ESM Team of the Month – Results for March 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 March 2021.

ESM XI

SEASON RANKINGS
Cumulative votes through the season

GOALKEEPERS

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) 26
Ederson (Manchester City) 13
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) 6
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) 4
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) 4
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) 3
David De Gea (Manchester United) 3
Samir Handanovic (Internazionale) 2
Antonio Adan (Sporting) 2
Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain) 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
Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) 1
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona) 1

DEFENDERS

Ruben Dias (Manchester City) 26
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City) 22
John Stones (Manchester City) 16
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 14
Theo Hernandez (Milan) 11
Angelino (RB Leipzig) 10
David Alaba (Bayern Munich) 9
Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) 9
Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid) 8
Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) 8
Milan Skriniar (Internazionale) 7
Andy Robertson (Liverpool) 7
Achraf Hakimi (Internazionale) 7
Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) 6
Jordi Alba (Barcelona) 6
Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) 6
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) 5
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich) 5
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) 5
Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid) 5
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) 5
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) 4
Simon Kjaer (Milan) 4
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) 4
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) 4
Thiago Silva (Chelsea) 3
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) 3
Danilo (Juventus) 3
Jose Fonte (Lille) 3
Cristian Romero (Atalanta) 3
Robin Gosens (Atalanta) 3
Guillermo Maripan (Monaco) 3
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) 3
Pepe (Porto) 2
Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) 2
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) 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
Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge) 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
Jules Kounde (Sevilla) 1
Harry Maguire (Manchester United) 1
Chancel Mbemba (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
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
Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig) 1
Ramy Bensebaini (Monchengladbach) 1
Fikayo Tomori (Milan) 1
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) 1
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Filip Helander (Rangers) 1
Pedro Porro (Sporting) 1

MIDFIELDERS

Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) 29
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) 26
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 22
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) 17
Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 14
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) 8
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 8
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) 8
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) 7
Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) 7
Nicolo Barella (Internazionale) 6
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) 6
Diogo Jota (Liverpool) 5
Casemiro (Real Madrid) 5
Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) 4
Sergio Oliveira (Porto) 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
Phil Foden (Manchester City) 2
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea) 2
Koke (Atletico Madrid) 2
Mason Mount (Chelsea) 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
Papu Gomez (Sevilla) 1
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) 1
Davy Klaassen (Ajax) 1
Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) 1
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) 1
Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) 1
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) 1
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) 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
Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) 1
Jorginho (Chelsea) 1
Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) 1
Amine Gouiri (Nice) 1

FORWARDS

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 57
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 24
Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale) 20
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 20
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) 14
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) 13
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 13
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 10
Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid) 7
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid) 7
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
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) 1
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) 1
Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg) 1

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