Lionel Messi, Emiliano Dibu Martínez and Enzo Fernández are nominated for the FIFA FIFPro XI.
Three Argentine players have been included in the list of 26 nominees which are up for the FIFA FIFPro team of the year. Emiliano Martinez is one of three goalkeepers which will be picked for the team.
There is no Argentine defender in the list of defenders but Enzo Fernandez is included in the list of eight midfielders. The Best Young Player of the 2022 World Cup is the only Argentine midfielder nominated.
Messi is the only Argentine in the list of seven forwards. He has been included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI for every year since 2007, a record 15 years. Here are the players that have been nominated:
Alisson Becker
Thibaut Courtois
Emiliano Martinez
João Cancelo
Alphonso Davies
Virgil Van Dijk
Joško Gvardiol
Achraf Hakimi
Theo Hernandez
Antonio Rüdiger
Thiago Silva
Jude Bellingham
Casemiro
Kevin De Bruyne
Enzo Fernandez
Gavi
Luka Modrić
Pedri
Federico Valverde
Karim Benzema
Erling Haaland
Robert Lewandowski
Kylian Mbappe
Lionel Messi
Neymar Jr
Cristiano Ronaldo
Only 2 don’t deserve to be here: CR7 and Alisson. Everyone else deserves their spots.
Btw Simeone has seemed to fully trust De Paul and Molina now (and Correa too). And Atletico had performed much better now compared to before the WC.
How come no Argentina defender on the list? Romero or Ota should have been there.
Happy birthday Angelito, the best brand of all noodles.
I want Messi to fcuk Bayern tomorrow! This guy Muller has had a lot of success against us in the past 3 world cups !! However, PSG’s midfield is in very very poor run of form, not only they are able to string 3-4 passes together they aren’t able to even make any risky passes. Defense is even worse with oldies Marquinos and old Ramos and their Left Fullbacks aren’t good enough to play for any big club!
What’s that C sucker doing on the list……it is as amusing as idiotic
Cristiano? On what merits? Alvarez deserved it more.
Absolutely unfair, but the award is reputation bounded, some pudits just voted for him no matter how he performed, even arguing he’s the goat, my god