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Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Wayne Rooney Named in FIFPro World XI 2015 Nominees

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney has been named alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi in the list of 55 nominees for the 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI.

Luis Suarez is also included alongside his Barcelona attacking partners, while Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben are three of Bayern Munich's 11 representatives, per FIFA.

The Associated Press' Rob Harris relayed the full list of nominees:

The @FIFPro 55-player long list for 2015 World XI pic.twitter.com/ao7vRLfQL1

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) November 26, 2015

Football writer Dave Phillips provided a brief breakdown of the nominees by club, with Real Madrid the most well represented despite having won only the Club World Cup last season:

Most longlisted nominees by club in @fifpro's World XI Real Madrid - 12 Bayern Munich - 11 Barcelona - 10 PSG/Man City - 4 Chelsea/Juve - 3

— Dave Phillips (@lovefutebol) November 26, 2015

Barcelona's treble winners have 10 nominees, but goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is the only member of the Blaugrana's victorious starting XI in the Champions League final not to be included, per Spanish football writer Dermot Corrigan:

— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan) November 26, 2015

The beaten Champions League finalists, Juventus, are represented by Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Paul Pogba, with former stars Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez and Andrea Pirlo also included.