World Soccer - UK (2019-12)

SEASON RANKINGS
Cumulative votes through the season

GOALKEEPERS
Marc-Andre TER STEGEN (Barcelona) 13
Samir HANDANOVIC (Internazionale) 3
Jan OBLAK (Atletico Madrid) 3
ADRIAN (Liverpool) 1
David DE GEA (Manchester United) 1
EDERSON (Manchester City) 1
Manuel NEUER (Bayern Munich) 1
Andre ONANA (Ajax) 1
Kasper SCHMEICHEL (Leicester City) 1
Rui SILVA (Granada) 1

DEFENDERS
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 9
Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool) 8
Andrew ROBERTSON (Liverpool) 7
Stefan DE VRIJ (Internazionale) 6
Mats HUMMELS (Borussia Dortmund) 5
Ben CHILWELL (Leicester City) 4
Diego GODIN (Internazionale) 4
Leonardo BONUCCI (Juventus) 3
Benjamin PAVARD (Bayern Munich) 3
Ricardo PERREIRA (Leicester City) 3
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax) 3
Achraf HAKIMI (Borussia Dortmund) 2
Renan LODI (Atletico Madrid) 2
Salif SANE (Schalke) 2
Stevan SAVIC (Atletico Madrid) 2
Thiago SILVA (Paris Saint-Germain) 2
Milan SKRINIAR (Internazionale) 2
Chris SMALLING (Roma) 2
Caglar SOYUNCU (Leicester City) 2
Kieran TRIPPIER (Atletico Madrid) 2
Yunis ABDELHAMID (Reims) 1
Jordi ALBA (Barcelona) 1
Marcos ALONSO (Chelsea) 1
Juan BERNAT (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Antonio CANDREVA (Internazionale) 1
Aurelien CHEDJOU (Amiens) 1
Juan CUADRADO (Juventus) 1
DAVID LUIZ (Arsenal) 1
Ruben DIAS (Benfi ca) 1
Victor DIA Z (Granada) 1
Nico ELVIDI (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1
FERNANDINHO (Manchester City) 1
Joshua KIMMICH (Bayern Munich) 1
Presnel KIMPEMBE (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Robin KNOCHE (Wolfsburg) 1
Aleksandar KOLAROV (Roma) 1
Ibrahima KONATE (RB Leipzig) 1
Kalidou KOULIBALY (Napoli) 1
Clement LENGLET (Barcelona) 1
Joel MATIP (Liverpool) 1
Willi ORBAN (RB Leipzig) 1
PEPE (Porto) 1
Gerard PIQUE (Barcelona) 1
Sergio RAMOS (Real Madrid) 1
Nelson SEMEDO (Barcelona) 1
John STONES (Manchester City) 1
Raphael VARANE (Real Madrid) 1
Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 1

MIDFIELDERS
Kevin DE BRUYNE (Manchester City) 12
Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain) 12
Stefano SENSI (Internazionale) 6
Miralem PJANIC (Juventus) 5
Youri TIELEMANS (Leicester City) 4
Marcelo BROZOVIC (Internazionale) 3
Ilkay GUNDOGAN (Manchester City) 3
Georginio WIJNALDUM (Liverpool) 3
Philippe COUTINHO (Bayern Munich) 2
Amine HARIT (Schalke) 2
Wilfred NDIDI (Leicester City) 2
Martin ODEGAARD (Real Sociedad) 2

HOW IT WORKS Every month, journalists from each member of the European Sports Media group select their first Xl based on the best
individual performances from Europe’s top competitions. For details of how each ESM member voted, visit worldsoccer.com/esm

GLOBAL FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE

Hakim ZIYECH (Ajax) 2

ARTHUR (Barcelona) 1

Laszlo BENES (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1

CASEMIRO (Real Madrid) 1

Santi CA ZORLA (Villarreal) 1

Frenkie DE JONG (Barcelona) 1

FABINHO (Liverpool) 1

FELIPE ANDERSON (West Ham United) 1

Emil FORSBERG (RB Leipzig) 1

Alexander GOLOVIN (Monaco) 1

Papu GOMEZ (Atalanta) 1

N’Golo KANTE (Chelsea) 1

Toni KROOS (Real Madrid) 1

Mason MOUNT (Chelsea) 1

Lucas OCAMPOS (Sevilla) 1

Franck RIBERY (Fiorentina) 1

Bernardo SILVA (Manchester City) 1

David SILVA (Manchester City) 1

Calvin STENGS (AZ) 1

Dusan TADIC (Ajax) 1

Federico VALVERDE (Real Madrid) 1

Hans VANAKEN (Club Brugge) 1

Marco VERRATTI (Paris Saint-Germain) 1

Axel WITSEL (Borussia Dortmund) 1

FORWARDS

Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich) 23

Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 9

Cristiano RONALDO (Juventus) 7

Mauro ICARDI (Paris Saint-Germain) 4

Donyell MALEN (PSV) 4

NEYMAR (Paris Saint-Germain) 4

Erling HALAND (Red Bull Salzburg) 3

Islam SLIMANI (Monaco) 3

Karim BENZEMA (Real Madrid) 2

Sadio MANE (Liverpool) 2

Kylian MBAPPE (Paris Saint-Germain) 2

Dries MERTENS (Napoli) 2

ROBERTO FIRMINO (Liverpool) 2

Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City) 1

Ansu FATI (Barcelona) 1

Ciro IMMOBILE (Lazio) 1

Lautaro MARTINEZ (Internazionale) 1

Teemu PUKKI (Norwich City) 1

Marcus RASHFORD (Manchester United) 1

Jadon SANCHO (Borussia Dortmund) 1

Raheem STERLING (Manchester City) 1

Luis SUAREZ (Barcelona) 1

Jamie VARDY (Leicester City) 1

ESM XI

EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

OCTOBER 2019

Mats

Hummels

Borussia Dortmund

OOOO

Trent

Alexander-

Arnold

Liverpool

OOOO

Miralem

Pjanic

Juventus

OOOO

Angel

Di Maria

Paris Saint-Germain

OOOO

OOO

Lionel

Messi

Barcelona

OOOOO

OOO

Robert

Lewandowski

Bayern Munich

OOOOOO

OOOOO

Marc-Andre

Ter Stegen

Barcelona

OOOOOO

Stefan

De Vrij

Internazionale

OOOO

Ben

Chilwell

Leicester City

OOOO

Youri

Tielemans

Leicester City

OOOO

Mauro

Icardi

Paris Saint-Germain

OOOO

ALEXANDER-

ARNOLD

TER STEGEN

DI MARIA

PJANIC

MESSI

LEWANDOWSKI

CHILWELL

ICARDI

DE VRIJ

HUMMELS

TIELEMANS