For the first time in history, a player of the Concacaf is listed in the Best XI of the FIFA. It’s about the Canadian side Alphonso Davies of the Bayern from Munich who also became the third player from Europe or South America to receive this honor, following in the footsteps of Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) and Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon).
The 20-year-old was named Champions League champion in 2020 with Bayern, in addition to winning the Bundesliga, the German Cup, the German Super Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. He was also named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season 2019/20 and was named Player of the Year in his country for the second time.
Davies became the first MLS Homegrown Player to be selected in the FIFPro World XI when the Canadian debuted with Vancouver Whitecaps in 2016, later to become one of the most expensive additions in the history of the league. when Bayern Mnich paid 10 million euros for the Canadian fullback.
The fullback is after Alessandro Nesta, Kak, Thierry Henry, Steven Gerrard, David Villa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic the seventh footballer to be chosen within the best FIFA team and passed by the MLS. The ideal eleven thus consisted of Becker, Alexander-Arnold, Ramos, Van Dijk, Davies, De Bruyne, Alcantara, Kimmich, Lionel Messi, Lewandowski, Ronaldo.