballers of the starting eleven forming part of the Spanish league and if I added to that LALIGA has provided 40 world champions… No one can say this.”
The players of the LALIGA teams had a historical influence in the World Cup in South Africa
Who is in charge in Spain in 2026?
If we focus on Spain, there are 17 LALIGA EA SPORTS players called up. FC Barcelona (8) leads the ranking of the Spanish World Cup players with the presence of Joan García, Cubarsí, Eric García, Pedri, Gavi, Dani Olmo, Ferrán Torres, Lamine Yamal. Atlético de Madrid contributes three (Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill and Álex Baena) and the same number from Athletic Club (Unai Simón, Laporte and Nico Williams), with one from Real Sociedad (Oyarzabal), CA Osasuna (Víctor Muñoz) and Villarreal CF (Yéremi Pino).
Our country seeks its second star with the memory of the first in South Africa, where LALIGA representatives had a historical influence.
A Spain full of talent
There are many names that come out of the quarries of Spanish clubs and grow in LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION. Among the best known cases, Iñaki WilliamsAthletic Club forward who plays for Ghana or Achraf HakimiMoroccan captain trained in the youth teams of the clubs that are part of LALIGA.
Spain “creates and raises” very good players, says Javier Amaro, sports journalist for Radio Marca, and examples like Alex Fidalgo reaffirm this. “He is a footballer who grew up at Real Oviedo, at Real Sporting, who later went to Real Madrid, but who now plays for Mexico,” adds journalist Ricardo Rosety.
But it is not only LALIGA EA SPORTS, LALIGA HYPERMOTION “introduces high-quality players. We have become accustomed to seeing how Luis Suárez, last year at UD Almería, was an already important footballer in Colombia and is being important at this start of the championship. He is a footballer who has become a star, who was a star of LALIGA, of LALIGA HYPERMOTION. But sometimes we look at the silver category only as a very competitive category, but it is a category where, in addition to the competitiveness, shows the quality so that there isplayers in this type of sporting events.”
