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The UEFA Men's Player of 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 main article for this category is UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, formerly known as the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award and UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. Pages in category "UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award winners"
The Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player at each edition of the UEFA European Championship since 1996. UEFA published on its website the Player of the Tournament in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The winners were Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Peter Schmeichel, respectively. However, these winners are unofficial.
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.
On 18 October, in his 122nd European club appearance, Messi scored his 97th UEFA Champions League goal, and his 100th in all UEFA club competitions, in a 3–1 home victory over Olympiacos. [210] Messi became only the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo to reach this century milestone, but accomplished it in 21 fewer appearances than the ...
For his efforts in 2011, he received the FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming only the fourth player in history to win the Ballon d'Or three times, [94] and the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. [95] During the year 2012, Messi became the second player to be top scorer in four Champions League campaigns.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won numerous individual accolades throughout his career, such as five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, four European Golden Shoes, and was named five times the world's best player by FIFA, [note 3] the most by a European player.
Players who have won the European Championship Player Team Titles won Other appearances Profile Number Years Raúl Albiol Spain: 2 2008, 2012 [fp 1] Xabi Alonso Spain: 2 2008, 2012: 2004 [fp 2] Álvaro Arbeloa Spain: 2 2008, 2012 [fp 3] Rainer Bonhof West Germany: 2 1972, 1980: 1976 [fp 4] Iker Casillas Spain: 2 2008, 2012: 2000, 2004, 2016 [fp ...