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Five Spaniards on FIFPro team

Five Spaniards on FIFPro team


Five players from the Spain Euro 2008 winning team have all been selected on the FIFPro team.

With all but one of the players coming from either the Spanish or English leagues, the lineup includes Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos, Barcelona's Carles Puyol and Xavi Fernandez and Liverpool's Fernando Torres.

Barcelona's Argentina forward Lionel Messi is also in the team and Champions League winner Manchester United has Rio Ferdinand and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is one of the favorites for the FIFPro player-of-the-year award being announced later Monday.

Liverpool also has Steven Gerrard, John Terry is the only Chelsea player on the lineup and AC Milan's Kaka is the lone star from Italy's Serie A.