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Messi, Ronaldo and Lewy lead the UEFA Team of the Year nominees as 9 Bayern stars in
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Forward
Haaland, Di Maria, Joao Felix, Gnabry, immobile, Harry Kane, Lewandowski, Lukaku, Mane, Mbappé, Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, Salah, Sterling
Midfielders
Thiago, Aouar, Banega, Barella, Kingsley Coman, De Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Gomez, Goretzka, Havertz, Henderson, Ilicic, Marquinhos, Thomas Muller, Sabitzer
Defenders
David Alaba, TAA, Angelino, Bernat, Alphonso Davies, De Ligt, De Vrij, Hateboer, Kimmich, Kimpembe, Ramos, Robertson, Thiago Silva, Upamecano, Van Dijk
Goalkeepers
Alisson, Anthony Lopes, Navas, Neuer, Oblak
Key stats
Cristiano Ronaldo is nominated for the seventeenth consecutive year; He has appeared on 14 teams, including each of the last 13. They are all records.
Lionel Messi is nominated for the 15th time and is looking to join the team for the 11th time. Sergio Ramos and Robert Lewandowski are on the shortlist for the ninth time.
Twenty-one players make the 50-player list for the first time; 22 also appeared 12 months ago (including ten from the final XI), while the remaining seven are returning to the account.
Romelu Lukaku is nominated for the first time since 2010, when he got the go-ahead as a 17-year-old at Anderlecht.
Alphonso Davies is the first Canadian player to be nominated in the team’s 20-year history.
Atalanta and Leipzig are among the nominees for the first time.
Ciro Immobile is Lazio’s first nominee since Jaap Stam in 2004.
Anthony Lopes and Houssem Aouar are Lyon’s first nominees since 2010.
Erling Braut Haaland is Norway’s first nominee in a decade and the third after Brede Hangeland (2010) and John Arne Riise (2002).
It is the first year Slovenia has two shortlisted players, Josip Iličić joins five-time nominee Jan Oblak.
The 50 nominated players have an average age of 27.28 years. At 20, Davies and Haaland are the youngest nominees; Thiago Silva, 36, is the oldest.
Team of the Year nominees by club
10 Bayern *
8 Liverpool *, Paris *
3 Atalanta, Inter, Leipzig
2 Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea *, Juventus, Lyon, Man. City
1 al-Shabab *, Barcelona, Dortmund, Lazio, Leverkusen, Man. United *, Real Madrid, Sevilla *, Sporting CP *, Tottenham
* Kai Havertz, Thiago Alcántara, Thiago Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Éver Banega represented two clubs in 2020; both are counted here.
Nominated for Team of the Year by national team
6 Germany
5 France
4 Brazil, England, Holland, Portugal, Spain
3 Argentina, Italy
2 Austria, Belgium, Slovenia
1 Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Senegal
Nominated for Team of the Year by national league
15 Bundesliga, Germany * (4 clubs)
14 Premier League, England * (5 clubs)
10 Ligue 1, France * (2 clubs)
9 Serie A, Italy (4 clubs)
5 Liga, Spain * (4 clubs)
1 Liga, Portugal * (1 club)
1 Pro League, Saudi Arabia * (1 club)
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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