A uefa champions league winner with real madrid and a european champion with portugal cristiano ronaldo has claimed the 2015 16 uefa best player in europe award. For the 2010 11 season the uefa club footballer of the year award was replaced by the uefa best player in europe award but the positional awards returned in 2016 17. Internazionale and real madrid are the only teams whose players won all of the available awards in the same season 2009 10 and 2017 18 season respectively.
The award was announced in 2013 two years after the creation of the uefa best player in europe award the equivalent. The uefa women s player of the year award previously known as the uefa best women s player in europe award is an association football award given to the female footballer that is considered the best player playing for a football club in europe during the previous season. 15 08 2019 live women s player of the year shortlist.
Van dijk beats messi and ronaldo to uefa player of the year the champions league award winners from last season have been announced during the draw for the 2019 20. Champions league awards 2019. The three player shortlist for the women s award was selected by the coaches of the eight clubs that reached the quarter finals of the 2018 19 uefa women s champions league as well as the coaches of the 12 highest ranked teams in the latest uefa women s.
According to uefa the shortlist for the women s award was done as follows. The dutch international beat off competition from three time uefa men s player of the year cristiano. Liverpool defender virgil van dijk has been named uefa men s player of the year for 2018 19.
Team of the. The award created in 2011 by uefa in partnership with european sports media esm group was initially. The uefa men s player of the year award previously known as the uefa best player in europe award is an association football award given to the footballer playing for a football club in europe that is considered the best in the previous season of both club and national team competition.
