Buffon picks up Fifpro award 43000 players belonging to 42 football associations cast their votes once more this year to elect their dream XI, the world's top eleven players position for position. The goalkeeper selected for the FIFPro World XI 2005-2006 is our very own Gigi Buffon, who was presented with the award in Genoa on Friday night before the Genoa-Juventus championship clash at the Marassi.
Here are the world's top eleven players, as voted for by their peers: Goalkeeper: Gigi Buffon Defenders: Lilian Thuram, Fabio Cannavaro, John Terry, Gianluca Zambrotta Midfielders: Andrea Pirlo, Zinedine Zidane, Kakà Attackers: Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho Pos Team Pts P W D L F A 1 Napoli 26 14 7 5 2 15 9 2 Juventus 25 14 10 4 0 26 6 3 Bologna 25 14 8 1 5 17 13 4 Piacenza 24 14 7 3 4 14 14 5 Triestina 23 14 6 6 2 12 8 6 Rimini 23 14 6 5 3 20 12 7 Cesena 23 14 6 5 3 25 20 8 Genoa 22 14 6 4 4 23 19 9 Mantova 22 14 5 7 2 16 12 10 Brescia 20 13 5 5 3 12 11 11 Frosinone 19 14 5 4 5 15 14 12 Bari 19 14 5 4 5 12 9 13 Albinoleffe 19 14 3 10 1 14 13 14 Modena 17 14 5 2 7 10 15 15 Treviso 15 14 3 6 5 14 17 16 Spezia 15 14 3 6 5 13 16 17 Crotone 14 14 3 5 6 12 20 18 Lecce 14 13 4 2 7 17 21 19 Verona 11 14 2 5 7 5 12 20 Vicenza 8 14 1 5 8 10 17 21 Pescara 4 14 0 5 9 10 24 22 Arezzo 2 14 1 5 8 6 16 REGARDS -elang- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
