One of Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho or N'Golo Kanté will be named UEFA Men's Player of the Year for 2020/21 – the first all-midfield shortlist in the prize's 11-year history.
The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year and UEFA Champions League positional award winners – during the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League draw ceremony in Istanbul on Thursday 26 August. The 2020/21 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season will be announced the following day.
UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominees
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium)
Runner-up for this award 12 months ago, the Belgian picked up where he left off as he inspired City to the Premier League title and through to the Champions League final where a facial injury forced him off.
Jorginho (Chelsea & Italy)
Became only the tenth player to win a European Cup and a EURO in the same year, starting every EURO 2020 game for Italy having missed just one in the Blues' run to Champions League glory.
N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea & France)
Finished the Champions League season like a train, with Player of the Match performances in both legs of Chelsea's semi-final win against Real Madrid and then the final against City.
The rest of the top ten
4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, now at Paris & Argentina) – 148 points
5 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern & Poland) – 140 points
6 Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan, now at Paris & Italy) – 49 points
7 Kylian Mbappé (Paris & France) – 31 points
8 Raheem Sterling (Man. City & England) – 18 points
9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) – 16 points
10 Erling Haaland (Dortmund & Norway) – 15 points
What is the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award?
For this award, players in Europe, irrespective of nationality, have been judged in regard to their performances over the whole season in all competitions – both domestically and internationally – at either club, or national team level.
How were the players shortlisted?
The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury comprising the following:
24 coaches of the teams which participated in this summer’s UEFA EURO 2020
80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League (32) and UEFA Europa League (48)
55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each of UEFA's member associations
Jury members chose their top three players, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team.
D10S_LM10
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Kante should be the winner 🥇 he played the most important role in Chelsea winning Champions league. Amazing player..👏
Eriq
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UEFA has already chosen their Men's player of the year by putting the plague on top of N'golo Kanté
Thaj
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ponikmnprs
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cruzzymanni
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Before judging the GOAT 🐐 remember that South America Coaches was not giving the chance to choose their favorite player. 7 Ballon D'or loading
D10S_LM10
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According to some football fan expert Messi is but finished still made it in to top 5 😂
SarthakNimse
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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messi didn't even played in euros yet he is in top 4 understand the level greatness...
PraveenVm
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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and your back pass merchant didn't even win a single individual award🤣🤣
overoff
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Fool, so Jorginho played Copa America right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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but still Messi is better than any Chelsea player no debate
Dopbekos
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then I am a joke 😅😅😅
ammmar
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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i think this guy is totally mad or he didn't even understand football or uffaa ,,,lol 😆
thedemonking
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Fool, so Jorginho played Copa America right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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are you d**b or what?? this uefa includes ucl and euro cup baaka.. just wait for ballon dor nominee
hoeaikruz
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Mention one individual award cannavaro won when he won Ballon d'or, keep consoling yourself. And didn't Messi play in Champions league, what was his contribution in champions league what about La Liga, why didn't he win it. That useless valueless heavy metal called Copa America played by only two strong national teams, is that what made your cow to deserve Ballon d'or 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Messi will win Ballon d'Or. This doesn't change anything
aaryangiri62
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Also best in dubai 🤣
fueacmnu
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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It’s alright . We will wait for the 7th on January
Thaj
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It can't be more clearer than this, sorry Messilonas. Your goat or cow did not even make top 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Mention one individual award cannavaro won when he won Ballon d'or, keep consoling yourself. And didn't Messi play in Champions league, what was his contribution in champions league what about La Liga, why didn't he win it. That useless valueless heavy metal called Copa America played by only two strong national teams, is that what made your cow to deserve Ballon d'or 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