Alphonso Davies named to FIFA FIFPro World 11

Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team’s Alphonso Davies from Edmonton, Alberta was named to the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020. The FC Bayern München left back is the first Canadian named to the global all-star list featuring the top-11 players from their respective po…

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Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team’s Alphonso Davies from Edmonton, Alberta was named to the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020. The FC Bayern München left back is the first Canadian named to the global all-star list featuring the top-11 players from their respective positions.

Davies was one of four players from the UEFA Champions League-winning side in the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 as he was honoured alongside teammates Joshua Kimmich, Thiago Alcántara and The Best FIFA Men’s Player Robert Lewandowski.

Davies was the third-youngest player named to the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11, albeit by just four days compared to Matthijs de Ligt who was also 20 when he received the honour in 2020. Only Kylian Mbappé was 19 years old when he won the honour in 2018.

Davies was just 13 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2014. He was 16 years old when he made his international “A” debut for Canada on 13 June 2017, the youngest Men’s National Team player in program history. He scored his first goal for Canada on 7 July 2017 at the Concacaf Gold Cup. He was Canada Soccer’s Canadian Player of the Year in 2018 and 2020.

Alphonso Davies named to the FIFA FIFPro Men's #World11#TheBestInCanada ? #TheBestInTheWorld ?⚽️? https://t.co/U9tSo1atlB — Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) December 17, 2020
.@AlphonsoDavies, you have been voted as @FIFAcom @FIFPro #World11 defender by your fellow professional footballers. Congratulations! ???Read more here ? https://t.co/1N6pdwB2QG #TheBest pic.twitter.com/Jcz1mKehoK — FIFPRO (@FIFPro) December 17, 2020
The first Canadian player to be named in the FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI. ??PROUD. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ubJZgTgDQZ — ?? FC Bayern US ?? (@FCBayernUS) December 17, 2020
?? @CanadaSoccerEN's @AlphonsoDavies is named in the FIFA @FIFPro Men's #World11 2020! Congratulations Alphonso! ? https://t.co/MLjWemdZGk — Concacaf (@Concacaf) December 17, 2020
This kid ⁦@AlphonsoDavies⁩ hasn’t ceased to amaze me since I met him. Now on FIFA BEST XI ????????⁦@CanadaSoccerEN⁩The Best FIFA Football Awards™ – FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 – https://t.co/qiKz56TfWF https://t.co/kRkrpyAuaN — Patrice Bernier (@pbernier10) December 17, 2020

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Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer

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