The doublet of the FC Feminine Barcelona and the title of Spain in the Glass of the World have been definitely big protagonists of the announcement of the nominated to the XI FIFPro that announces the FIFA to recognise to the best players of every year. The Spaniards Olga Carmona, Mapi León, Irene Walls, Aitana Bonmati, Claudia Pina, Jennifer Beautiful and Salma Paralluelo are seven of the 23 nominated, a list in which of course it highlights the absence Alexia Putellas, although justified by his long absence of drop by injury, especially in the first-half of the year.
However, the Barça Femení equally is the team that more players has in these nominations with eight members, the five Spaniards, Mapi, Irene, Aitana, Claudia and Salma, in addition to the British defence Lucy Bronze, the Swedish Fridolina Rolfo and the also British Keira Walsh. The eight culés will look for to fill of Barcelona a XI in which surely it will be also the Australian Sam Kerr, of Chelsea, second of the Balloon of Gold does a month in the triumph of Aitana.
The Barça, in front of another ceremony of possible celebrations
The nominations to the eleven ideal of FIFPRO feminine, as it has explained the own FIFA, have been voted by the own players that conform the union, some six thousand representatives, and the winners will announce the Monday 15 January in the ceremony of delivery of the prizes The Best in London. That same day will deliver the accustomed individual recognitions to the best player of the year and better trainer of the feminine football, two prizes in which the Barça also aspires to be between the three first places.
Finalists FIFPRO feminine
- Goalkeepers: Mackenzie Arnold (AUS/West Ham United), Mary Earps (ING/Manchester United) and Alyssa Naeher (USE/Chicago Network Stars).
- Defences: Lucy Bronze (ING/Barcelona), Olga Carmona (ESP/Real Madrid), Alex Greenwood (ING/Manchester City), Amanda Ilestedt (SWE/Paris Saint-Germain/Arsenal), Ashley Lawrence (CAN/Paris Saint-Germain/Chelsea), María León and Irene Walls (ESP/Barcelona, Spain).
- Midfield players: Aitana Bonmatí and Claudia Pina (ESP/Barcelona), Fridolina Rolfo (SWE/Barcelona), Georgia Stanway (ING/Bayern Munich), Ella Toone (ING/Manchester United) and Keira Walsh (ING/Barcelona).
- Forwards: Jennifer Beautiful (ESP/Pachuca/Tigers), Lauren James (ING/Chelsea), Sam Kerr (AUS/Chelsea), Alex Morgan (USE/San Diego Wave), Salma Paralluelo (ESP/Barcelona), Alexandra Popp (GER/Wolfsburgo) and Alessia Russo (ING/Manchester United).
With regard to the masculine football, the eleven ideal of the 2023 also will know in the ceremony of that day, and between the finalists have been included big names like the one of Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. However, the Barça has had to 'conform' with the only presence of Ilkay Gündogan in the list, remembering of course that his first-half of the year has been with a Manchester City winning of the triplete.