FIFA.com revealed the shortlist of FIFPro Team of the Year 2019, known as FIFA FIFPro World 11 - The best footballers of 2019 as voted for by thousands of professional players.
Over 23,000 football players voted for the 2019 World 11, selecting 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards who were the best in their position during the 2018-2019 season.
The 11 players who received most votes on their position earn a spot on the World 11. FIFPRO and FIFA will reveal the World 11 on Monday, 23 September 2019 during the Best Football Awards in the Scala in Milan.
Here are the most voted footballers:
FIFA Team of the Year 2019 - Nominees
Goalkeepers
- Alisson Becker (Brazil - Liverpool FC)
- David De Gea (Spain - Manchester United)
- Ederson Moraes (Brazil - Manchester City)
- Jan Oblak (Slovenia - Atletico Madrid)
- Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Germany - FC Barcelona)
Defenders
- 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 (The Netherlands - Liverpool FC)
- Diego Godin (Uruguay - Atletico/Internazionale)
- Joshua Kimmich (Germany - Bayern Munich)
- Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal - SSC Napoli)
- Aymeric Laporte (France - Manchester City)
- Matthijs de Ligt (The Netherlands - Ajax/ Juventus)
- Gerard Pique (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)
- Kyle Walker (England - Manchester City)
Midfielders
- Sergio Busquets (Spain - FC Barcelona)
- Casemiro (Brazil - Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium - Manchester City)
- Christian Eriksen (Denmark - Tottenham Hotspur)
- Frenkie de Jong (The 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)
- Arturo Vidal (Chile - FC Barcelona)
Attackers
- Sergio Aguero (Argentina - Manchester City)
- Karim Benzema (France - Real Madrid)
- Roberto Firmino (Brazil - Liverpool FC)
- Antoine Griezmann (France - Atletico/FC Barcelona)
- Harry Kane (England - Tottenham Hotspur)
- Robert Lewandowski (Poland - 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)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt - Liverpool FC)
- Heung-Min Son (South-Korea - Tottenham Hotspur)
- Raheem Sterling (England - Manchester City)
- Luis Suarez (Uruguay - FC Barcelona)
The final World 11 list to be revealed on 23rd September.
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