UEFA has today announced the names of the nominees shortlisted for the 2020/21 UEFA Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year Awards.

The award winners will be announced at the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, which will take place on Thursday 26 August at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

On the same occasion, UEFA will also honour the coaches who have had the biggest impact over the previous season with the UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year and UEFA Women’s Coach of the Year Awards.

UEFA Men’s Player of the Year

For the men’s player award, the shortlist of three players was selected by a jury composed of 24 coaches of the national teams which participated in this summer’s UEFA EURO 2020, together with 80 coaches of the clubs which played in the group stages of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Fifty-five journalists from each of UEFA’s 55 member associations, selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, were also part of the jury.

The coaches and journalists were requested to select a shortlist of three players by allocating respectively five points, three points and one point to each of them. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and the journalists. The coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team.

The three players who received the most points overall following the conclusion of the voting, in alphabetical order, are:

Kevin DE BRUYNE (Belgium – Manchester City FC)

JORGINHO (Italy – Chelsea FC)

N’Golo KANTÉ (France – Chelsea FC)

The rest of the top ten

4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, now at Paris & Argentina) – 148 points

5 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern & Poland) – 140 points

6 Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan, now at Paris & Italy) – 49 points

7 Kylian Mbappé (Paris & France) – 31 points

8 Raheem Sterling (Man. City & England) – 18 points

9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) – 16 points

10 Erling Haaland (Dortmund & Norway) – 15 points

What is the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award?

For this award, players in Europe, irrespective of nationality, have been judged in regard to their performances over the whole season in all competitions – both domestically and internationally – at either club, or national team level.

How were the players shortlisted?

The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury comprising the following:

24 coaches of the teams which participated in this summer’s UEFA EURO 2020

80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League (32) and UEFA Europa League (48)

55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each of UEFA's member associations

Jury members chose their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team.

UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year

For the men’s coach award, the shortlist of three coaches was selected by a jury composed of 24 coaches of the national teams which participated in the recent UEFA EURO 2020, together with 80 coaches of the clubs which played in the group stages of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Fifty-five journalists from each of UEFA’s 55 member associations, selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, were also part of the jury.

The coaches and journalists were requested to select a shortlist of three coaches by allocating respectively five points, three points and one point to each of them. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and the journalists. The coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves.

The three coaches who received the most

Josep GUARDIOLA (Spain – Manchester City FC)

Roberto MANCINI (Italy – Italian men’s national team)

Thomas TUCHEL (Germany – Chelsea FC)

The rest of the top ten

4 Unai Emery (Villarreal) – 64 points

5 Diego Simeone (Atlético de Madrid) – 29 points

6 Antonio Conte (Internazionale, now free agent) – 19 points

7 Gareth Southgate (England) – 18 points

8 Christophe Galtier (LOSC Lille, now at Nice) – 16 points

9 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United) – 14 points

10 Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark) – 11 points

What is the UEFA Men's Coach of the Year award?

For this award, coaches in Europe, irrespective of nationality, have been judged in regard to their performances over the whole season in all competitions – both domestically and internationally – at either club, or national team level.

How were the coaches shortlisted?

The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury comprising the following:

24 coaches of the teams which participated in this summer’s UEFA EURO 2020

80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League (32) and UEFA Europa League (48)

55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each of UEFA's member associations

Jury members chose their top three coaches, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. Coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves.

Source: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/026c-130966ab17d7-8f5402b9e2b6-1000--nominees-revealed-for-2020-21-player-of-the-year-awards/

It is Kevin De Bruyne's to lose.

pdppower:
It is Kevin De Bruyne's to lose.

Kante should be the winner � he played the most important role in Chelsea winning Champions league. Amazing player. But I won't be surprised if they give it to that Dwarf


Cristiano Ronaldo is the ONLY PLAYER in HISTORY to win 3 UEFA Player of the Year awards.

