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Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard named in UEFA's 2017 Team of the Year but no place for Harry Kane

Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring Manchester City's first goal during the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg v Bristol City
Image: Kevin De Bruyne is the bookmakers' favourite to be crowned Premier League Player of the Year

Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard are the only two Premier League players in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Year with Harry Kane and Neymar missing out.

A record 8.8m votes were cast to decide the XI, with users deciding on their preferred formation from a shortlist of 50 players chosen by the UEFA.com editorial team.

But there was no place for Tottenham's Kane, who was Europe's top scorer for club and country in 2017 with 56 goals, or PSG's Neymar, the world's most expensive player at £200m.

UEFA Team of the Year 2017
Image: UEFA Team of the Year 2017

Manchester City's De Bruyne and Chelsea's Hazard are the first Premier League players in the team since 2014 when Angel Di Maria was included while playing for Manchester United.

It is the pair's debut appearance in the line-up and they are the first Belgians to be voted into the Team of the Year while De Bruyne is the first City player to have made the XI.

Eden Hazard scored on his return from injury when playing for Belgium during the international break
Image: Hazard scored six goals and had five assists in eight European Qualifiers for Belgium in 2017

La Liga has the most representatives with six players selected - five from European champions Real Madrid - including a record 12th appearance for Cristiano Ronaldo - and Lionel Messi from Barcelona.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos received the most votes with 588k and is joined in the team by fellow Real team-mates Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.

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MILAN, ITALY - MAY 28: Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid celebrates after scoiring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League Final match between Real Mad
Image: Ramos was the most selected player ahead of Marcelo and Messi

At 39-years-old, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon extends his record as the oldest player to make the team while the only other Serie A player included is team-mate Giorgio Chiellini.

Ligue 1's sole representative is PSG's Dani Alves, who returns to the team having received 341,000 votes.

Other notable nominees who missed out on selection include David de Gea, Paul Pogba and Robert Lewandowski.

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