Champions League positional awards: nominees announced

Real Madrid once again browbeat a UEFA Champions League positional endowment shortlists.

THE NOMINEES IN NUMBERS

European champions Madrid have 6 players nominated, as good as Cristiano Ronaldo who has assimilated Juventus given assisting a Merengues to a third true UEFA Champions League pretension in Kyiv in May. There are 3 nominees per position, with a winners set to be announced during a 2018/19 organisation theatre pull in Monaco on Thursday 30 August.

Positional endowment nominees for a 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season

Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker (Roma, now Liverpool), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, now Paris), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)

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The forwards: Messi, Ronaldo or Salah?

Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, now Juventus), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

What are these awards?

These accolades were introduced final year to recognize a season’s best actor in any position in Europe’s premier bar competition. This year’s winners will be named – along with a UEFA Men’s Player of a Year and UEFA Women’s Player of a Year – during a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre pull in Monaco on Thursday 30 August.

Player rankings (4 to 10)

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The goalkeepers: Alisson, Buffon or Navas?

Goalkeepers
4 Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 47 points
5 Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea, now Real Madrid) – 28 points
6 Ederson (Manchester City) – 26 points
7 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) – 18 points
8 Jan Oblak (Atlético) – 16 points
9 David de Gea (Manchester United) – 7 points
10 Sven Ulreich (Bayern) – 5 points

Defenders
4 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) – 40 points
5 Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) – 37 points
6 Virgil outpost Dijk (Liverpool) – 24 points
7 Diego Godín (Atlético) – 15 points
8 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) – 14 points
9 Mats Hummels (Bayern) – 13 points
10 Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) – 10 points

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The midfielders: De Bruyne, Kroos or Modrić?

Midfielders
4 Casemiro (Real Madrid) – 40 points
5 James Milner (Liverpool) – 18 points
6 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona, now Vissel Kobe) – 16 points
7 Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) – 9 points
8= Isco (Real Madrid), Sadio Mané (Liverpool), Miralem Pjanić (Juventus), James Rodríguez (Bayern) – 6 points

Forwards
4 Kylian Mbappé (Paris) – 17 points
5= Edin Džeko (Roma), Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 15 points
7 Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 13 points
8= Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético), Sadio Mané (Liverpool) – 12 points

How a players were shortlisted

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The defenders: Marcelo, Ramos or Varane?

The jury comprised a coaches of a 32 clubs in a 2017/18 UEFA Champions League organisation stage, together with 55 reporters comparison by a European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing any of UEFA’s member associations. Coaches were not authorised to opinion for players from their possess teams.

Jury members chose their tip 3 players per position, with a initial receiving 5 points, a second 3 and a third one. The 3 players who got a many points in any difficulty done adult a final shortlist.

Last season’s winners

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Defender: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Midfielder: Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Forward: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

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