Despite losing out to Cristiano Ronaldo for both the 2016 Ballon d'Or and The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year award, Lionel Messi reportedly received more votes than the Portuguese from his fellow professionals when it came to the FIFA FIFPro World 11.
Announced at FIFA's gala awards ceremony on Monday, Barcelona's Messi was included alongside team-mate Luis Suarez and Real Madrid's Ronaldo in the front line for the best XI of the year, as voted for by 26,516 players across the world:
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