9 Barca players in FIFPro short-list of 55 nominees
The International Federation of Professional Football Players (FIFPro) yesterday released a list of 55 names as its nominees that includes 9 Barcelona players, who will be voted on by over 50,000 professional football players from around the world as this year’s ‘World XI’.
For the first time this year, FIFPro and FIFA have joined forces to honour the best eleven players of the year with the first ‘FIFA/FIFPro World XI’ award that will be presented at the ‘2009 FIFA World Player Gala’ to be held in Zurich, Switzerland on December 21.
As usual FIFA will present its own awards (separate from FIFPro) to the best male and female player of the year chosen by national team coaches and captains.
