Lyon trio Bronze, Hegerberg, Henry nominated for UEFA Women's Player of the Year

Lyon players Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry are the three nominees for the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Player of the Year award.

Norwegian forward Hegerberg, who scored a hat-trick in Lyon's 4-1 UEFA Women's Champions League final triumph against Barcelona – their fourth straight title – previously took the award in 2016. 

She is joined by France midfielder Henry, in the top three for a record fourth time, and right-back Lucy Bronze, the first England player and 13th overall to make the shortlist in the prize's seventh year.

The winner of the award will be revealed on Thursday, August 29 during the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco.

The rest of the top ten 

4 Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal & Netherlands) – 31 points

5 Ellen White (Birmingham City, now Manchester City & England) – 22 points

6 Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg & Denmark) – 21 points

7 Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon & Germany) – 12 points

8 Caroline Graham Hansen (Wolfsburg, now Barcelona & Norway) – 10 points

9= Lieke Martens (Barcelona & Netherlands) – 9 points

9= Wendie Renard (Lyon & France) – 9 points

Previous winners

Nadine Angerer (2013)

Nadine Kessler (2014)

Célia Šašić (2015)

Hegerberg (2016)

Lieke Martens (2017)

Pernille Harder (2018)