FIFPro Reveals 55 Players on Shortlist for World XI

25,000 professional footballers from across the globe voted for their peers, and the players who receive the most votes in each position will be named in the World XI.

FIFPro has revealed the 55 players who are in contention to be named in the annual World XI at 'The Best' FIFA Football Awards ceremony later this month.

25,000 professional footballers from across the globe voted for their peers, and the players who receive the most votes in each position will be named in a world team, when it is revealed at the awards ceremony in London on September 24.

Manchester United's David de Gea and Real Madrid's Keylor Navas are named among the five goalkeepers, both of them on the list for the fourth consecutive year.

Gianluigi Buffon continues his remarkable record of being nominated every year since the awards were inaugurated in 2004/05.

Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier, both part of the England squad that reached the World Cup semi finals, are included on the list of 20 defenders competing for four places in the World XI. The Liverpool pair of Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren are also named on the shortlist.

Six of the 15 nominated midfielders are based in the Premier League, including Manchester United's Paul Pogba, Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and the Chelsea duo of Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante.

The 15 forwards nominated for the team include last year's front three of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, as are French World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.

World Cup golden boot winner Harry Kane is nominated, as are Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah and his Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane.

Surprising omissions include Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak, Bayern Munich's James Rodriguez, and Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, who scored twice in the Champions League final.

The full lists of nominees can be found below.

Goalkeepers

Player	Country	Club
Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	Juventus/Paris Saint-Germain
Thibaut Courtois	Belgium	Chelsea/Real Madrid
David De Gea	Spain	Manchester United
Keylor Navas	Costa Rica	Real Madrid
Marc-Andre ter Stegen	Germany	Barcelona

Defenders

Player	Country	Club
Jordi Alba	Spain	Barcelona
Dani Alves	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Dani Carvajal	Spain	Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini	Italy	Juventus
Virgil van Dijk	Netherlands	Liverpool
Diego Godin	Uruguay	Atletico Madrid
Mats Hummels	Germany	Bayern Munich
Joshua Kimmich	Germany	Bayern Munich
Dejan Lovren	Croatia	Liverpool
Marcelo	Brazil	Real Madrid
Yerry Mina	Colombia	Barcelona/Everton
Benjamin Pavard	France	Stuttgart
Gerard Pique	Spain	Barcelona
Sergio Ramos	Spain	Real Madrid
Thiago Silva	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Kieran Trippier	England	Tottenham Hotspur
Samuel Umtiti	France	Barcelona
Raphael Varane	France	Real Madrid
Sime Vrsaljko	Croatia	Atletico Madrid
Kyle Walker	England	Manchester City

Midfielders

Player	Country	Club
Sergio Busquets	Spain	Barcelona
Casemiro	Brazil	Real Madrid
Philippe Coutinho	Brazil	Liverpool/Barcelona
Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	Manchester City
Eden Hazard	Belgium	Chelsea
Andres Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona/Vissel Kobe
Isco	Spain	Real Madrid
N'Golo Kante	France	Chelsea
Toni Kroos	Germany	Real Madrid
Nemanja Matic	Serbia	Manchester United
Luka Modric	Croatia	Real Madrid
Paul Pogba	France	Manchester United
Ivan Rakitic	Croatia	Barcelona
David Silva	Spain	Manchester City
Arturo Vidal	Chile	Bayern Munich/Barcelona

Forwards

Player	Country	Club
Karim Benzema	France	Real Madrid
Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
Paulo Dybala	Argentina	Juventus
Antoine Griezmann	France	Atletico Madrid
Harry Kane	England	Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski	Poland	Bayern Munich
Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	Manchester United
Mario Mandzukic	Croatia	Juventus
Sadio Mane	Senegal	Liverpool
Kylian Mbappe	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
Neymar	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid/Juventus
Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool
Luis Suarez	Uruguay	Barcelona