Did Antonio Valencia’s wondergoal vs Everton clinch his place? (Picture: Getty)

Manchester United right-back Antonio Valencia has earned a surprise nomination for this year’s FIFPro World 11 – an all-star world XI compiled every year.

Big names from the Premier League such as Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Arsenal pair Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are among the more established big names to also make the final 55 names.

While Valencia has been something of an unsung hero for United in recent times, it is questionable if he is really anywhere near the calibre of some of the other names to make the list, even among those at his own club.

Valencia is one of the more surprising names on the list (Picture: Getty)

Fellow United stars Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, David de Gea and Nemanja Matic have also been nominated, while, as ever, star names from European giants Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate.

Valencia would do well to make the final cut given the competition he faces, with Dani Alves, Philipp Lahm and Daniel Carvajal surely all stronger contenders for the right-back spot.

Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho are others from the Premier League to get a nomination, but one or two eyebrows may be raised at no one from Manchester City getting a look-in.

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard is also in contention for a place in the final 11 (Picture: Getty)
Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are Arsenal’s only representatives (Picture: Getty)

FIFPro 11 nominees in full

Manchester United
Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Antonio Valencia, David de Gea, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic

Chelsea
Eden Hazard, David Luiz, N’Golo Kante

Arsenal
Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil

Liverpool
Philippe Coutinho

Tottenham
Harry Kane

Real Madrid
Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Isco, Dani Carvajal, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Marcelo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Varane

Barcelona
Javier Mascherano, Samuel Umtiti, Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Luis Suarez, Andres Iniesta

Atletico Madrid
Antoine Griezmann, Jan Oblak, Diego Godin

Paris Saint-Germain
Edinson Cavani, Neymar, Thiago Silva, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Alves, Marco Verratti

Bayern Munich
Manuel Neuer, Thiago Alcantara, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba

Juventus
Paulo Dybala, Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini

AC Milan
Leonardo Bonucci

Besiktas
Pepe

Sergio Aguero would surely be a stand-out contender from the squad at the Etihad Stadium, while the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva may also feel harshly overlooked.

Players from around the world will get to vote on the final team, with voting closing in December and the line up announced at a special event in January.

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