Pernille Harder and Millie Bright are the two Chelsea players in the FIFA Women's World XI for the year 2020. (GETTY Images)
A report by football.london mentions that Chelsea players Millie Bright and Pernille Harder made the FIFA FIFPro Women’s World XI for 2020.
The Best FIFA Awards for the year 2020 took place in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday night.
Thiago Silva and N’Golo Kante were nominated for the men’s World XI, but did not make the cut. However, two Chelsea players did make the women’s world XI.
Danish forward Pernille Harder and defender Millie Bright made the women’s world XI. Harder also came second behind Lucy Bronze for the Women’s Best Player of the Year award.
Harder and Bright were nominated on the shortlist alongside Blues team-mates Magda Eriksson, Ann-Katrin Berger, Bethany England, Erin Cuthbert, and Ji So Yun.
The complete list of the Women’s World XI for 2020 is: Christiane Endler, Lucy Bronze, Wendie Renard, Millie Bright, Delphine Cascarino, Barbara Bonansea, Veronica Boquete, Megan Rapinoe, Pernille Harder, Vivianne Miedema, Tobin Heath.
Harder joined Chelsea this summer from German side VfL Wolfsburg in a supposedly world-record move. (h/t football.london)
She enjoyed a record-breaking spell with Wolfsburg where she won the domestic double for 4 seasons running.
In 2020, she also became the first female player to win the UEFA Player of the Year twice.
Meanwhile, 27-year-old Bright recently entered into her seventh year with the Blues. She has been a stalwart in defence for Chelsea as well as the England national team.
Other winners on the night included Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool winning the best coach of the year, while Robert Lewandowski took home the FIFA men’s best player of the year award.
Sarina Wiegman, the future England coach, won the best women’s manager of the year award. She won the award ahead of Chelsea’s head coach Emma Hayes.
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