Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezzman has been announced as the UEFA Europa League Player Of The Year.

The frenchman beat Diego Godin and Dimitri Payet to the prestigious award.

Griezmann was man of the match as Atlético clinched the trophy in May, scoring twice to set up a 3-0 victory over Marseille in a final staged in Lyon – just 45 minutes from his home town of Macon.

Top Ten Players Of 2017/18 UEFA Europa League

1Antoine Griezmann (Atlético) – 388 points

2 Dimitri Payet (Marseille) – 103 points

3 Diego Godín (Atlético) – 84 points

4 Jan Oblak (Atlético) – 43 points

5 Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 26 points

6 Aritz Aduriz (Athletic) – 16 points

7 Koke (Atlético) – 16 points

8 Luiz Gustavo (Marseille) – 10 points

9 Florian Thauvin (Marseille) – 10 points

10 Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio) – 8 points

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