FIFA has announced the World XI Best Men’s players for 2021.
Manchester City’s Ruben Dias and Kevin de Bruyne joined Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante and Jorginho, and Manchester United’s Ronaldo, in the Best Fifa men’s team of the year.
While two-time men’s winner Ronaldo was given the special award for surpassing Ali Daei’s 109-goal record for Iran – and included in the best XI – the Portugal captain was omitted from the shortlist for the individual prize for the first time since its inception.
The Men's World XI, as voted by the players 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QUfaXy13cl
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Men’s world XI:
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan/PSG/Italy)
- David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid/Austria)
- Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy)
- Ruben Dias (Man City/Portugal)
- Kevin de Bruyne (Man City/Belgium)
- Jorginho (Chelsea/Italy)
- N’Golo Kante (Chelsea/France)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Man Utd/Portugal)
- Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Norway)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona/PSG/Argentina).