FIFA has
announced candidates for the best World XI 2014, an award chosen by the players
themselves to be delivered next January 12, 2015 in Zurich (Switzerland) on
Monday. In the final list of 55 players who aspire to join the FIFA FIFPro
World XI 2014 are, among others, twelve players of Real Madrid (Casillas,
Ramos, Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo, Kroos, Modric, James, Bale , Benzema
and Cristiano Ronaldo), and ten Barca (Piqué, Alba, Xavi, Iniesta, Bravo,
Alves, Mascherano, Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez).
The 55
nominees for the FIFPro World XI, which will consist of a goalkeeper, four
defenders, three midfielders and three forwards, are:
Goalkeepers (5)
Iker Casillas
(Real Madrid CF / Spain), Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad - FC Barcelona / Chile),
Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid - Chelsea FC / Belgium), Manuel Neuer (Bayern
Munich / Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC / Italy).
DEFENSES (20)
David Alaba
(Bayern Munich / Austria), Jordi Alba (FC Barcelona / Spain), Daniel Alves (FC
Barcelona / Brazil), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich / Germany), Daniel Carvajal
(Real Madrid CF / Spain), David Luiz (Chelsea - Paris Saint-Germain / Brazil),
Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid - Chelsea FC / Brazil), Diego Godin (Atletico
Madrid / Uruguay), Matt Hummels (Borussia Dortmund / Germany), Branislav
Ivanovic (Chelsea FC / Serbia ), Vincent Kompany (Belgium / Manchester City),
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern Munich / Germany), Kepler Laveran 'Pepe (Real Madrid CF
/ Portugal), Javier Mascherano (FC Barcelona / Argentina), Gerard Piqué (FC
Barcelona / Spain ), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF / Spain), Thiago Silva (Paris
Saint-Germain / Brazil), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid CF / France), Marcelo
Vieira (Real Madrid CF / Brazil), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City FC /
Argentina).
Midfielders (15)
Xabi Alonso
(Real Madrid CF - FC Bayern Munich / Spain), Ángel Di María (Real Madrid CF -
Manchester United FC / Argentina), Cesc Fabregas (FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC /
Spain), Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC / Belgium), Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona /
Spain), Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona / Spain), Toni Kroos (FC Bayern Munich -
Real Madrid CF / Germany), Luka Modric (Real Madrid CF / Croatia), Mesut Özil
(Arsenal FC / Germany) Andrea Pirlo (Juventus FC / Italy), Paul Pogba (Juventus
FC / France), James Rodriguez (FC Porto - Real Madrid CF / Colombia), Bastian
Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich / Germany), Yaya Toure (Manchester City / Coast
ivory), Arturo Vidal (Juventus FC / Chile).
FRONT (15)
Sergio Agüero
(Manchester City FC / Argentina), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid / Wales), Kareem
Benzema (Real Madrid CF / France), Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid - Chelsea FC
/ Spain), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint- Germain / Sweden), Robert
Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern Munich / Poland), Lionel Messi (FC
Barcelona / Argentina), Thomas Müller (FC Bayern Munich / Germany), Marco Reus
(Borussia Dortmund / Germany), Franck Ribery (FC Bayern Munich / France), Arjen
Robben (Bayern Munich / Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF /
Portugal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United / England), Neymar da Silva (FC
Barcelona / Brazil), Luis Suarez (Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona / Uruguay).
The FIFA
FIFPro World XI 2014 will be announced on Monday January 12, 2015, during the
events planned in the Golden Ball Gala to be held in Zurich (Switzerland), as
happened last year.
