Here are the nominees for the FIFPro World XI

Real Madrid are the best represented club with a record 13 names on the shortlist released by FIFPro.

The winners of last year’s La Liga and Champions League titles also held the previous record of having 12 players on the list in successive years in 2014 and 2015.

Nine Spanish players have made the shortlist, making Spain the most well-represented country, with France and Brazil in joint second place with seven nominations each.

England dominated the inaugural shortlist back in 2005 with 10 nominations, but have just one representative out of the 55 players this year in Tottenham striker Harry Kane, who makes the list for the first time in his career.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon have become the only two players to make the shortlist every year since the first World XI in 2005, after making the cut this year.

Around 25,000 professional footballers were involved in the poll which covers performances by players from August to June. Previous editions had covered player performances in a calendar year.

Here is the 55 man shortlist in full:

Goalkeepers

Gianluigi Buffon – Italia, Juventus

David de Gea – España, Manchester United

Keylor Navas – Costa Rica, Real Madrid

Manuel Neuer -Alemania, FC Bayern Munich

Jan Oblak – Eslovenia, Atletico Madrid

Defenders

David Alaba – Austria, FC Bayern Munich

Jordi Alba – Spain, FC Barcelona

Dani Alves – Brazil, PSG

Jérôme Boateng – Germany, FC Bayern Munich

Leonardo Bonucci – Italy, AC Milan

Dani Carvajal – Spain, Real Madrid

Giorgio Chiellini – Italy, Juventus

Diego Godín – Uruguay, Atletico Madrid

Mats Hummels – Germany, FC Bayern Munich

Phillipp Lahm – Germany, FC Bayern Munich

David Luiz – Brazil, Chelsea

Marcelo – Brazil, Real Madrid

Javier Mascherano – Argentina, FC Barcelona

Pepe – Portugal, Besiktaş

Gerard Piqué – Spain, FC Barcelona

Sergio Ramos – Spain, Real Madrid

Thiago Silva – Brazil, PSG

Samuel Umtiti – France, FC Barcelona

Antonio Valencia – Ecuador, Manchester United

Raphaël Varane – France, Real Madrid

Midfielders

Thiago Alcántara – Spain, FC Bayern Munich

Sergio Busquets – Spain, FC Barcelona

Casemiro – Brasil, Real Madrid

Philippe Coutinho – Brazil, Liverpool

Eden Hazard – Belgium, Chelsea

Andrés Iniesta – Spain, FC Barcelona

Isco – Spain, Real Madrid

N’Golo Kanté – France, Chelsea

Toni Kroos – Germany, Real Madrid

Nemanja Matić – Serbia, Manchester United

Luka Modrić – Croatia, Real Madrid

Mesut Özil – Germany, Arsenal

Paul Pogba – France, Manchester United

Marco Verratti – Italy, PSG

Arturo Vidal – Chile, FC Bayern Munich

Forwards

Gareth Bale – Wales, Real Madrid

Karim Benzema – France, Real Madrid

Edinson Cavani – Uruguay, PSG

Paulo Dybala – Argentina, Juventus

Antoine Griezmann – France, Atletico Madrid

Zlatan Ibrahimović – Sweden, Manchester United

Harry Kane – England, Tottenham Hotspur

Robert Lewandowski – Poland, FC Bayern Munich

Romelu Lukaku – Belgium, Manchester United

Kylian Mbappé – France, PSG

Lionel Messi – Argentina, FC Barcelona

Neymar – Brasil, PSG

Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal, Real Madrid

Alexis Sánchez – Chile, Arsenal FC

Luis Suárez – Uruguay, FC Barcelona