Picture : Luka Modric honoured in the Real Madrid House with the IFFHS Award THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2018

 

THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2018 :

 LUKA MODRIC ON THE TOP !

Luka Modric won the IFFHS Award for The World’s Best Playmaker 2018 after winning this year the FIFA Best Player Award and the World Cup Best Player Award !

 

Football experts in 90 countries from all continents were so impressed with the performances in 2018 by the 33 years old croatian that he finished with a runaway victory of 128 points before Lionel Messi, winner of the three last Awards (2015, 2016, 2017) and Eden Hazard, one of the best players at the World Cup in Russia!

 

Luka Modric, again winner of the Champions league with Real Madrid and finalist of the World Cup 2018 with Croatia, deserved his success and kept the tradition of the spanish clubs in this category of the Playmakers. Since the beginning of this ranking in 2006, Real Madrid CF (Zidane 2006, Kroos 2014, Modric 2018) and FC Barcelona (Xavi 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011- Iniesta 2012, 2013 – Messi 2015, 2016, 2017) trusted all the Playmaker Awards except Kaka (AC Milan – 2007). This ranking crowns only the greatest players in the World, Luka Modric (third place last year) is one of them, definitively !

 

RANKING IFFHS : THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2018

Ranking	Name	Country	Club	Points
1	Luka MODRIC	Croatia	Real Madrid CF	272
2	Lionel MESSI	Argentina	FC Barcelona	144
3	Eden HAZARD	Belgium	Chelsea FC	114
4	Kevin DE BRUYNE	Belgium	Manchester City FC	36
5	NEYMAR	Brazil	Paris SG	18
6	Paul POGBA	France	Manchester United FC	14
7	Christian ERIKSEN	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
8	Miralem PJANIC	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Juventus FC	7
	James RODRIGUEZ	Colombia	FC Bayern München	7
10	Cristiano RONALDO	Portugal	Real Madrid CF/Juventus FC	5
11	ISCO	Spain	Real Madrid CF	3
	JORGINHO	Brazil	SSC Napoli/Chelsea FC	3
	Kylian MBAPPE	France	Paris SG	3
	Ivan RAKITIC	Croatia	FC Barcelona	3
15	Philippe COUTINHO	Brazil	FC Barcelona	2
16	Toni KROOS	Germany	Real Madrid CF	1
	THIAGO ALCANTARA	Spain	FC Bayern München	1

 

 

Thibaut Courtois honoured in Madrid

 

THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2018 :

 

THIBAUT COURTOIS STILL CROWNED !

 

After Jean-Marie Pfaff (1986) and Michel Preudhomme (1994), Thibaut Courtois is the third Belgian Goalkeeper to win the IFFHS  Award of The World’s Best Goalkeeper in 2018.

It was the 32th annual Award in this category which was decided by football experts from 90 countries around the World and announced today by the IFFHS in Zurich.

Courtois who played in club with Chelsea FC and after with Real Madrid CF realized a great year thanks to the World Cup 2018 in Russia. He was crowned there the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament as Belgium’s national Goalkeeper and a final third place.

Second in the ranking, the French goalkeeper of Tottenham Hotspur FC and captain of the national team France, World Champion 2018, Hugo Lloris took place before last year’s winner Gianluigi Buffon, once again in the Top 3 since 15 years .

Manuel Neuer, winner of four consecutive Awards (2013 to 2016), polled strong to come back after his injuries, reaching the Top 10.

 

RANKING IFFHS : THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2018

RANKING	NAME	Country	Club	Points
1	Thibaut COURTOIS	Belgium	Chelsea FC/Real Madrid CF	181
2	Hugo LLORIS	France	Tottenham Hotspur FC	109
3	Gianluigi BUFFON	Italy	Juventus FC/Paris SG	59
4	Keylor NAVAS	Costa Rica	Real Madrid CF	58
5	Jan OBLAK	Slovenia	Club Atlético de Madrid	49
	Marc André TER STEGEN	Germany	FC Barcelona	49
7	ALISSON Ramses Becker	Brazil	Liverpool FC	36
8	David DE GEA	Spain	Manchester United FC	33
9	Danijel SUBASIC	Croatia	AS Monaco	23
10	Manuel NEUER	Germany	FC Bayern München	20
11	Jordan PICKFORD	England	Everton FC	11
12	Kasper SCHMEICHEL	Denmark	Leicester FC	9
13	EDERSON Santana Moraes	Brazil	Manchester City FC	6
14	Samir HANDANOVIC	Slovenia	FC Internazionale Milano	4
15	Franco ARMANI	Argentina	CA River Plate	3
16	Igor AKINFEEV	Russia	CSKA Moscow	1
	Guillermo OCHOA	Mexico	Standard de Liège	1
	Denis ONYANGO	Uganda	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	1
	Yann SOMMER	Switzerland	VFL Borussia Moenchengladbach	1

 

 

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