Raphinha’s absence from the 2025 Best FIFA Men’s 11 came as a surprise when Jude Bellingham and was included after a less than remarkable year. So much so, that his wife went to bat for the Barcelona winger in calling out the “injustice” of it.
Barcelona won a domestic treble last season—La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España—for the first time in their history, and Raphinha was a crucial factor in that success.
