ZURICH: Five players from newly-crowned world club champions Real Madrid have been named in the 26-man ‘squad of the year’ nominated ahead of the FIFA Best awards in two weeks’ time.

The quintet are goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, defender Tony Rudiger, midfielders Luka Modric and Fede Valverde as well as centre-forward Karima. Also nominated was midfielder Casemiro, who was a member of the Madrid team who won the Champions League last season.

This is the complete list of nominated players:

GOALKEEPERS

Alison Becker (Liverpool)

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

DEFENSES

Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/Bayern)

Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)

Josko Gvardiol (Leipzig)

Achraf Hakimi (PSG)

Theo Hernandez (Milan)

Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)

Thiago Silva (Chelsea)

MIDFIELDERS

Casemiro (Real Madrid/Man United)

Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)

Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

Enzo Fernandez (River Plate / Benfica / Chelsea)

Gavi (FC Barcelona)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Pedro (FC Barcelona)

Fede Valverde (Real Madrid)

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