FIFA BEST PLAYER AWARD

Balloon d or nominies UEFA Men's Player of the Year: Messi, Ronaldo or Van Dijk Thursday 15 August 2019 One of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Virgil van Dijk will be named UEFA Men's Player of the Year. Cristiano Ronaldo, Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi make up the three-man shortlist ©UEFA.com Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk have been nominated for the 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award. The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year and UEFA Champions League positional award winners – during the group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 29 August. The UEFA Europa League Player of the Season will be announced the following day. The three-man shortlist Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina) The top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League and the European Golden Shoe winner picked up his tenth Liga title. Find out more about his season here. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal) The UEFA Nations League winner and top goalscorer at the finals also scooped his first Serie A title. Find out more about his season here. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands) The final man of the match for the UEFA Champions League winners also reached the UEFA Nations League showpiece. Find out more about his season here. The rest of the top ten 4 Alisson Becker (Liverpool & Brazil) – 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 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 80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League (32) and UEFA Europa League (48), along with 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. The other award shortlists Goalkeeper of the Season: Alisson Becker, Hugo Lloris, Marc-André ter Stegen Defender of the Season: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Matthijs de Ligt, Virgil van Dijk Midfielder of the Season: Frenkie de Jong, Christian Eriksen, Jordan Henderson Forward of the Season: Sadio Mané, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Women's Player of the Year: Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg, Amandine Henry Europa League Player of the Season: Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard, Luka Jović © 1998-2019 UEFA. All rights reserved. Last updated: Thursday 15 August 2019 Related Items one day ago UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominee: the case for Messi UEFA.com highlights 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award contender Lionel Messi. one day ago UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominee: the case for Ronaldo UEFA.com checks out 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award contender Cristiano Ronaldo. one day ago UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominee: the case for Van Dijk UEFA.com pays homage to 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award nominee Virgil van Dijk. 8 days ago Champions League positional awards: meet the nominees The three-man shortlists for each 2018/19 positional award have been revealed. UEFA Champions League Latest Matches Draws Clubs Stats History About Store ALSO VISIT UEFA.com Inside UEFA UEFA Foundation Store TOOLS RSS feeds CHANGE LANGUAGE EnglishFrançaisDeutschРусскийEspañolItalianoPortuguês Follow me on Instagram at it's emmey kenz and on Facebook Emmey kenz Accessible version Privacy Terms and Conditions Cookie policy © 1998-2019 UEFA. All rights reserved.