The three-man shortlists for each 2018/19 positional award have been revealed. Get the lowdown on the 12 players.
There are three players vying for each of the four positional awards for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season – UEFA.com pores over the stats that sealed their places on the shortlists.
GOALKEEPERS
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Appearances: 13
Minutes: 1170
Clean sheets: 6
Goals conceded: 12
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 979
Clean sheets: 4
Goals conceded: 15
Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 990
Clean sheets: 6
Goals conceded: 9
DEFENDERS
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 922
Clean sheets: 7
Goals conceded: 6
Goals: 0
Assists: 4
Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax, now Juventus)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 990
Clean sheets: 3
Goals conceded: 13
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Appearances: 12
Minutes: 1080
Clean sheets: 5
Goals conceded: 12
Goals: 2
Assists: 2
MIDFIELDERS
Frenkie de Jong (Ajax, now Barcelona)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 986
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)
Appearances: 12
Minutes: 1003
Goals: 2
Assists: 4
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 799
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
FORWARDS
Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
Appearances: 13
Minutes: 1152
Goals: 4
Assists: 3
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Appearances: 10
Minutes: 837
Goals: 12
Assists: 3
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Appearances: 9
Minutes: 749
Goals: 6
Assists: 2
seyailptz
90
Messi the goat
Diamak7
66
There are two categories of player: There are players who are mediatised others not. There are players who score goals and others who earn trophies at their club or win medals with their national team. There are players that the media propels and places them where they don't deserve to be and there are players who make them talk on the pitch. MANÉ belongs to the second category and also scores goals. Being a supporter or support Messi or CR7 does not mean being blind. Let's stay partial and accept that Mané deserves all the individual trophies this year more than any other mediatised players.
Dukbdemosy
42
some barca fans are just stupid... after ronaldo' performance against atletico, he doesn't deserve to be in top 3...ronaldo was trying his best to drag juve through the knockout stage and some idiots will say he dosent deserve to he there....if u think it's easy to score a hat trick during a 2 0 comeback against atletico tell messi to do it....a team they call the most defensive in Europe...infact even to score a hat trick against diego simeone's atletico any where at all not even ucl.... tell messi to do it....ronaldo giving juve the lead twice in both legs against ajax yet some blind barca fools will say nonsense....am not saying he deserves to win the award but anybody that says ronaldo doesn't deserve to be in the list is just a blind fool or maybe he's just dumb
MobePoku
42
Per stats, Ter Stegen should be the man. But since Alison won the trophy, he will be voted for by people who don't understand football.