Spanish players Sergio Ramos, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, David de Gea and Daniel Carvajal are on the list of 55 finalists for the FIFPRO World 11 award, an award that recognizes the best alignment in the world and will be announced 23 September during the ‘The Best’ gala that FIFA will celebrate in Milan.
More than 23,000 professional soccer players voted for World 11 of 2019 selecting a goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three strikers who were the best in their position during the 2018-19 season.
Barcelona is the most represented club with a total of nine players, one more than Real Madrid and two more than Manchester City and Liverpool. However, the Premier itself is the most represented competition with 21 finalists, one more than the Spanish LaLiga. By countries, Brazil leads the ranking with ten players, three more than France, while Spain is third with six.
In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo remains the only player who has been a finalist in the 15 shortlisted lists of World 11, after Gianluigi Buffon does not appear this year after 14 consecutive presences. The other illustrious casualty is Andrés Iniesta, who was included nine times in the best eleven in the world.
Last year, FIFPRO World 11 was formed by David De Gea; Dani Alves, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Luka Modric, N’Golo Kante, Eden Hazard; Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
–FULL LIST OF FINALISTS.
–PORTERS (5): Alisson Becker (Brazil, Liverpool FC), DAVID DE GEA (Spain, Manchester United), Ederson Moraes (Brazil, Manchester City), Jan Oblak (Slovenia, Atlético Madrid) and Marc-Andre ter Stegen ( Germany, FC Barcelona).
- DEFENSES (20): JORDI ALBA (Spain, FC Barcelona), Trent Alexander-Arnold (England, Liverpool FC), Daniel Alves (Brazil, Paris Saint-Germain / Sao Paulo), Joao Cancelo (Portugal, Juventus / Manchester City ), DANIEL CARVAJAL (Spain, Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy, Juventus), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool FC), Diego Godín (Uruguay, Atlético / Internazionale), Joshua Kimmich (Germany, Bayern Munich), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal, SSC Napoli), Aymeric Laporte (France, Manchester City), Matthijs de Ligt (Netherlands, Ajax / Juventus), GERARD PIQUÉ (Spain, FC Barcelona), SERGIO RAMOS (Spain, Real Madrid), Andrew Robertson ( Scotland, Liverpool FC), Alex Sandro (Brazil, Juventus), Thiago Silva (Brazil, Paris Saint-Germain), Raphael Varane (France, Real Madrid), Marcelo Vieira (Brazil, Real Madrid) and Kyle Walker (England, Manchester City ).
–CENTROCAMPISTAS (15): SERGIO BUSQUETS (Spain, FC Barcelona), Casemiro (Brazil, Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City), Christian Eriksen (Denmark, Tottenham Hotspur), Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands, Ajax / FC Barcelona), Eden Hazard (Belgium, Chelsea / Real Madrid), N’Golo Kante (France, Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid), Arthur Melo (Brazil, FC Barcelona), Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (France, Manchester United), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia, FC Barcelona), Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City), Dusan Tadic (Serbia, Ajax) and Arturo Vidal (Chile, FC Barcelona).
–DELANTEROS (15): Sergio Agüero (Argentina, Manchester City), Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid), Roberto Firmino (Brazil, Liverpool FC), Antoine Griezmann (France, Atlético / FC Barcelona), Harry Kane (England, Tottenham Hotspur), Robert Lewandowski (Polania, Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool FC), Kylian Mbappe (France, Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona), Neymar Junior (Brazil, Paris Saint- Germain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Juventus), Mohammed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool FC), Heung-Min Son (South Korea, Tottenham Hotspur), Raheem Sterling (England, Manchester City) and Luis Suárez (Uruguay, FC Barcelona) .
© 2019 Europa Press.
