UEFA Player of the Year: stats and winners – UEFA Champions League – News

The UEFA Player of the Year Award will be presented for the ninth time in Monaco. The opportunity to take a look in the retro.

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UEFA Player of the Year Awards

3 titles: Cristiano Ronaldo (2014, 2016, 2017)
2: Lionel Messi (2011, 2015)
1 = Andrés Iniesta (2012), Luka Modrić (2018), Franck Ribery (2013)

Candidates in shortlist for UEFA Player of the Year

9 times: Cristiano Ronaldo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
6: Lionel Messi (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
1 = Gareth Bale (2016), Gianluigi Buffon (2017), Antoine Griezmann (2016), Xavi Hernandez (2011), Andres Iniesta (2012), Luka Modrić (2018), Manuel Neuer (2014), Franck Ribery (2013), Arjen Robben (2014), Mohamed Salah (2018), Luis Suarez (2015), Virgil van Dijk (2019)

Nominated candidates for UEFA Player of the Year

9 = Lionel Messi (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Cristiano Ronaldo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
3 = Gianluigi Buffon (2015, 2016, 2017), Eden Hazard (2015, 2018, 2019), Zlatan Ibrahimović (2011, 2013, 2017), Thomas Müller (2013, 2014, 2016), Manuel Neuer (2011, 2014, 2016), Luis Suárez (2014, 2015, 2016)
2 = Gareth Bale (2013, 2016), Radamel Falcao (2011, 2012), Antoine Griezmann (2016, 2018), Xavi Hernandez (2011, 2012), Andres Iniesta (2011, 2012), Toni Kroos (2016, 2017), Robert Lewandowski (2013, 2017), Kylian Mbappé (2017, 2018), Luka Modrić (2017, 2018), Andrea Pirlo (2012, 2015), Sergio Ramos (2017, 2018), Arjen Robben (2013, 2014), Mohamed Salah (2018) , 2019)
1 = Alison Becker (2019), Iker Casillas (2012), Petr Čech (2012), Kevin De Bruyne (2018), Frenkie de Jong (2019), Matthijs de Ligt (2019), Diego Costa (2014), Ángel Di María (2014) ), Didier Drogba (2012), Paulo Dybala (2017), Philipp Lahm (2014), Sadio Mané (2019), Neymar (2015), Mesut Özil (2012), Pepe (2016), Gerard Piqué (2011), Paul Pogba (2015), Franck Ribery (2013), James Rodriguez (2014), Wayne Rooney (2011), Bastian Schweinsteiger (2013), Raheem Sterling (2019), Carlos Tevez (2015), Virgil van Dijk (2019), Robin van Persie (2013), Raphaël Varane (2018), Arturo Vidal (2015), Nemanja Vidić (2011)

Previous editions

UEFA player of the year 2018/19
Winner: Announced soon
Shortlist: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Other named players: Alison Becker (Liverpool), Frenkie de Jong (Ajax), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

UEFA Player of the Year 2017/18
Winner: Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
On the podium : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Other named players: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid). Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid)

UEFA Player of the Year 2016/17
Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
On the podium : Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Other named players: Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Manchester United), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

UEFA Player of the Year 2015/16
Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
On the podium : Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético)
Other named players: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Pepe (Real Madrid), Luis Suárez (Barcelona)

UEFA Player of the Year 2014/15
Winner: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
On the podium : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
Other named players: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Neymar (Barcelona), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Carlos Tevez (Juventus), Arturo Vidal (Juventus)

UEFA Player of the Year 2013/14
Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
On the podium : Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Arjen Robben (Bayern München)
Other named players: Ángel di María (Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Atletico), Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), James Rodríguez (Monaco), Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

UEFA Player of the Year 2012/13
Winner: Franck Ribery (Bayern München)
On the podium : Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Other named players: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), Arjen Robben (Bayern München), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München), Robin van Persie (Manchester United)

UEFA Player of the Year 2011/12
Winner: Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
On the podium : Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Other named players: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Petr Čech (Chelsea), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Radamel Falcao (Atlético), Xavi Hernández (Barcelona), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

UEFA Player of the Year 2010/11
Winner: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
On the podium : Xavi Hernández (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Other named players: Radamel Falcao (Porto), Zlatan Ibrahimović (AC Milan), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Manuel Neuer (Schalke), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United)

The UEFA Player of the Year Award replaced UEFA's Best Player of the Year Award, which was distributed between 1998 and 2010. Here is the winners of this trophy:

2009/10: Diego Milito (Internazionale)
2008/09: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2007/08: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
2006/07: Kaká (AC Milan)
2005/06: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2004/05: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
2003/04: Deco (Porto)
2002/03: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
2001/02: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
2000/01: Stefan Effenberg (Bayern München)
1999/2000: Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid)
1998/99: David Beckham (Manchester United)
1997/98: Ronaldo (Internazionale)