{"id":1237918,"date":"2021-12-14T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1237918"},"modified":"2021-12-14T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:11:56","slug":"fifpro-world-xi-23-man-squad-revealed","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/fifpro-world-xi-23-man-squad-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"World XI revealed: FIFPro announce 23-man squad for 2021&#8217;s best players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FIFPro have revealed their 23-man shortlist of the world&#8217;s best footballers for 2021 and there are one or two notable omissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest is perhaps Mohamed Salah, who is one of only four players in 2021 to register over 20 goals and over 10 assists in Europe&#8217;s top five leagues.<\/p>\n<p>His return of 23 finishes and 11 assists puts him fourth for most direct goal contributions for that particular metric, behind only Kylian Mbappe (35, 24 goals and 11 assists), Lionel Messi (36, 24 goals and 12 assists) and Karim Benzema (39, 28 goals and 11 assists).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7956550\/embed\/v4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>FIFA named their 23-man squad of football&#8217;s best players on Tuesday afternoon, with PSG, Chelsea and Barcelona all enjoying the biggest representation of any club (four apiece). Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Real Madrid had two each, while Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Bayern Munich all had one inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The squad was voted for by the players themselves and will be condensed <span>into the &#8216;World XI&#8217; next month during The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony. The Premier League contingent was prominent this year, with 10 of the 23 listed currently playing in England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Champions League winners Chelsea saw <span>Edouard Mendy, Jorginho, N&#8217;Golo Kante and Romelu Lukaku all included, while Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo made the cut for Man Utd; Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alisson Becker got in for Liverpool; and Kevin De Bruyne and Ruben Dias received the nod for City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perhaps surprisingly, 38-year-old Dani Alves made it into the squad, with the eight-time &#8216;World XI&#8217; inductee recently leaving Sao Paulo in his homeland and returning to Barcelona, whom he is yet to play for since making that sensational Camp Nou reunion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1234613\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/best-fifa-awards-2021-date-location\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1234613\" class=\"wp-image-1234613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds.jpg\" alt=\"The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021: Odds, shortlists, favourites and past winners\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-110x62.jpg 110w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-124x70.jpg 124w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-1067x600.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-1100x619.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-85x48.jpg 85w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/11\/23174824\/1234607_1234607_the-best-fifa-awards-odds-330x186.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1234613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">READ MORE:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/best-fifa-awards-2021-date-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When are The Best FIFA Awards 2021? Date, start time and host city<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in nearly two decades, FIFA have moved away from their usual 55-man shortlist and opted for a more truncated selection process to mimic the real-life scenario of a club playing squad, before eventually whittling down the nominees to a combined <span>&#8216;World XI&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twelve of the 23 selected have actually been named in the &#8216;World XI&#8217; before. Alisson, Alexander-Arnold and De Bruyne all made it into 2020&#8217;s edition, while Messi and Ronaldo are naturally regulars in this domain, placing in the annual team 14 times each.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e13f35; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">World XI: FIFPro&#8217;s 23-man squad<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Club<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Alisson Becker<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>AC Milan\/Paris Saint-Germain<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Edouard Mendy<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Chelsea<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Senegal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>David Alaba<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Bayern Munich\/Real Madrid<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Austria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Jordi Alba<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Barcelona<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Dani Alves<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Sao Paulo\/Barcelona<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Leonardo Bonucci\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Juventus<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Ruben Dias<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Man City<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Sergio Busquets<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Barcelona<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Kevin De Bruyne<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Man City<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Bruno Fernandes<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Man Utd<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frenkie de Jong<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Barcelona<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Netherlands<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Jorginho<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Chelsea<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>N\u2019Golo Kante<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Chelsea<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Karim Benzema<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Real Madrid<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Juventus\/Man Utd<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Erling Haaland<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Borussia Dortmund<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Bayern Munich<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Romelu Lukaku<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Inter Milan\/Chelsea<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Kylian Mbappe<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Paris Saint-Germain<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Lionel Messi<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Barcelona\/Paris Saint-Germain<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Neymar<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Paris Saint-Germain<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Salah, who is yet to place in the <span>&#8216;World XI&#8217;, will be once again be overlooked for a coveted spot in next month&#8217;s team after he was snubbed for the 23-man squad, leading to plenty of confused fans and pundits, particularly as Alves got the nod&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No Mo Salah and Dani Alves is on this list.. <\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZcxUgmRZq\">https:\/\/t.co\/HZcxUgmRZq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Craig (@MattHDGamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattHDGamer\/status\/1470770202208051210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaimurSharon\/status\/1470771161239859200<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 Barcelona players (plus Messi) make it into the FIFA World XI squad, with just 1 Bayern Munich player, 2 Man City players and no place for Mohamed Salah. Funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wpifg48lco\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wpifg48lco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Millar_Colin\/status\/1470761878670520329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No Kane or Salah but Dani Alves and Sergio Busquets were included.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#39;t take these awards seriously anymore. They&#39;re a joke. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DefV60elR\">https:\/\/t.co\/1DefV60elR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football Tweet \u26bd\uea00 (@Football__Tweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Football__Tweet\/status\/1470780028090732559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? The 23 players with the most votes for the 2021 FIFA FIFPRO Men\u2019s World 11. Somehow doesn&#39;t include Mohamed Salah&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Al3FCz3HUA\">pic.twitter.com\/Al3FCz3HUA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Nalton (@JDNalton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDNalton\/status\/1470763767826944006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Leave out Salah, Rudiger, and Courtois&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Now tweet it with Dani Alves and Jordi Alba&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4SDJv6ScN\">pic.twitter.com\/G4SDJv6ScN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex (@EuroExpert_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroExpert_\/status\/1470764192915468289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dani Alves but Salah not present in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>??<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ayan Banerjee (@_ronty_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ronty_\/status\/1470762584005615619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoever picks these players is living in the past. Dani Alves, Alba and Buesquets shouldnt be anywhere near this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RunkeGlenn (@RunkeGlenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RunkeGlenn\/status\/1470762749777035264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFPro have revealed their 23-man shortlist of the world&#8217;s best footballers for 2021 and there are one or two notable omissions. The biggest is perhaps Mohamed Salah, who is one of only four players in 2021 to register over 20 goals and over 10 assists in Europe&#8217;s top five leagues. 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