# Star Players Overview

FanHQ26's **/players** hub profiles the marquee players of the 2026 World Cup with a curated dataset of one-pagers — career stats, age at the tournament, group, fixtures, and FAQ — for each of the biggest names in world football. The hub is **free** and requires no signup.

## Player List

The hub currently includes:

- **Lionel Messi** — Argentina, age 38, defending champion
- **Cristiano Ronaldo** — Portugal, age 41, first man to play six World Cups
- **Kylian Mbappé** — France, age 27, captain, 2018 winner
- **Jude Bellingham** — England, age 23, Real Madrid #10
- **Vinícius Júnior** — Brazil, age 25, 2024 FIFA Best
- **Erling Haaland** — Norway, age 26, first WC since 1998
- **Lamine Yamal** — Spain, age 18, Euro 2024 winner
- **Harry Kane** — England, age 32, captain, 2018 Golden Boot
- **Luka Modrić** — Croatia, age 40, 2018 Golden Ball
- **Mohamed Salah** — Egypt, age 34, Liverpool captain
- **Christian Pulisic** — USA, age 27, host-nation captain
- **Jamal Musiala** — Germany, age 23, Bayern playmaker

## Per-Player Pages

Each player has a programmatic page at /players/[slug] (e.g. /players/mbappe, /players/bellingham, /players/yamal). Pages render a broadcast-styled hero with the player's nation primary colour, a four-stat grid (titles, goals, apps, age at WC 2026), three "did you know" facts, four FAQ entries, and a related-players carousel. JSON-LD emits **Person schema** for SEO with name, nationality, jobTitle, affiliation (club), memberOfTeam (national team), and jerseyNumber.

## Last Dance Hub

Messi and Ronaldo also have their own combined hub at **/last-dance** with side-by-side career stats, every previous World Cup edition, an 11-row head-to-head, and three shareable posters generated on the fly.

## Free Content

The player hub and all per-player pages are **free** and require no signup. FanHQ26 is **independent fan content** for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and not affiliated with FIFA.