Atlas Lion Achraf Hakim makes history as he becomes the first Arab and African player to earn selection in the global football team for the third consecutive time.
The 2026 FIFPRO Men’s World 11 is the global football team of the year voted on exclusively by 19,806 professional footballers from 73 countries.
Since 2005, FIFPRO has invited professional footballers around the world to select the World 11. It remains the only global football award decided exclusively by professional players, recognising the performers who have impressed their peers most.
Achraf Hakimi joined the Real Madrid academy at the age of seven. The tireless, attack-minded right-back won the UEFA Champions League with Los Merengues during the 2017-2018 season. He then joined Borussia Dortmund, where he truly burst onto the scene, before winning Serie A with Inter Milan, the Italian club’s first Scudetto in 11 years.
He signed for Paris Saint-Germain in July 2021, quickly becoming an indispensable member of the team thanks to his relentless running and collective contribution. He played a key role in the capital club’s first Champions League triumph, scoring in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals, before netting the opening goal in the final against his former club Inter Milan (5-0). On 30 May 2026, he won a second consecutive European title, further etching his name into the club’s history.
He is one of the stars of the Morocco national football team since 2016. He led his country to a historic semi-final at the 2022 World Cup, a first for an African nation. After reaching the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final, he earned his 100th cap during the 2026 World Cup, where Morocco once again impressed by reaching the quarter-finals.
