FIFA NEWS - 55 names revealed for FIFA FIFPro Men's World11 2019

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55 names in the running for FIFA FIFPro Men's World11 2019 - Thousands of professional players voted around the globe - All of last year's FIFA FIFPro World11 return as candidates

Thursday, September 05, 2019

After yesterday's announcement of the inaugural candidates for the FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11, FIFPro and FIFA have today revealed the 55 names in contention for the FIFA FIFPro Men's World11 2019. The World11 is decided by the players, for the players and involves votes from thousands of professional footballers from across the world. During voting, they each select one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.

The 55 players give a truly global representation of the beautiful game, made up of 21 different nationalities. Brazilians make up ten of the 55 names, with France (seven) and Spain (six) also well represented in the list of candidates. A sum total of 35 names

currently ply their trade at four titanic clubs: FC Barcelona (11), Real Madrid (nine), Manchester City (eight) and Liverpool (seven), with 11 other club sides represented by the remaining 20 names. FIFPro and its national affiliates are responsible for gathering votes from professional footballers worldwide. The rules of allocation explain the voting procedure, with the World11 votes based on the players’ performances between 16 July 2018 and 19 July 2019 inclusive.

55 players selected *

Goalkeepers Alisson Becker (BRA) - Liverpool FC David De Gea (ESP) - Manchester United Ederson Moraes (BRA) - Manchester City Jan Oblak (SVN) - Atletico Madrid Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GER) - FC Barcelona.

Defenders Jordi Alba (ESP) - FC Barcelona Trent Alexander-Arnold (ENG) - Liverpool FC Dani Alves (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain / Sao Paulo FC Joao Cancelo (POR) - Juventus / Manchester City Daniel Carvajal (ESP) - Real Madrid Giorgio Chiellini (ITA) - Juventus Matthijs de Ligt (NED) - Ajax / Juventus Diego Godin (URU) - Atletico Madrid / Internazionale Joshua Kimmich (GER) - Bayern Munich Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN) - SSC Napoli Aymeric Laporte (FRA) - Manchester City Marcelo (BRA) - Real Madrid Gerard Pique (ESP) - FC Barcelona Sergio Ramos (ESP) - Real Madrid Andrew Robertson (SCO) - Liverpool FC Alex Sandro (BRA) - Juventus Thiago Silva (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain Virgil van Dijk (NED) - Liverpool FC Raphael Varane (FRA) - Real Madrid Kyle Walker (ENG) - Manchester City

Midfielders Sergio Busquets (ESP) - FC Barcelona Casemiro (BRA) - Real Madrid Kevin de Bruyne (BEL) - Manchester City Frenkie de Jong (NED) - Ajax / FC Barcelona Christian Eriksen (DEN) - Tottenham Hotspur Eden Hazard (BEL) - Chelsea FC / Real Madrid N'Golo Kante (FRA) - Chelsea FC Toni Kroos (GER) - Real Madrid Arthur Melo (BRA) - FC Barcelona Luka Modric (CRO) - Real Madrid Paul Pogba (FRA) - Manchester United Ivan Rakitic (CRO) - FC Barcelona Bernardo Silva (POR) - Manchester City Dusan Tadic (SRB) - Ajax Arturo Vidal (CHI) - FC Barcelona

Forwards Sergio Aguero (ARG) - Manchester City Karim Benzema (FRA) - Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) - Juventus Roberto Firmino (BRA) - Liverpool FC Antoine Griezmann (FRA) - Atletico Madrid / FC Barcelona Son Heungmin (KOR) - Tottenham Hotspur Harry Kane (ENG) - Tottenham Hotspur Robert Lewandowski (POL) - Bayern Munich Sadio Mane (SEN) - Liverpool FC Kylian Mbappe (FRA) - Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona Neymar (BRA) - Paris Saint-Germain Mohamed Salah (EGY) - Liverpool FC Raheem Sterling (ENG) - Manchester City Luis Suarez (URU) - FC Barcelona

The final FIFA FIFPro Men's World11 2019 will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony at the Teatro alla Scala on Monday 23 September. During the ceremony, the FIFA FIFPro Women's World11, The Best FIFA Men’s Player and Coach, The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Coach, The Best FIFA Men's and Women's Goalkeeper, the FIFA Puskás Award, the FIFA Fan Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award for 2019 will all also be presented. You can keep up to date with the latest news on The Best FIFA Football Awards on the FIFA Football Awards Facebook page and join the discussion about who you think should claim this year’s prizes by using #TheBest.

* This list has not been nominated by FIFPro, FIFA or any other third party. The 55 players announced today are those who received the most votes, in their respective categories, from thousands of professional players across the world.

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