Buffon, Messi and Ronaldo on Player of a Year shortlist
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus), Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid) are a 3 nominees for a 2016/17 UEFA Men’s Player of a Year Award.
The endowment will be presented during the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League organisation theatre draw in Monaco on Thursday 24 August.
The shortlist of 3 players was comparison by a jury comprising a 80 coaches of a clubs that participated in a organisation theatre of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, along with 55 reporters comparison by a European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing any of UEFA’s member associations.
UEFA’s Men’s Player of a Year Award recognises a best players, irrespective of nationality, personification for a bar within a domain of a UEFA member organisation during a past season. Players are judged on their performances in all competitions – domestic, continental and international.
The final outcome was formed on a sum series of votes expel by a coaches and a journalists. The coaches were not authorised to opinion for players from their possess team.
The players who make adult a rest of a tip 10 are:
4: Luka Modrić (Croatia, Real Madrid)
5: Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
6: Paulo Dybala (Argentina, Juventus)
7: Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid)
8: Kylian Mbappé (France, Monaco)
9: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern München)
10: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden, Manchester United)
Messi and Ronaldo have both won a endowment twice formerly – Messi in 2010/11 and 2014/15, and Ronaldo in 2013/14 and final season. Other players who have won this fame are Andrés Iniesta (Spain, Barcelona) in 2011/12 and Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern München) in 2012/13.
The UEFA Men’s Player of a Year endowment complements 4 new positional UEFA Champions League awards, that will climax the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and brazen of a 2016/17 Champions League season. These awards will also be presented during a organisation theatre pull on 24 August.
The following day, the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League Player of a Season endowment will be presented during a competition’s 2017/18 organisation theatre pull in Monaco. Three players, all from final season’s title-winners Manchester United, have been shortlisted – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba.
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