Lalasticlala

I think JORGINHO will take this one home

I think kante would win this one but Jorginho also gat a case because Italian euros victory..
my main concern is dt m waiting for my GOAT being awarded his 7th ballon d or dis December..

pdppower:
It is Kevin De Bruyne's to lose.

nope...its kante or Jorginho bcoz Chelsea won d UCL n kante was d best n also Italy won the euros which place Jorginho as favorite

Kevin De Buryne's work' rate supercede others.

obembet:


Kante should be the winner � he played the most important role in Chelsea winning Champions league. Amazing player. But I won't be surprised if they give it to that Dwarf

Lalasticlala

lolz....always knew dt u are a pained cr7 right from time...
dts why e de pain ne wenever i hear u saying u have a lot of respect for messi, d same legend u jus called dwarf.
quick reminder for all u pained messi haters..
1..this award av always gone to d winners of UCL BT they don't end up winning d ballon d or except from modric... eg iniesta, ribery,vvd and even lewa n it means messi is still a hot favorite for d ballon d or
2..ballon d or Is for messi to lose this December bcoz none of these guys can win it ahead of him, they would be struggling to get nominated..
3..finally, messi was rated 4th with a massive 148 points for jus his league n UCL performance, copa isnt included n leo didnt play in euros, but all dt ur goat can get with his league, UCL n euros performance was just a pathetic 9th with a mere 16 points says it all..
choose wisely who ur GOAT is....bcoz numbers don't lie

Maxymilliano:
Kevin De Buryne's work' rate supercede others.

yeah...but him leaving d UCL finals with injury n dropping out of euros cost him
individually kdb Is better than d rest

they should not give it to a Chelsea player so that we the red devils go hear word.

what a goal by jogi

It's Guadiola and Kante for me

n'golo,the honourable chief bulldozer himself..

But wetin Sterling name dey do for the list?

Sterling wey suppose to dey supply nyanch dey give nyanch-men for okere prison

obembet:


Kante should be the winner � he played the most important role in Chelsea winning Champions league. Amazing player. But I won't be surprised if they give it to that Dwarf

Lalasticlala

That same dwarf is going to bag his 7th balon d'or come December. While ur king Pendu aka fraudnaldo is goin home yet again wit notin. Such a pity

Obembet u shuld bury ur head in shame. Imagine a Messi who had a poor Champions league run wit fc barca nd who din't participate in EURO 2020 is in 4th place wit 148 points while ur Pendulum who participated in the Euro is languishing in 9th place wit a meagre 16 points. Chai! That alone says alot abt who the real GOAT is.


Btw, ur penaldo promised Juv the champions league buh he failed them nd his abt to b kicked out by Juv at the end of the season for being a fraud. Fraudnaldo. King Pendu aka the fraud man.

Crynaldo, fraudnaldo, gaynaldo, rapenaldo, divenaldo, penaldo, tapnaldo, jealousnaldo, painnaldo, failurenaldo, pendulum aka king pendu. All these for one man. Isn't that wonderful??

Kante deserves it..

bottlecap:
I think JORGINHO will take this one home

For what exactly, because he was in a team that won trophies

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They should remove that man from Manchester. Either of those two blues will win it......Awon Omo mi.


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De Bruyne year

Guardiola year

God bless Manchester City

bottlecap:
I think JORGINHO will take this one home

Exactly. De guy win everything

Goodluck to them

Give the award to Kevin De Bryune & Roberto Mancini Already

MESSI ALLDAY, EVERYDAY + ONEDAY


GOAT

No na

Kante takes it and easily

Unfortunately Messi left Barcelona I suppose to rep his name

paulolee:

lolz....know u are a pained cr7 right from time...
after I would hear u saying u have a lot of respect for messi dt u jus called dwarf.
quick reminder...
1..this award av always gone to d winners of UCL BT they don't end up winning d ballon d or except from modric... eg iniesta, ribery,vvd and even lewa n it means messi is still a hot favorite for d ballon d or
2..ballon d or Is for messi to lose this December bcoz none of these guys can win it ahead of him..
3..messi was rated 4th with 148 points for jus his league n UCL performance and didnt play in euros, but cr7 with his league, UCL n euros performance still ended in 9th with a mere 16 points says it all..
choose wisely who ur GOAT is...

God bless you

Na this season ashaawo dey make money pass based on the weather... everything for the seasons

KingAlabi:

For what exactly, because he was in a team that won trophies

Exactly
You are free to kindly point one man
United player that won a trophy last season...Even from the bench

To the Chelsea and Ronaldo fans,Messi is not the winner because Copa America is not an European Competition but Cristiano Napoleon Ronaldo,the Conqueror of England,Spain,Italy and all Europe is not even top 5
They even said he can conquer the world if u can just give him ten logs of wood and a football

That being said,Ballon d'or should be renamed to Messi d'or by December
Man of the match should also be renamed to Messi of the one match

As for the Chelsea fans,enjoy this small win because there is only one goat and he is bigger than your club(He has more trophies)

Peace out,messi fc