FIFA 21: TOTY Nominees Announced

The candidates for FIFA 21 Team Of The Year have been announced by EA Sports earlier today and fans can cast their votes for their 2020 Ultimate XI! The nominees list features no less than 70 players from the ‘Big Five’ leagues that had a massive impact for their clubs last year.

The list is dominated by Liverpool with eight nominees followed by PSG with six candidates, while Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City have four nominees each. Of course the FC Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi is on the list alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandoski or Neymar Jr.

There are four different categories that you can vote for, each with a different set of players. The categories are Forwards, Midfielders, Defenders and Goalkeepers. You can choose one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.  Here’s the full lists of the players you can choose from for each category:

Forwards

• André Silva – Eintracht Frankfurt
• Ben Yedder – AS Monaco
• Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
• Francesco Caputo – Sassuolo
• Cristiano Ronaldo – Piemonte Calcio
• Ángel Di María – Paris Saint-Germain
• Paulo Dybala – Piemonte Calcio
• Jack Grealish – Aston Villa
• Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund
• Ciro Immobile – Lazio
• Danny Ings – Southampton
• Lorenzo Insigne – Napoli
• João Félix – Atlético de Madrid
• Joselu – Deportivo Alavés
• Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
• Andrej Kramarić – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
• Robert Lewandowski – Bayern München
• Romelu Lukaku – Inter
• Sadio Mané – Liverpool
• Kylian Mbappé – Paris Saint-Germain
• Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona
• Neymar Jr – Paris Saint-Germain
• Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
• Raheem Sterling – Manchester City
• Luis Suárez – Atlético de Madrid
• Jamie Vardy – Leicester City

Midfielders

• Houssem Aouar – Olympique Lyonnais
• Bruno Fernandes – Manchester United
• Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
• Nabil Fekir – Real Betis Balompié
• Alejandro Gómez – Atalanta
• Robin Gosens – Atalanta
• Raphaël Guerreiro – Borussia Dortmund
• Jordan Henderson – Liverpool
• Joshua Kimmich – Bayern München
• Mateo Kovačić – Chelsea
• Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
• Luis Alberto – Lazio
• Merino – Real Sociedad
• Parejo – Villarreal CF
• Renato Sanches – LOSC Lille
• Marcel Sabitzer – RB Leipzig
• Heung-Min Son – Tottenham Hotspur
• Lars Stindl – Borussia M’gladbach
• Thiago – Liverpool

Defenders

• Francesco Acerbi – Lazio
• Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
• Jordan Amavi – Olympique de Marseille
• Angeliño – RB Leipzig
• Alphonso Davies – Bayern München
• Stefan de Vrij – Inter
• Matthias Ginter – Borussia M’gladbach
• Theo Hernández – Milan
• Mats Hummels – Borussia Dortmund
• Jesús Navas – Sevilla FC
• Jordi Alba – FC Barcelona
• Presnel Kimpembe – Paris Saint-Germain
• Aymeric Laporte – Manchester City
• Marquinhos – Paris Saint-Germain
• Andrew Robertson – Liverpool
• Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid
• Thiago Silva – Chelsea
• Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool

Goalkeepers

• Alisson – Liverpool
• Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
• Ederson – Manchester City
• Lukáš Hrádecký – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
• Steve Mandanda – Olympique de Marseille
• Keylor Navas – Paris Saint-Germain
• Manuel Neuer – Bayern München

The voting will close on January 18 and the winners will most probably hit the packs soon after.

With the announcement of the TOTY nominees, EA Sports also released five new SBCs including three Leagues SBCs. For more FIFA 21 news please follow us on twitter.