Ultimate Team of a Year: a all-time XI
Which players have done a UEFA.com Team of a Year some-more than any others? We do a maths to emanate an ultimate XI.
GOALKEEPER
Iker Casillas – 6 (2007, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12)
Real Madrid/Porto Spain
Spain’s captain during UEFA EURO 2008 and 2012 also carried a 2010 FIFA World Cup – 3 of a 6 times he done it into Team of a Year. Gianluigi Buffon (4 selections) and Manuel Neuer (3) are his categorical rivals for a No1 shirt.
DEFENDERS
Carles Puyol – 6 (2002, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10)
Barcelona Spain
Enjoyed a golden run from 2005 onwards, winning a UEFA Champions League with Barça in 2006, 2009 and 2011, as good as UEFA EURO 2008 and a 2010 World Cup as a cornerstone of his country’s defence.
Philipp Lahm – 5 (2006, 08, 12, 13, 14)
Bayern München Germany
One of Europe’s many unchanging performers of a past decade. Lahm’s method of 3 unbroken Team of a Year appearances came to an finish in 2015.
Sergio Ramos – 6 (2008, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Real Madrid Spain
Five selections in a quarrel are a magnitude of a Madrid man’s standing, a defender carrying progressing been rewarded for his purpose in assisting Spain to UEFA EURO 2008 glory. Will he make it 6 on a rebound this year?
Gerard Piqué – 5 (2010, 11, 12, 15, 16)
Barcelona Spain
Nominated 7 times in a final 8 years – and picked on 5 of those occasions – Piqué continues to be a hugely unchanging performer for bar and country.
MIDFIELDERS
Xavi Hernández – 5 (2008, 09, 10, 11, 12)
Barcelona Spain
Though a contender in 2005, it was not until his second impasse in 2008 that Xavi done a cut – then there was no dislodging him as rare success with bar and nation kept him in a side 5 years running.
Andrés Iniesta – 6 (2009, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16)
Barcelona Spain
Like midfield partner Xavi, once he forced his approach into Team of a Year Iniesta valid unfit to excommunicate until 2013; he also returned in elegance in 2015 and kept his mark final year.
Steven Gerrard – 3 (2005, 06, 07)
Liverpool England
One of 5 midfielders comparison 3 times. However, 7 nominations were pivotal to holding Liverpool’s whitchcraft into a ultimate XI during a responsibility of Kaká (five nominations), Ronaldinho (four), Pavel NedvÄ›d (three) and Zinédine Zidane (three).
FORWARDS
Cristiano Ronaldo – 11 (2004, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Manchester United/Real Madrid Portugal
Nominated a record 13 times, a Portuguese materialisation has been enclosed in a Team of a Year on no fewer than 11 occasions, 3 some-more than any other player. The 2016 group noted his tenth coming on a spin.
Lionel Messi – 8 (2008, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16)
Barcelona Argentina
Like Ronaldo, Messi was primarily categorised as a midfielder – collecting a initial of 11 uninterrupted nominations in 2006 – and has missed a Team of a Year cut usually once, in 2013, given his 2008 debut.
Thierry Henry – 5 (2001, 02, 03, 04, 06)
Arsenal France
A claimant in a initial 6 editions of a vote. Henry’s coherence was such that he got into a final preference 5 times, including a initial four – a usually actor to grasp that.
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