World Soccer - UK (2020-02)

GOALKEEPERS

Marc-Andre TER STEGEN (Barcelona) 15

Samir HANDANOVIC (Internazionale) 6

Jan OBLAK (Atletico Madrid) 5

Kasper SCHMEICHEL (Leicester City) 5

Thibaut COURTOIS (Real Madrid) 4

ALISSON (Liverpool) 3

Manuel NEUER (Bayern Munich) 2

Andre ONANA (Ajax) 2

Wojciech SZCZESNY (Juventus) 2

ADRIAN (Liverpool) 1

David DE GEA (Manchester United) 1

EDERSON (Manchester City) 1

Lukas HRADECKY (Bayer Leverkusen) 1

Benjamin LECOMTE (Monaco) 1

Rui SILVA (Granada) 1

Tomas VACLIK (Sevilla) 1

DEFENDERS

Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool) 29

Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 23

Andrew ROBERTSON (Liverpool) 14

Stefan DE VRIJ (Internazionale) 7

Ben CHILWELL (Leicester City) 6

Sergio RAMOS (Real Madrid) 6

Caglar SOYUNCU (Leicester City) 6

Mats HUMMELS (Borussia Dortmund) 5

Milan SKRINIAR (Internazionale) 5

Leonardo BONUCCI (Juventus) 4

Diego GODIN (Internazionale) 4

Achraf HAKIMI (Borussia Dortmund) 4

Benjamin PAVARD (Bayern Munich) 4

Ricardo PEREIRA (Leicester City) 4

Gerard PIQUE (Barcelona) 4

Dayot UPAMECANO (RB Leipzig) 4

Raphael VARANE (Real Madrid) 4

Serge AURIER (Tottenham Hotspur) 3

Alfonso DAVIES (Bayern Munich) 3

Thiago SILVA (Paris Saint-Germain) 3

Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax) 3

Robin GOSENS (Atalanta) 2

Marcel HALSTENBERG (RB Leipzig) 2

Joshua KIMMICH (Bayern Munich) 2

Kalidou KOULIBALY (Napoli) 2

Clement LENGLET (Barcelona) 2

Renan LODI (Atletico Madrid) 2

MARCELO (Real Madrid) 2

Salif SANE (Schalke) 2

Stevan SAVIC (Atletico Madrid) 2

Chris SMALLING (Roma) 2

Kieran TRIPPIER (Atletico Madrid) 2

Yunis ABDELHAMID (Reims) 1

David ALABA (Bayern Munich) 1

Jordi ALBA (Barcelona) 1

Marcos ALONSO (Chelsea) 1

Yeray ALVAREZ (Athletic Bilbao) 1

Cristian ANSALDI (Torino) 1

Youcef ATAL (Nice) 1

Cesar A ZPILICUETA (Chelsea) 1

Sven BENDER (Bayer Leverkusen) 1

Juan BERNAT (Paris Saint-Germain) 1

Antonio CANDREVA (Internazionale) 1

Daniel CARVAJAL (Real Madrid) 1

Aurelien CHEDJOU (Amiens) 1

Juan CUADRADO (Juventus) 1

DAVID LUIZ (Arsenal) 1

Simon DELI (Club Brugge) 1

Matthijs DE LIGT (Juventus) 1

Ruben DIAS (Benfi ca) 1

Victor DIA Z (Granada) 1

Nico ELVIDI (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1

Presnel KIMPEMBE (Paris Saint-Germain) 1

Robin KNOCHE (Wolfsburg) 1

Aleksandar KOLAROV (Roma) 1

Ibrahima KONATE (RB Leipzig) 1

Dejan LOVREN (Liverpool) 1

LUIZ FELIPE (Lazio) 1

Harry MAGUIRE (Manchester United) 1

Joel MATIP (Liverpool) 1

Ferland MENDY (Real Madrid) 1

Willi ORBAN (RB Leipzig) 1

PEPE (Porto) 1

Nelson SEMEDO (Barcelona) 1

John STONES (Manchester City) 1

Alex TELLES Porto) 1

Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 1

MIDFIELDERS

Kevin DE BRUYNE (Manchester City) 23

Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain) 14

Federico VALVERDE (Real Madrid) 7

Stefano SENSI (Internazionale) 6

Hakim ZIYECH (Ajax) 6

Toni KROOS (Real Madrid) 5

James MADDISON (Leicester City) 5

Miralem PJANIC (Juventus) 5

Youri TIELEMANS (Leicester City) 5

Georginio WIJNALDUM (Liverpool) 5

