The full list of the 2026 FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI was released on Monday, with some notable names missing from the selection.\n<\/p>\n
The team was selected through a secure voting process involving 19,806 professional men\u2019s footballers worldwide.\n<\/p>\n
From league champions and World Cup winners to Ballon d\u2019Or laureates and continental trophy holders, the FIFPRO World 11 stands out among major individual football awards because it is voted for exclusively by professional footballers, who select their peers based on their performances.\n<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s men\u2019s World XI featured some of the biggest names in world football, including eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner Lionel Messi and World Cup winner Kylian Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n
However, one notable absentee was Harry Kane, the 2026 Ballon d\u2019Or winner, breaking the 21-year sequence.\n<\/p>\n
Since the inception of FIFPRO 11 in 2005, this year\u2019s edition marks the first time a reigning Ballon d\u2019Or winner will not feature in the Team of the Year, according to a Monday tweet by football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.\n<\/p>\n
Kane ranked 5th among the attackers, with 27.6% of the votes.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting that France Football cancelled the 2020 Ballon d\u2019Or due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which disrupted the football calendar across several leagues. Consequently, matches were played behind closed doors.\n<\/p>\n
Although no Ballon d\u2019Or was awarded in 2020, the 2019 winner, Lionel Messi, was still the reigning Ballon d\u2019Or holder. He was selected in the 2020 FIFPRO Men\u2019s World 11.\n<\/p>\n
According to an infographic detailing how each player received his votes, Mbapp\u00e9 emerged first with 46%, followed by Lamine Yamal at 37.4%.\n<\/p>\n
Coming third is Messi with 29.5%, while Erling Haaland finished fourth with 28.4%.<\/p>\n
The percentages represent the proportion of the 19,806 professional footballers who included each player in their selections.\n<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Bayern Munich striker became\u00a0the first Englishman to claim football\u2019s most prestigious individual award since Michael Owen in 2001.\n<\/p>\n
He was crowned at the 70th edition of the ceremony at the London Palladium, capping a remarkable 2025\u201326 campaign for club and country.<\/p>\n
Kane scored 61 goals in 51 appearances for Bayern during the season, helping the German club win the domestic league and cup double. His overall tally, including international matches, reached 73 goals, as at the time he won the award.\n<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old also scored six goals at the World Cup, where England reached the semi-finals.\n<\/p>\n
Despite his remarkable individual achievements during the season, Kane\u2019s omission from the FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI marks a rare distinction in the history of the award, highlighting the gap between individual accolades and recognition from fellow professional footballers.\n<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers<\/strong>:\n<\/p>\n Thibaut\u00a0Courtois <\/p>\n Emiliano Martinez\n<\/p>\n Defenders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Marc Cucurella\n<\/p>\n Virgil van Dijk\n<\/p>\n Gabriel\n<\/p>\n Willaim Saliba\n<\/p>\n Dayot Upamecano\n<\/p>\n Midfielders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bruno Fernandes\n<\/p>\n Enzo Fernandez\n<\/p>\n Pedri\n<\/p>\n Declan Rice\n<\/p>\n Attackers:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Khvicha Kvaratskhelia<\/p>\n Michael Olise\n<\/p>\n Cristiano Ronaldo\n <\/p>\n Source: <\/p>\n The full list of the 2026 FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI was released on Monday, with some notable names missing from the selection. The team was selected through a secure voting… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}