welcome to Tio's team of 2023 in which
we assemble 11 standout players everyone
is eligible in any League from any part
of the world but we're trying to measure
more than just performance or popularity
and because of that we're not just
picking the best players we're picking
players who have excelled within their
own context and deserve some recognition
but here's the catch we're only allowing
ourselves one player from each
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league in goal Muhammad El shawe from
Egypt's Alat in 2022 El Shana won the
calf inter Club Player of the Year
awarded to the best player based in
Africa since then he's captained his
side to the Egyptian premier league and
super cup and after beating Morocco's
wead in the June final the CF Champions
League 2 a tournament during which he
made a succession of excellent saves he
is the rock on which we are building
ahead of him a back four and for our
right back we're heading to lusen and
asking Wing back Jeremy frong to play a
slightly different role zbi Alonzo's
side have been sensationally good since
August and a big reason why is the
thrust provided by frong on the right
frong is also one of the most improved
players in the Bundesliga across the
course of 2023 opt to rank him in the
99th percentile for 12 different
offensive categories including
Progressive carries touches in the
attacking penalty area and goals plus
assists in the middle Alesandra Baston
baston's late 2023 has been disrupted by
injury and Inter have also been
challenged by the departures of Andrea
Nana and Milan scr nevertheless bason
has had a terrific year an inter's
unlikely run to the Champions League
final certainly wouldn't have happened
without him next to him is our right
center back n's Jean CL too now it's
difficult to look Beyond n's defensive
record through the first 13 games of the
leue of season they conceded just four
goals even last season they let in just
37 at a rate of fewer than one per game
and zido has been a big part of that an
excellent tackler but also very skillful
and a cultured passer who's quietly put
together as good a year as anyone in his
position now at left back even though
he's really a center half fyords David
hanko left footed and culted hanko is
one of the cornerstones of the AR slot
side that won the era deisy in 2023
defensively excellent but Progressive
stylish and modern with the ball the
Slovakian International remains integral
to the way that final play as well as
how they defend
he has every right to be considered
among the best center backs in the
Netherlands and having a third Center
back should also help Jeremy frong be
more adventurous on the other side
allowing him to play his natural game
now into Midfield we're going to play
three attacking players further forward
so we need some stability Manchester
City's rodri won a premier league FA Cup
and Champions League treble in 2023 more
than that though 2023 was the year that
he evolved to become the best player in
this position in the world city have a
galaxy of stars but there are only two
or three players without whom they
wouldn't be the same rodri is obviously
one of them and he is anchoring the
middle further forward luchano aosta
everyone in MLS got lost in Leo Messi's
Shadow last season but aosta had an
outstanding year his FC Cincinnati
finished with the best regular season
record and aosta 17 goals and 10 assists
were a huge part of that at just 5'3
aosta relies on Craft and skill rather
than physical presence
he's not dissimilar to Sebastian jovino
in that respect just like the Italian in
2015 aosta was MLS MVP in
2023 now next to aosta in our aggressiv
looking Midfield some presence and some
star power Jude Bellingham since moving
to Real Madrid in the summer of 2023
Bellingham has been a revelation for
Carlo angelotti who pushed him forward
into a full-time number 10 rooll
Bellingham responded by averaging almost
one goal a game in both La Liga and the
Champions League league and becoming one
of the very best players in the world
now we need a bit of defensive
production from our third attacking
midfielder some setpiece and penalty
ability would be handy too so sporting
clubs Pedro gonalves sporting have not
had their best year but gonalves known
as po has remained remarkably consistent
15 goals and 11 assists last season and
a productive first half of the current
one two a creative goal scorer a
reliable penalty Taker and an attacking
midfielder with a competive edge over
the last 365 days po has been in the
95th percentile for tackles made in the
middle third of the pitch and finally
we're going to play an old-fashioned Duo
at the top of our pitch for one forward
we're heading to Japan Vel Kobe won the
first J league title in their history in
November within that Triumph a fairy
tale 33-year-old forward yuya asako
scored 22 of his team's 59 total goals
and provided a further eight assists he
was involved in over half of his team's
goals across the entire league season
which is more than enough to earn his
spot here and alongside him another free
scoring veteran Brazil's flumen won the
Coppa libertadores this season and did
so behind the goals of 35-year-old
Herman Cano Cano has had a nomadic
career playing for clubs in Argentina
Mexico Paraguay and Colombia but he not
only scored in the Coppa libertador
final against bcka Juniors as flumen won
the title for the first time he also
scored in both legs of the quarter and
semi-finals too and he completes our
lineup for
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