Do you want to know who are the FIFA 17 TOTY nominees who have the chance to receive a Team of the Year blue card? If you answered yes, keep reading.
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FIFA 17 TOTY Nominees Introduction
What are the FIFA 17 TOTY Nominees?
Every year, FIFPro invites professional footballers worldwide to select their best team of the calendar year. Players are asked to pick one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards. The 55 players with the most votes in their respective categories will be revealed in the following format:
5 goalkeepers
20 defenders
15 midfielders
15 forwards
The FIFA 17 TOTY nominees were announced in the following date/times:
01/12/2016 11:00pm ?? NZST (UCT +12)
01/12/2016 10:00pm ?? AEDT (UCT +11)
01/12/2016 08:00pm ?? JST (UCT +9)
01/12/2016 07:00pm ?? CST (UCT +8)
01/12/2016 07:00pm ?? SGT (UCT +8)
01/12/2016 04:30pm ?? IST (UCT +5:30)
01/12/2016 02:00pm ?? MSK (UCT +3)
01/12/2016 01:00pm ?? EET (UCT +2)
01/12/2016 12:00pm ?? CET (UCT +1)
01/12/2016 12:00pm ?? CET (UCT +1)
01/12/2016 12:00pm ?? CET (UCT +1)
01/12/2016 12:00pm ?? CET (UCT +1)
01/12/2016 11:00am ?? WET (UCT +0)
01/12/2016 11:00am ?? GMT (UCT +0)
01/12/2016 09:00am ?? BRST (UCT -2)
01/12/2016 06:00am ?? EST (UCT -5)
01/12/2016 06:00am ?? EST (UCT -5)
01/12/2016 03:00am ?? PST (UCT -8)
FIFA 17 TOTY Nominees List
Who are the 55 Team of the Year shortlist players?
GOALKEEPERS
Will be chosen one out of 5 goalkeepers to the final FIFA 17 Team of the Year
Claudio Bravo (Chile/FC Barcelona/Manchester City)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus)
David de Gea (Spain/Manchester United)
Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid)
Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich).
DEFENDERS
Will be chosen 4 out of 20 defenders to the final FIFA 17 Team of the Year
David Alaba (Austria/FC Bayern Munich)
Jordi Alba (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire/Paris Saint-Germain)
Hector Bellerìn (Spain/Arsenal)
Jerome Boateng (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Leonardo Bonucci (Italy/Juventus)
Daniel Carvajal (Spain/Real Madrid)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus)
Dani Alves (Brazil/FC Barcelona/Juventus)
David Luiz (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain/Chelsea)
Diego Godin (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid)
Mats Hummels (Germany/Borussia Dortmund/FC Bayern Munich)
Philipp Lahm (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Pepe (Portugal/Real Madrid)
Gerard Pique (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid)
Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain)
Raphael Varane (France/Real Madrid).
MIDFIELDERS
Will be chosen 3 out of 15 midfielders to the final FIFA 17 Team of the Year
Xabi Alonso (Spain/FC Bayern Munich)
Sergio Busquets (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City)
Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea)
Andres Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelona)
N’Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea)
Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid)
Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid)
Mesut Ozil (Germany/Arsenal)
Dimitri Payet (France/West Ham United)
Paul Pogba (France/Juventus/Manchester United)
Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/FC Barcelona)
David Silva (Spain/Manchester City)
Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain)
Arturo Vidal (Chile/FC Bayern Munich).
FORWARDS
Will be chosen 3 out of 15 forwards to the final FIFA 17 Team of the Year
Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City)
Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid)
Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus)
Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid)
Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester United)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Thomas Muller (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona)
Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City)
Nine players make their debut on the 55-player shortlist that FIFPro, the worldwide players’ union, and FIFA announced for the 2016 FIFA FIFPro World11. The nine debutants are Serge Aurier, Hector Bellerin, Leonardo Bonucci, Kevin De Bruyne, Paulo Dybala, Antoine Griezmann, N’Golo Kante, Dimitri Payet and James Vardy. Two players make their comeback after missing out in 2015, Claudio Bravo and Mesut Ozil, while Gonzalo Higuain returns after his only appearance in 2010.
Nine household names disappeared from this year’s shortlist: Iker Casillas (5 World 11 awards), John Terry (5 awards), Andrea Pirlo, Arjen Robben and Wayne Rooney (1 award each), Branislav Ivanovic, Yaya Touré, Vincent Kompany and Carlos Tévez. Three younger players also did not receive enough votes to be included on the list: Thiago Alcantara, Douglas Costa and James Rodriguez. It is the first time in the 12-year World 11-history that Pirlo and Rooney have not been picked for the last 55, leaving Gianluigi Buffon and Cristiano Ronaldo as the only two players who have always been chosen by their peers.
The FIFA 17 Team of the Year will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich on 9 January 2017. The FIFA FIFPro World11 is decided by the players, for the players. It involves votes from nearly 25,000 professional footballers from about 70 different countries. Each player can select one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.