EA SPORTS Announces FIFA 22 Team Of The Year as Voted on by Fans

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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWATCH: David Beckham introduces this year’s final TOTY XI\n\n REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nElectronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) today announced the EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 Team Of the Year. Millions of fans from across the globe voted for their favourite players from a list of 80 nominees during the voting period of January 10-17, 2022 to form this year’s TOTY starting XI. Team Of The Year player items will be live in the FIFA Ultimate Team™ game mode over the next week, starting with attacking players on Friday, January 21, 2022.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220120005670/en/Image credit: EA SPORTS\n“EA SPORTS FIFA Team Of The Year is the authentic voice of millions of football fans, as they assess the world’s greatest players and vote for those they believe had the biggest impact on the beautiful game in 2021,” said David Jackson, VP of brand for EA SPORTS FIFA. “Year after year, we’re energized by the engagement of our global football community, and we’re honoured to showcase their chosen XI in FIFA 22.”\n\nEA SPORTS FIFA 22 TEAM OF THE YEAR\nAll real-world football stats powered by Stats Perform\n\nAttackers\n\nKylian Mbappé (FRA) - Paris Saint-Germain: In March 2021, Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to reach 100 goals in Ligue 1 (all-time), and in December 2021 he became the youngest to reach 100 goals with a single club (Paris Saint-Germain).\n\nRobert Lewandowski (POL) - Bayern Munich: Robert Lewandowski scored the most league goals of any player in Europe's big five leagues in 2021 (43), setting a new Bundesliga record in the process.\n\nLionel Messi (ARG) - Paris Saint-Germain: Lionel Messi was named Best Player at the 2021 Copa America, winning the award for the second time, after the 2015 edition. He's only the fourth player to win the award on two occasions, and the second Argentinian after Manuel Seoane (1925 and 1927).\n\nMidfielders\n\nKevin De Bruyne (BEL) - Manchester City: Kevin De Bruyne created 3.7 chances per 90 minutes in the Premier League across 2021, the best rate of any player in the competition (min. 500 mins played).\n\nJorginho (ITA) - Chelsea: Jorginho made 25 interceptions with Italy in the summer, the most on record by any player at a single edition of the tournament.\n\nN’Golo Kanté (FRA) - Chelsea: N’Golo Kan...

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