Each year, it is an unmissable event for football fans and football players. FIFA. The month of January indeed marks the selection of the team of the year, this time in FIFA 22, the last game to date released in October 2021. The good news of this year, is the excellent representation of the teams. , championships, and French players. We take stock of the list of nominees.

As usual, the last word of this perfect team, made up of a 12^th bonus player. But EA has already put together an impressive list of 80 top players. We thus find faces already well known, such as that of Kylian Mbappé, appointed for the fourth year in a row. It must be said that since the victory of the Blues at the World Cup in 2018, the French player has been on the rise.

8 French players in the ranking

Also among the attackers, we also find Karim Benzema, who plays for Real Madrid, or Dimitri Payet, representative of Olympique de Marseille, in the midst of world-renowned players such as Lionel Messi (PSG), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) but also Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

The midfielders are not left out on the French side with representatives such as N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea) or Nabil Fekir (Bétis Sevilla), while in the defenders category we find Jules Koundé (Sevilla), Theo Hernandez (Milan), and finally Mike Maignan (Milan) for the goalkeepers. If on the players’ side, we are pretty good, we are also and especially at the team level. PSG is indeed the most represented team with 7 different players.

Here is the complete list of the 80 named players, which you can find on the EA site to vote:

GUARDIANS

• Jan Oblak (Atletico)
• Ederson (Manchester City)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
• Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Mike Maignan (Milan)

DEFENDERS

• Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)
• Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
• Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
• Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
• Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)
• Jordi Alba (Barça)
• Milan Skriniar (Inter)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Reinildo (LOSC)
• Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
• Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
• Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
• Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
• Theo Hernandez (Milan)
• Simon Kjaer (Milan)
• Marquinhos (PSG)
• Achraf Hakimi (PSG)
• Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
• Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
• David Alaba (Real Madrid)
• Leonardo Spinazzola (Rome)
• Christian Günter (Friborg)
• Jules Koundé (Seville)
• Jesus Navas (Seville)
• Cristian Romero (Tottenham)

MIDFIELDS

• Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• Marco Verratti (PSG)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea)
• Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
• Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
• Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
• Nicolo Barella (Inter), Marcos Llorente (Atletico)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Jorginho (Chelsea)
• Mason Mount (Chelsea)
• Filip Kostic (Eintracht Francfort)
• Nabil Fekir (Betis Seville)
• Manuel Locatelli (Juventus)
• Declan Rice (West Ham)
• Lucas Paqueta (OL)
• Luis Diaz (Porto)
• Dani Olmo (Leipzig)
• Fabinho (Liverpool)
• Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
• Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Pedri (Barça)
• Heung Min Son (Tottenham)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

FORWARDERS

• Kylian Mbappé (PSG)
• Lionel Messi (PSG)
• Neymar (PSG)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Harry Kane (Tottenham)
• Luis Suarez (Athletico)
• Romelu Lukau (Chelsea)
• Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
• Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
• Lorenzo Insigne (Naples)
• Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
• Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
• Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
• Jack Grealish (Manchester City)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)
• Dimitri Payet (OM)
• Dusan Tadic (Ajax Amsterdam)
• Jonathan David (LOSC)