ESM Team of the Month – Results for February 2021

Each month we collate the votes from our colleagues in European Sports Media to determine the Team of the Month. Here’s the ESM XI for February 2021.

ESM XI

SEASON RANKINGS
Cumulative votes through the season

GOALKEEPERS

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) 21
Ederson (Manchester City) 12
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) 5
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) 4
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) 3
David De Gea (Manchester United) 3
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) 2
Samir Handanovic (Internazionale) 2
Antonio Adan (Sporting) 2
Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) 1
Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad) 1
Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg) 1
David Marshall (Derby County) 1
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) 1
Alisson (Liverpool) 1
Bernd Leno (Arsenal) 1
Mike Maignan (Lille) 1
Bono (Sevilla) 1
Andreas Linde (Molde) 1

DEFENDERS

Ruben Dias (Manchester City) 18
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 14
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City) 14
John Stones (Manchester City) 13
Theo Hernandez (Milan) 11
Angelino (RB Leipzig) 10
Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) 9
Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid) 8
Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) 8
Andy Robertson (Liverpool) 7
Achraf Hakimi (Internazionale) 7
David Alaba (Bayern Munich) 7
Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) 6
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) 5
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich) 5
Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) 5
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) 4
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) 4
Simon Kjaer (Milan) 4
Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid) 4
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) 4
Thiago Silva (Chelsea) 3
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) 3
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) 3
Danilo (Juventus) 3
Jose Fonte (Lille) 3
Milan Skriniar (Internazionale) 3
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) 2
Guillermo Maripan (Monaco) 2
Felipe (Atletico Madrid) 2
Reece James (Chelsea) 2
Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund) 2
Sergio Reguilon (Tottenham Hotspur) 2
Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) 2
Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid) 2
Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) 2
Cristian Romero (Atalanta) 2
Jordi Alba (Barcelona) 2
Robin Gosens (Atalanta) 2
Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge) 2
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) 2
Francesco Acerbi (Lazio) 1
Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
Jordan Amavi (Marseille) 1
Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin) 1
Cala (Cadiz) 1
Davide Calabria (Milan) 1
Sebastian Coates (Sporting) 1
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
Dodo (Shakhtar Donetsk) 1
Jean-Kevin Duverne (Brest) 1
Fabinho (Liverpool) 1
Faitout Maouassa (Rennes) 1
Nicolas Gavory (Standard Liege) 1
Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg) 1
Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich) 1
Michael Keane (Everton) 1
Joules Kounde (Sevilla) 1
Harry Maguire (Manchester United) 1
Chancel Mbemba (Porto) 1
Pepe (Porto) 1
Zaidu Sanusi (Porto) 1
Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich) 1
Pau Torres (Villarreal) 1
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) 1
Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale) 1
Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) 1
Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1
Nuno Mendes (Sporting) 1
Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) 1
Cesar Azpiliqueta (Chelsea) 1
Matteo Darmian (Internazionale) 1
Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig) 1
Kevin Mbabu (Wolfsburg) 1
Evan N’Dicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Emerson (Real Betis) 1
Rafael Toloi (Atalanta) 1
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) 1
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) 1

MIDFIELDERS

Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) 24
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) 24
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) 16
Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 14
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 14
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) 7
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) 6
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) 6
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) 6
Diogo Jota (Liverpool) 5
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 5
Nicolo Barella (Internazionale) 5
Casemiro (Real Madrid) 4
Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) 4
Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) 4
Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) 3
Franck Kessie (Milan) 3
Houssem Aouar (Lyon) 2
Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon) 2
Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach) 2
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich) 2
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham) 2
Max Kruse (Union Berlin) 2
James Rodriguez (Everton) 2
David Silva (Real Sociedad) 2
Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) 2
Joao Palhinha (Sporting) 2
Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Benjamin Andre (Lille) 1
James Maddison (Leicester City) 1
Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen) 1
Jonathan Bamba (Lille) 1
Ismael Bennacer (Milan) 1
Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) 1
Phil Foden (Manchester City) 1
Papu Gomez (Sevilla) 1
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) 1
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea) 1
Davy Klaassen (Ajax) 1
Koke (Atletico Madrid) 1
Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) 1
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) 1
Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) 1
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) 1
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) 1
Mason Mount (Chelsea) 1
Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Yusuf Yazici (Lille) 1
Pedri (Barcelona) 1
Luis Alberto (Lazio) 1
Raul Garcia (Athletic Bilbao) 1
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) 1
Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid) 1
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) 1
Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) 1
Jonathan Ikone (Lille) 1
Jesse Lingard (West Ham United) 1
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco) 1
Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) 1
Rodri (Manchester City) 1

FORWARDS

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 44
Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale) 18
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 17
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) 14
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 13
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) 12
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 9
Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid) 7
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid) 7
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 6
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 6
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla) 6
Andre Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 5
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 4
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) 4
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 3
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 2
Burak Yilmaz (Lille) 2
Pote (Sporting) 1
Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) 1
Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) 1
Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) 1
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 1
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) 1
Alvaro Morata (Juventus) 1
Kevin Volland (Monaco) 1
Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) 1
Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 1
Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) 1
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) 1
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 1

ESM MEMBERS: A Bola (Portugal), Fanatik (Turkey), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), Sport-Express (Russia), Sport/Foot (Belgium), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), TIPS Bladet (Denmark), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), World Soccer (England).