UEFA Club Footballer of the Year explained

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
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Year:1998
Year2:2010
Presenter:UEFA
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Related:UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
Most Wins:13 players
(1 award each)

The UEFA Club Footballer of the Year was a football award presented by UEFA to the most outstanding performers of every European club football season. The award, along with "Best Goalkeeper", "Best Defender", "Best Midfielder," and "Best Forward", was given at the end of each season at a special gala in Monaco prior to the UEFA Super Cup. The honour had been bestowed upon first-class European football stars since the 1997–98 season, when it was awarded to Ronaldo, then of Internazionale. Since the 2010–11 season, it has been replaced by the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award.

Winners

Below is a list of all the recipients of the award:

SeasonCountry PlayerPlaying positionClubAlso won
1997–98Forward InternazionaleBest Forward
1998–99David BeckhamMidfielder Manchester UnitedBest Midfielder
1999–2000Fernando RedondoMidfielder Real Madrid
2000–01Stefan EffenbergMidfielder Bayern Munich
Zinedine ZidaneMidfielder Real Madrid
2002–03Gianluigi BuffonGoalkeeper JuventusBest Goalkeeper
2003–04DecoMidfielder PortoBest Midfielder
2004–05Steven GerrardMidfielder Liverpool
2005–06RonaldinhoForward Barcelona
2006–07KakáMidfielder MilanBest Forward
2007–08Cristiano RonaldoForward Manchester UnitedBest Forward
2008–09Lionel MessiForward BarcelonaBest Forward
2009–10Diego MilitoForward InternazionaleBest Forward

By country

CountryPlayers
3
3
2
2
1
1
1

By club

ClubPlayers
Real Madrid2
Manchester United2
Barcelona2
Internazionale2
Bayern Munich1
Juventus1
Porto1
Liverpool1
Milan1

See also

External links

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