UEFA Champions League positional awards shortlists
Real Madrid browbeat a positional awards for a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League season, providing 6 of a 12 shortlisted players.
Shortlisted players (in alphabetical order):
• Goalkeeper of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League deteriorate contenders: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid).
• Defender of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League deteriorate contenders: Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus, now AC Milan), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
• Midfielder of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League deteriorate contenders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid).
• Forward of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League deteriorate contenders: Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
The accolades were introduced to recognize a tip goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and brazen in Europe’s premier bar foe any season. They will be presented alongside a annual UEFA Men’s Player of a Year and UEFA Women’s Player of a Year awards during the UEFA Champions League organisation theatre pull in Monaco on 24 August.
Last tenure Madrid became a initial organisation in a UEFA Champions League epoch to keep a European Cup when they degraded Juventus 4-1 in a final. Two of a Whites’ goalscorers in Cardiff that day, Casemiro and Cristiano Ronaldo, are among a shortlisted players.
How a players were shortlisted
The jury was stoical of a coaches of a 32 clubs in a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League organisation stage, together with 55 reporters comparison by a European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing any of UEFA’s member associations. The coaches were not authorised to opinion for players from their possess teams.
Jury members comparison their tip 3 players per position, with a initial receiving 5 points, a second 3 and a third one. The 3 players who perceived a many points in any difficulty done adult a final shortlist.
These awards element a UEFA Men’s and Women’s Player of a Year prizes, a finalists for that will be announced on 15 August.
Player rankings (4 to 10)
Goalkeepers
4 Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) – 67 points
5 Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) – 16 points
6 Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 7 points
7 Danijel Subašić (Monaco) – 6 points
8 Anthony Lopes (Lyon) – 5 points
9 Roman Bürki (Dortmund), Iker Casillas (Porto), Ederson (Benfica, now Man. City), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Pepe Reina (Napoli) – 1 point
Defenders
4 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) – 71 points
5 Dani Alves (Juventus, now Paris) – 50 points
6 Diego GodÃn (Atlético) – 16 points
7 Philipp Lahm (Bayern) – 14 points
8 Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) – 13 points
9 Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) – 12 points
10 Benjamin Mendy (Monaco, now Man. City) – 9 points
Midfielders
4 Miralem Pjanić (Juventus) – 33 points
5 Thiago Alcântara (Bayern) – 25 points
6 Bernardo Silva (Monaco, now Man. City) – 21 points
7 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) – 15 points
8 Fabinho (Monaco) – 12 points
9 Isco (Real Madrid), Arturo Vidal (Bayern) – 10 points
Forwards
4 Kylian Mbappé (Monaco) – 58 points
5 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) – 24 points
6 Neymar (Barcelona, now Paris) – 21 points
7 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético) – 14 points
8 Gonzalo HiguaÃn (Juventus) – 8 points
9 Edinson Cavani (Paris) – 6 points
10 Mario Mandžukić (Juventus) – 5 points
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