In the FIFA World Player Gala 2009 held in Zurich, Switzerland tonight, FC Barcelona has four players voted as this year’s FIFA/FIFPro World XI – Right-back Daniel Alves, Midfielders Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, and Forward Lionel Messi.

While Messi and Xavi was again voted in, Captain Carles Puyol missed out. Nevertheless, his absence was replaced by Alves and Iniesta, both of whom have never made the squad.

The Catalan club originally had 9 players nominated among the 55 players short-list, namely:

Defenders – Daniel Alves, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol

Midfielders – Andres Iniesta, Yaya Toure and Xavi Hernandez

Forwards – Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi

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The FIFA/FIFPro World XI is to honour the best eleven players of the year, as chosen by over 50,000 professional players from all over the world

The complete 2009 FIFA/FIFPro World XI squad is:

Goalkeeper – Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Defenders – Daniel Alves (Barcelona), John Terry (Chelsea), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) and Patrice Evra (Manchester United)

Midfielders – Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Forwards – Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

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