Virgil van Dijk beats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to UEFA Men's Player of the Year after a stellar year at Liverpool.
The Dutch international beat off competition from three-time UEFA Men's Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo and two-time winner Lionel Messi. The 28-year-old centre-back received the trophy on stage in Monaco during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.
The top ten
1 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands – 305 points
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 207 points
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) – 74 points
4 Alisson Becker (Liverpool) – 57 points
5 Sadio Mané (Liverpool & Senegal) – 51 points
6 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 49 points
7 Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid & Belgium) – 38 points
8= Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus & Netherlands) – 27 points
8= Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands) – 27 points
10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City & England) – 12 points
Season in numbers
Honours: UEFA Champions League winner, UEFA Nations League runner-up, English Premier League runner-up, PFA Players' Player of the Year.
UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 12
Goals: 2
Assists: 2
Domestic league
Appearances: 38
Goals: 4
Assists: 2
Roll of honour
2018/19 – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)
2017/18 ─ Luka Modrić (Real Madrid & Croatia)
2016/17 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2015/16 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2014/15 ─ Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
2013/14 ─ Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal)
2012/13 ─ Franck Ribéry (Bayern & France)
2011/12 ─ Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona & Spain)
2010/11 ─ Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
Desmondeyum
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Virgil van Dijk has been crowned UEFA's 2018/19 Men's Player of the Year! • FIRST defender ever to win the award • FIRST Premier League player ever to win the award • Has also won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and PFA Player of the Year award during the last year
Amanda-
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Official VVD named Goat of the season
Desmondeyum
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UEFA Men's POTY Champions League Defender of the Season PFA POTY Champions League winner Super Cup winner Nations League finalist MOTM in the Champions League final Nobody kept more clean sheets in the Premier League and Champions League Virgil van Dijk 👏👏👏
shray_srivastava
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Ballon Dor is not decided only on Uefa events or Champions League, it's over all while the The Best is for Uefa events only & it's fair because, VVD won Uefa Super cup & Champions League.
Desmondeyum
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🇳🇱 Virgil Van Dijk’s last 12 Months: PFA Player of the Year Premier League Player of the Year Champions League winner UEFA Super Cup winner Champions League Defender of the Season UEFA Player of the Year. What a colossal year for the defender.