More than 28,000 professional football players cast votes on FIFPro's World XI 2024 nominee list
Lionel Messi (right) and Cristiano Ronaldo 💹 gesture during separate matches. — AFP/File
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the 23 players whose names have made up 💹 FIFPro's World XI 2024 nominee list in appreciation of their accomplishments and performances.
More than 28,000 professional football players have cast 💹 votes for the players they wanted to see included in the World XI through the FIFPro organisation.
Since this is the 💹 only award in international football that is selected solely by the players, there are a few requirements that must be 💹 fulfilled before the players are considered eligible, reported Sportskeeda.
The awards event is to be held in London on January 15, 💹 2024.
The participants' performances will be evaluated over the course of eight months, from August 20, 2024, to December 19, 2024.
Peers 💹 will select the starting eleven players, including one custodian, three defenders, three midfielders, and three strikers. The outfield player who 💹 receives the most votes among the nine previously chosen will occupy the final slot in the starting lineup.
For FIFA's "The 💹 Best Men's Player of the Year", Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Erling Haaland reached the final three-man shortlist.
Each member of 💹 the shortlist for the FIFPro World XI, including Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr, was chosen by their peers.
Three goalkeepers—Thibaut Courtois, 💹 Emiliano Martinez, and Emerson—as well as six defenders, seven midfielders, and seven strikers are on the shortlist. Ruben Dias, John 💹 Stones, Kyle Walker, Antonio Rudiger, Virgil Van Dijk, and Eder Militao are among the defenders on the list.
