The votes have been counted and now the winners are revealed: EA Sports has shared the 2021 Team of the Year for FIFA 22. Revealed by England legend David Beckham, the 11 players are as follows:
- Goalkeeper — Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG, Italian)
- Defender — João Cancelo (Manchester City, Portuguese)
- Defender — Rúben Dias (Manchester City, Portuguese)
- Defender — Marquinhos (PSG, Brazilian)
- Defender — Achraf Hakimi (PSG, Moroccan)
- Midfielder — Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgian)
- Midfielder — Jorginho (Chelsea, Italian)
- Midfielder — N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea, French)
- Attacker — Kylian Mbappé (PSG, French)
- Attacker — Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Polish)
- Attacker — Lionel Messi (PSG, Argentinian)
Somehow, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has missed out. That is despite arguably being the best player on the planet right now. Weird. Anyway, these 11 players will soon be part of packs in FIFA Ultimate Team, no doubt grabbing price tags in the millions once they hit the market.
Will you try and get some of them? Hope that luck is on your side in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 13
Questionable at best!
I swear half of them get places just for turning up. Messi’s had his worst season in years. Salah’s not even there. There’s literally 4 clubs represented, with Lewandowski being the sole Bayern Munich player. Baffling. Perhaps they’re partner clubs with the game. Like how PES used to have Celtic editions which didn’t really add anything.
No Salah? Riiiight...
No Karim Benzema? This list is a joke....
Messi had a dreadful start to his PSG career.
Benzema should be in there.
2 Portuguese players. We're too good
Declan Rice robbed. I'm not biased whatsoever
@nessisonett It's for the best players for the whole of last year, most of you are suffering from recency bias. Messi has only been a PSG player for the last 3 months.
Let me put it this way, Messi in the whole of last year achieved more than both Benzema and Salah, there is a reason why he was top two for both Ballon'dor and FIFA's best.
Salah has only been great this season, but Benzema has been very consistent the whole year.
@rachetmarvel It’s not recency bias, Salah has been overall more consistent in a far more competitive league. If Messi playing in a dominant team still can’t stand out, that’s on him.
What an peculiar list of players. It's almost as if it's a lottery 😊
No Fred? What's going on?
@rachetmarvel This is completely subjective; these players were not chosen only based on their statistics. It's EA's picks. It's nearly impossible to put all of your biases aside fully, so pointing someone out for having one doesn't help anyone's case.
This ranking was most likely influenced not only by individual player performances or how they play as a team but also by the need to increase Fifa pack sales and maintain good PR with 'partner' clubs.
For me, this is in no way the best team of 2021.
@ApostateMage think I'm alone but I actually quite like Fred...
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