Jordan HENDERSON (Liverpool) 4

Wilfred NDIDI (Leicester City) 4

Marcelo BROZOVIC (Internazionale) 3

Ilkay GUNDOGAN (Manchester City) 3

LUIS ALBERTO (Lazio) 3

Dele ALLI (Tottenham Hotspur) 2

CASEMIRO (Real Madrid) 2

Philippe COUTINHO (Bayern Munich) 2

Frenkie DE JONG (Barcelona) 2

Bruno FERNANDES (Sporting CP) 2

Emil FORSBERG (RB Leipzig) 2

Papu GOMEZ (Atalanta) 2

Amine HARIT (Schalke) 2

Mason MOUNT (Chelsea) 2

Martin ODEGAARD (Real Sociedad) 2

Marco VERRATTI (Paris Saint-Germain) 2

ARTHUR (Barcelona) 1

Laszlo BENES (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1

Sergio BUSQUETS (Barcelona) 1

Santi CA ZORLA (Villarreal) 1

FABINHO (Liverpool) 1

FELIPE ANDERSON (West Ham United) 1

FERNANDINHO (Manchester City) 1

Alexander GOLOVIN (Monaco) 1

Eden HA ZARD (Real Madrid) 1

Jonas HOFMANN (Borussia M’gladbach) 1

N’Golo KANTE (Chelsea) 1

Naby KEITA (Liverpool) 1

Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC (Lazio) 1

James MILNER (Liverpool) 1

Radja NAINGGOLAN (Cagliari) 1

Christopher NKUNKU (RB Leipzig) 1

Lucas OCAMPOS (Sevilla) 1

Franck RIBERY (Fiorentina) 1

Marcel SABITZER (RB Leipzig) 1

Bernardo SILVA (Manchester City) 1

David SILVA (Manchester City) 1

Calvin STENGS (AZ) 1

Dusan TADIC (Ajax) 1

Hans VANAKEN (Club Brugge) 1

Donny VAN DE BEEK (Ajax) 1

Axel WITSEL (Borussia Dortmund) 1

Denis ZAKARIA (Borussia M’gladbach) 1

FORWARDS

Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich) 36

Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 31

Cristiano RONALDO (Juventus) 9

Sadio MANE (Liverpool) 9

NEYMAR (Paris Saint-Germain) 8

ROBERTO FIRMINO (Liverpool) 8

Timo WERNER (RB Leipzig) 8

Kylian MBAPPE (Paris Saint-Germain) 5

Karim BENZEMA (Real Madrid) 4

Paulo DYBALA (Juventus) 4

Mauro ICARDI (Paris Saint-Germain) 4

Donyell MALEN (PSV) 4

Jadon SANCHO (Borussia Dortmund) 4

Jamie VARDY (Leicester City) 4

Erling HAALAND (Red Bull Salzburg) 3

Ciro IMMOBILE (Lazio) 3

Lautaro MARTINEZ (Internazionale) 3

Islam SLIMANI (Monaco) 3

Dries MERTENS (Napoli) 2

Marcus RASHFORD (Manchester United) 2

Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City) 1

Dominic CALVERT-LEWIN (Everton) 1

Ansu FATI (Barcelona) 1

Alireza JAHANBAKHSH (Brighton & HA) 1

Romelu LUKAKU (Internazionale) 1

Quincy PROMES (Ajax) 1

Teemu PUKKI (Norwich City) 1

Raheem STERLING (Manchester City) 1

Luis SUAREZ (Barcelona) 1

Adama TRAORE (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 1

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/esm11

ESM XI

EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

DECEMBER 2019

Dayot

Upamecano

RB Leipzig

OOO

Trent

Alexander-

Arnold

OOOOOO

OOOOOO

Jordan

Henderson

Liverpool

OOOO

Kevin De

Bruyne

Manchester City

OOOO

OOOO

Lionel

Messi

Barcelona

OOOOO

OOOOO

Roberto

Firmino

Liverpool

OOOOOO

Thibaut

Courtois

Real Madrid

OOOO

Virgil

Van Dijk

Liverpool

OOOOO

OOOOO

Andrew

Robertson

Liverpool

OOO

Luis

Alberto

Lazio

OOO

Timo

Werner

RB Leipzig

OOOOOO

ALEXANDER-

ARNOLD

COURTOIS

DE BRUYNE

HENDERSON

MESSI

FIRMINO

ROBERTSON

WERNER

VAN DIJK

UPAMECANO

LUIS ALBERTO