{"id":7525,"date":"2026-11-09T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2026-11-09T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:06:37","slug":"harry-kane-snubbed-from-fifpro-world-xi-lionel-messi-makes-18th-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=7525","title":{"rendered":"Harry Kane Snubbed From FIFPRO World XI, Lionel Messi Makes 18th Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Lionel Messi\u2019s peers gave him one more appearance in the FIFPRO World XI lineup Monday after nearly 20,000 players voted for their best team in a poll organized by the global union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>At age 39, the Argentina icon was elected to the team as part a four-superstar attack alongside Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Erling Haaland and Lamine Yamal. Ballon d&#8217;Or winner Harry Kane missed out.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>This is Messi&#8217;s 18th year appearing in the XI and he was last chosen in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>The Inter Miami forward also was the only men&#8217;s World XI selection playing for a club outside Europe. Paris Saint-Germain&#8217;s Morocco right back Achraf Hakimi was the only other selection from a national team outside Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Spain\u2019s World Cup champion squads dominated with four players including 19-year-old Yamal voted on the men\u2019s team and five on the Women\u2019s World XI, including three-time Ballon d\u2019Or winners Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati, also announced Monday by the Netherlands-based union.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>The women's team also had five players from European champion England and none again from the United States. FIFPRO said more than 6,500 women players from 64 countries voted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Orlando Pride and Zambia forward Barbra Banda was the only team member with an African or North and South American connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>(Photo by Pedro Salado\/Getty Images)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>The combined age of Barcelona pair Yamal and defender Pau Cubars\u00ed adds up to a couple of days fewer than the 39 years, four months, of Messi. The World XI has a third Barcelona and Spain player in Rodri, who signed from Manchester City after winning the FIFA Golden Ball trophy as best player at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Goalkeeper David Raya was a backup for Spain, though he won election to the World XI for his performances with Arsenal, the Premier League winner and Champions League finalist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Two-time Champions League winner PSG had a hat trick of players: Hakimi wa joined by left back Nuno Mendes and midfielder Vitinha.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Jude Bellingham&#8217;s selection with Mbapp\u00e9 gave Real Madrid two picks.<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Harry Murphy\/Getty Images)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Zambia's Banda also was in the 2025 women's lineup, though she was joined then by Morocco midfielder Ghizlane Chebbak. The 2024 team also included Banda and two South Americans, Brazil great Marta and Colombia\u2019s Linda Caicedo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>The last U.S. player to be voted in was Alex Morgan in the 2023 team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>European champion Barcelona provided five players to the 2026 team. Putellas and defender Mapi Leon have both moved to London City Lionesses since Barcelona\u2019s latest Women\u2019s Champions League title in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>Defender Irene Paredes and forward Claudia Pina completed the contingent from 2023 Women's World Cup winner Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed>The quintet from European champion England was goalkeeper Hannah Hampton and defender Lucy Bronze from Chelsea, Manchester City defender Alex Greenwood, Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone and Arsenal forward Alessia Russo. Bronze earned a record ninth selection in the team that was first elected in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Goalkeeper: <\/strong>David Raya (Arsenal, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Pau Cubars\u00ed (Barcelona, Spain), Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Midfielders: <\/strong>Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England), Rodri (Manchester City\/Barcelona, Spain), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, France), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, Argentina), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>FIFPRO Women's World XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Goalkeeper:<\/strong> Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England), Alex Greenwood (Manchester City, England) Mapi Leon (Barcelona\/London City Lionesses, Spain), Irene Paredes (Barcelona, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona\/London City, Spain), Ella Toone (Manchester United, England)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><strong>Forwards: <\/strong>Barbra Banda (Orlando, Zambia), Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain), Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-baabd5ed><i>Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Lionel Messi\u2019s peers gave him one more appearance in the FIFPRO World XI lineup Monday after nearly 20,000 players voted for their best team in a poll organized by the global union. At age 39, the Argentina icon was elected to the team as part a four-superstar attack alongside Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}