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FIFPro World XI: Top 55 players announced

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Image: Cristiano Ronaldo, David de Gea, Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard have all made the top 55 longlist

Footballers across the world have selected their best XI from the 2016/17 season - and Real Madrid players proved the most popular picks. 

World Players' Union FIFPro asked 25,000 professional players to pick a 4-3-3 line-up based on last season's performances.

They've just unveiled the 55 most selected players - and a record 13 of them are from La Liga and Champions League winners Real Madrid.

The top 2016/17 World XI will be announced at the 'Best FIFA Football Awards' ceremony in London on October 23.

Here are the 55 players in contention...

Top 55 players list from FIFPro

Player Country Team
Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
David de Gea Spain Manchester United
Keylor Navas Costa Rica Real Madrid
Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich
Jan Oblak Slovenia Atletico Madrid
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David Alaba Austria Bayern Munich
Jordi Alba Spain Barcelona
Dani Alves Brazil Paris Saint-Germain
Jerome Boateng Germany Bayern Munich
Leonardo Bonucci Italy Juventus/AC Milan
Dani Carvajal Spain Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus
Diego Godin Uruguay Atletico Madrid
Mats Hummels Germany Bayern Munich
Phillipp Lahm Germany Bayern Munich/retired
David Luiz Brazil Chelsea
Marcelo Brazil Real Madrid
Javier Mascherano Argentina Barcelona
Pepe Portugal Real Madrid/Besiktas
Gerard Pique Spain Barcelona
Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Thiago Silva Brazil Paris Saint-Germain
Samuel Umtiti France Barcelona
Antonio Valencia Ecuador Manchester United
Raphael Varane France Real Madrid
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Thiago Alcantara Spain Bayern Munich
Sergio Busquets Spain Barcelona
Casemiro Brazil Real Madrid
Philippe Coutinho Brazil Liverpool
Eden Hazard Belgium Chelsea
Andres Iniesta Spain Barcelona
Isco Spain Real Madrid
N'Golo Kante France Chelsea
Toni Kroos Germany Real Madrid
Nemanja Matic Serbia Chelsea/Manchester United
Luka Modric Croatia Real Madrid
Mesut Ozil Germany Arsenal
Paul Pogba France Manchester United
Marco Verratti Italy Paris Saint-Germain
Arturo Vidal Chile Bayern Munich
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Gareth Bale Wales Real Madrid
Karim Benzema France Real Madrid
Edinson Cavani Uruguay Paris Saint-Germain
Paulo Dybala Argentina Juventus
Antoine Griezmann France Atletico Madrid
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden Manchester United
Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski Poland Bayern Munich
Romelu Lukaku Belgium Everton/Manchester United
Kylian Mbappe France Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
Neymar Brazil Paris Saint-Germain
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
Alexis Sanchez Chile Arsenal
Luis Suarez Uruguay Barcelona

The 55 players come from nine clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Paris St-Germain, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

There are 20 different nationalities on the list - nine from Spain, seven from Brazil and France - but no African or Asian players received enough votes to make the cut.

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Gianluigi Buffon and Cristiano Ronaldo have been on every list since the first one in 2004/05.

However, Claudio Bravo, Hector Bellerin, Kevin de Bruyne, Dimitri Payet, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Jamie Vardy are among the 12 players who were included last time but missed out this year.

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