Luka Modrić: Champions League Midfielder of a Season
UEFA Men’s Player of a Year Luka Modrić has also defended his UEFA Champions League Midfielder of a Season crown.
Modrić picked adult this latest fame on theatre in Monaco during a 2018/19 organisation theatre draw. It seals a noted time for a 32-year-old, who has enjoyed an generally prolific final few months. Already a newly crowned European champion with Real Madrid, in Jul he collected a FIFA Golden Ball for best actor during this summer’s World Cup, carrying helped Croatia to their initial ever final.
Midfielder of a Season tip ten
1 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) – 347 points
2 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 114 points
3 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 69 points
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 RodrÃguez (Bayern) – 6 points
Modrić’s deteriorate in numbers
Honours: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA World Cup runner-up
Individual accolades: UEFA Men’s Player of a Year, UEFA Champions League Midfielder of a Season, FIFA Golden Ball, UEFA.com Fans’ Team of a Year 2017, UEFA Champions League Squad of a Season
Champions League
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 958
Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Modrić testimonials
“Is he a best midfield actor in a universe right now? That opening currently was stunning. He receives a round in parsimonious areas, he gets pulpy by 3 or 4 people, though he’s so calm, collected and cold underneath pressure.”
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard after a UEFA Champions League final
“He is a actor who has a really opposite talent, he improves anyone who is around him. It shows when he is not on a margin – Madrid are a opposite organisation but Luka.”
Croatia team-mate Ivan Rakitić
How Modrić was chosen
These awards were introduced final year to recognize a season’s best actor in any position in Europe’s premier bar competition. 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.
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