ESM Team of the Month, January 2012

Goalkeper
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, 4 votes

Defenders
Dani Alves (Barcelona, 4 votes)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, 4 votes)
Thiago Silva (Milan, 4 votes)

Midfielders
Gareth Bale (Tottenham, 3 votes)
Xavi (Barcelona, 4 votes)
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid, 5 votes)
Marco Reus (Monchengladbach, 4 votes)

Forwards
Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 9 votes)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 6 votes)
Robin Van Persie (Arsenal, 6 votes)

Sport-Express (Russia)
1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) GK
2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) DF
3 Phil Jones (Manchester United) DF
4 Thiago Silva (Milan) DF
5Cristiano Ronaldo (Real) MD
6 Xavi (Barcelona) MD
7 Mesut Ozil (Real) MF
8 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
9 Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao) FW
10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) FW
11 Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) FW

Sport/Voetbalmagazine (Belgium)
1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) GK
2 Dani Alves (Barcelona) DF
3 Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke) DF
4 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) DF
5 Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) DF
6 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) MD
7 Francesco Totti (Roma) MD
8 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) MD
9 Alessandro Matri (Juventus) FW
10 Diego Milito (Internazionale) FW
11 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW

Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany)
1 Massimiliano Benassi (Lecce) GK
2 Daniel Agger (Liverpool) DF
3 Mats Hummels (Dortmund) DF
4 Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) DF
5 Javier Zanetti (Inter) DF
6 Mesut Ozil (Real) MD
7 Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) MD
8 Patrick Herrmann (Monchengladbach) MD
9 Marco Reus (Monchengladbach) FW
10 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
11 Falcao (Atletico Madrid) FW

ELF Voetbal (Netherlands)
1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) GK
2 Joleon Lescott (Manchester City) DF
3 Lucio (Internazionale) DF
4 Thiago Silva (Milan) DF
5 Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid) DF
6 Xavi (Barcelona) MD
7 Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid) MD
8 Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) MD
9 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW
10 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
11 Marco Reus (Monchengladbach) FW

Kicker (Germany)
1 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) GK
2 Carles Puyol (Barcelona) DF
3 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) DF
4 Eric Abidal (Barcelona) DF
5 Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid) DF
6 Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) MD
7 Shinji Kagawa (Bortussia Dortmund) MD
8 Marco Reus (Monchengladbach) MD
9 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
10 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW
11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) FW

Fanatik (Turkey)
1 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) GK
2 Dani Alves (Barcelona) DF
3 Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) DF
4 John Terry (Chelsea) DF
5 Patrice Evra (Manchester United) DF
6 Xavi (Barcelona) MD
7 Ramires (Chelsea) MD
8 Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid) MD
9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) FW
10 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) FW

A Bola (Portugal)
1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) GK
2 Maicon (Internazionale) DF
3 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) DF
4 Thiago Silva (Milan) DF
5 Alvaro Pereira (Porto) DF
6 Xavi (Barcelona) MD
7 Gareth Bale (Tottenham) MD
8 Pablo Aimar (Benfica) MD
9 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
10 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) FW
11 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW

Tips Bladet (Denmark)
1 Joe Hart (Manchester City) GK
2 Daniel Agger (Liverpool) DF
3 Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) DF
4 Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid) DF
5 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) DF
6 Marco Reus (Monchengladbach) MD
7 Michael Carrick (Manchester United) MD
8 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) MD
9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) FW
10 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) FW

De Telegraaf (Netherlands)
1 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) GK
2 Dani Alves (Barcelona) DF
3 Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) DF
4 Thiago Silva (Milan) DF
5 Jose Enrique (Liverpool) DF
6 Alexandre Song (Arsenal) MD
7 Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) MD
8 Park Ji-sung (Manchester United) MD
9 Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) FW
10 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) FW

World Soccer
1 Thibaut Courtois (Atletico) GK
2 Dani Alves (Barcelona) DF
3 Mats Hummels (Dortmund) DF
4 Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord) DF
5 Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille) DF
6 Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) MD
7 David Silva (Man City) MD
8 Gareth Bale (Tottenham) MD
9 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW
10 Marco Reus (Monchengladbach) FW
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) FW