Three Parisians in FIFA FIFPro World11 contention

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Thiago Silva, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr are part of the 55-strong shortlist.

Former Paris Saint-Germain player Dani Alves, who joined São Paulo this summer, is also nominated.

The World11 is established based on the votes of millions of professional footballers from around the world. Each player has to vote for a goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards. The FIFA FIFPro World11 2019 will be unveiled at the FIFA Football Awards ceremony on 23 September at La Scala in Milan.

During the evening, the FIFA FIFPro World11 féminin, The Best FIFA Men's Player, The Best FIFA Women's Player, The Best FIFA Men's Coach, The Best - FIFA Women's Coach, The Best - FIFA Men's Goalkeeper, The Best - FIFA Women's Goalkeeper, the FIFA Puskas Award, the FIFA Fan Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be handed out.

The 55 contenders

GOALKEEPERS
Alisson Becker (Brazil - Liverpool/ENG)
David De Gea (Spain - Manchester United/ENG)
Ederson Moraes (Brazil - Manchester City/ENG)
Jan Oblak (Slovenia - Atletico Madrid/ESP)
Marc–André ter Stegen (Germany - Barcelona/ESP)

DEFENDERS
Jordi Alba (Spain - Barcelona/ESP)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (England - Liverpool/ANG)
Dani Alves (Brazil - Paris Saint-Germain/FRA then São Paulo/BRA)
Joao Cancelo (Portugal - Juventus/ITA then Manchester City/ENG)
Daniel Carvajal (Spain - Real Madrid/ESP)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy - Juventus/ITA)
Matthijs de Ligt (Netherlands - Ajax/NED then Juventus/ITA)
Diego Godin (Uruguay - Atletico Madrid/ESP then Inter/ITA)
Joshua Kimmich (Germany - Bayern Munich/GER)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal - Naples/ITA)
Aymeric Laporte (France - Manchester City/ENG)
Marcelo (Brazil - Real Madrid/ESP)
Gerard Piqué (Spain - Barcelona/ESP)
Sergio Ramos (Spain - Real Madrid/ESP)
Andrew Robertson (Scotland - Liverpool/ENG)
Alex Sandro (Brazil - Juventus/ITA)
Thiago Silva (Brazil - Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands - Liverpool/ENG)
Raphael Varane (France - Real Madrid/ESP)
Kyle Walker (England - Manchester City/ENG)

MIDFIELDERS
Sergio Busquets (Spain - Barcelona/ESP)
Casemiro (Brésil - Real Madrid/ESP)
Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium - Manchester City/ENG)
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands - Ajax/NED then Barcelona/ESP)
Christian Eriksen (Denmark - Tottenham/ENG)
Eden Hazard (Belgium - Chelsea/ENG then Real Madrid/ESP)
N'Golo Kanté (France - Chelsea/ENG)
Toni Kroos (Germany - Real Madrid/ESP)
Arthur Melo (Brazil - Barcelona/ESP)
Luka Modric (Croatia - Real Madrid/ESP)
Paul Pogba (France - Manchester United/ENG)
Ivan Rakitic (Croatia - Barcelone/ESP)
Bernardo Silva (Portugal - Manchester City/ENG)
Dusan Tadic (Serbia - Ajax/NED)
Arturo Vidal (Chile - Barcelona/ESP)

FORWARDS
Sergio Agüero (Argentina - Manchester City/ENG)
Karim Benzema (France - Real Madrid/ESP)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Juventus/ITA)
Roberto Firmino (Brazil - Liverpool/ENG)
Antoine Griezmann (France - Atletico Madrid/ESP then Barcelona/ESP)
Son Heung-min (South Korea - Tottenham/ENG)
Harry Kane (England - Tottenham/ENG)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland - Bayern Munich/GER)
Sadio Mané (Senegal - Liverpool/ENG)
Kylian Mbappé (France - Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)
Lionel Messi (Argentina - Barcelona/ESP)
Neymar Jr (Brazil - Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt - Liverpool/ENG)
Raheem Sterling (England - Manchester City/ENG)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay - Barcelona/ESP)