In recognition of the best players in the UEFA Champions League each year, UEFA gives out several awards to the most outstanding performers of the European club football season. The awards are presented in August each year at a special gala in Monaco ; previously, the ceremony would coincide with the UEFA Super Cup , but since the Super Cup was moved to early August in 2014, the UEFA awards ceremony has been combined with the UEFA Champions League group stage draw. Internazionale and Real Madrid are the only teams whose players won all of the available awards in the same season (in the 2009–10 and 2017–18 seasons, respectively).
10-749: 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. Positional awards for players in the UEFA Women's Champions League were introduced in 2019–20. From 1998 to 2009 the Best European Goalkeeper was awarded to the same goalkeepers that won this award. * Bold notes a player that won
20-446: A football club within the territory of a UEFA member association during the previous season." Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season. At the beginning, the award's voting format was a return to the old Ballon d'Or, which was decided purely by journalists. In the first round of voting, 53 sports journalists representing each of
30-677: A player who also won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year. * Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year. * Bold notes a player who won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year. * Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year. This award
40-461: Is chosen by UEFA Technical Observers as the best goal of the season. Cristiano Ronaldo has won this award twice, more than any other player. This award is voted by the fans as the best goal of the season. Lionel Messi has won this award four times, more than any other player. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award This is an accepted version of this page The UEFA Men's Player of
50-747: The European Footballer of the Year Award ( Ballon d'Or ), which was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or . It also replaced the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award the most time with 3 awards and is the only player to win it twice in a row. Female players are awarded the UEFA Women's Player of
60-401: The UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year. * Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year. * Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year/UEFA Best Player in Europe award the same year. * Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award the same year. * Bold notes
70-657: The UEFA national associations provided a list of their three best-ranked players from one to three, with the first player receiving five points, the second three points and the third one point. The three players with the most points overall were shortlisted. The jury comprised renowned sports journalists representing each of UEFA's national associations, from RTV Albania to the Daily Post in Wales via members of European Sports Media , with whom UEFA collaborated on this award. The final vote, also by
80-402: 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 men's football club in Europe that is considered the best in the previous season of both club and national team competition. The award, created in 2011 by UEFA in partnership with European Sports Media (ESM) group, was initially aimed at reviving
90-516: The Year Award , introduced in 2013. UEFA partnered with Groupe Amaury to co-organise the Ballon d'Or awards from 2024. The partnership means UEFA's awards for the best player and best coach will cease to exist. But UEFA will continue to present the President's Award as well as prizes for the best player in each of their competitions. According to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best player playing for
100-454: The journalists, then took place live via electronic voting during the presentation ceremony. In 2017, however, UEFA added 80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, to its jury. The amount of journalists selected by European Sports Media was also increased to 55, representing each of UEFA's member associations. In 2020/21 UEFA National Team Coaches were added to
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