Waterpolista.com is the first and the only website specialized in water polo in Spain. It was born in 2014 with the idea to continue all the work done by the blog named “El Blog del Waterpolista” since 2009. It intends to promote water polo in Spain with daily posts and with up-to-date coverage of all the information regarding water polo, publishing roughly 15 articles a day.

Here are Waterpolista’s picks for 2019.

Waterpolista’s Total Male 5 for 2019 

1st – Dani Lopez Pinedo

Spanish National Player | Club: Barceloneta| Position: Goalkeeper

“For us, he is the best goalkeeper in the world, and he has shown it not only at the World Championships, but also in the Champions League. At his age, he is still fit”

2nd – Pietro Figlioli

Italian National Player | Club: Brescia/Pro Recco | Position: Attacker

“He is the soul of the Italian team. The gold medal at the last World Championships in South Korea is due in large part to his figure.”

3rd – Felipe Perrone 

Spanish National Player | Club: Barceloneta| Position: Field Player

“He remains in this Top Five deservedly, because he is the player with the greatest resource and quality on the planet”

4th – Filip Filipovic

Serbian National Player | Club: Pro Recco | Position: Wing

“His shot is the most powerful in the world. He deserves to be in this ranking.”

5th –  Marco Del Lungo

Italian National Player | Club: Brescia | Position: Goalkeeper

“Italy’s gold at the World Championship deserves to have a double presence in this list and more in the case of a player of this level”

Waterpolista’s Total Female 5 of 2019

1st – Kiley Neushul

USA National Player | Club: CN Sabadell | Position: Driver

“This was a spectacular year for the American both for gold in the World Championship and for the title of European champion with CN Sabadell.”

2nd –  Ashleigh Johnson

USA National Player | Club: Vouliagmeni| Position: Goalkeeper

“She has been the best goalkeeper in the World for a while. She is able to keep the rivals at a bay in every game and this is well worth a gold medal at the World Championships.”

3rd – Beatriz Ortiz

Spanish National Player | Club: CN Sabadell /CN Terrassa| Position: Driver

“The title of European champion with the CN Sabadell and her contribution to the Spanish team’s silver medal are just two of the successes achieved by the Spanish player this year.”

4th – Maica Garcia Godoy

Spanish National Player | Club: CN Sabadell | Position: Centre Forward

“She is the best buy in the world and just for that she must be in this ranking.”

5th – Roser Tarrago

Spanish National Player | Club: Mediterrani | Position: Driver

“She returned to the Spanish team and she deserves to be here, after being one of the best players in the Miki Oca’s team.”

Check out the other votes so far and cast your own on the official Total Waterpolo Player 2019 page.