Chelsea in near clean sweep of prizes, as UEFA names winners for 2020/2021 Awards
European football governing body, UEFA, Thursday night held its 2020/2021 Awards ceremony for outstanding players in the just-concluded season.
The event which took place in Istanbul, Turkey coincides with the Group Stage draws for the 2021/2022 Champions League and Europa League season, as well as the newly-introduced Conference League.
The awards also come on the back of performance at the last Champions League competition which featured two English Premier League sides, Manchester City and Chelsea at the finals. Also, for the Europa League competition which featured Manchester United losing to Villareal of Spain, as well as the Euros Nations Cup that saw Italy beating England at the finals.
While Chelsea goalkeeper, Edouard Mendy clinched the best goalkeeper award, his teammate, N’Golo Kante won the Best Midfielder prize.
Manchester City’s Ruben Dias claimed the Best Defender Award, Erling Braut Haaland of Borussia Dortmund claimed the Forward of the Year, and the top prize of UEFA Midfielder of the Year was won by the Chelsea and Italy player, Jorginho.
The nominees for the awards are:
Men’s Player of the Year
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
Jorginho (Chelsea) – Winner
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Men’s Coach of the Year
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Roberto Mancini (Italy)
Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) – Winner
Goalkeeper of the Season
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Ederson (Manchester City)
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) – Winner
Defender of the Season
Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City) – Winner
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)
Midfielder of the Season
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Jorginho (Chelsea)
N’Golo Kante – (Chelsea) Winner
Forward of the Season
Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)- Winner
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Europa League Player of the Season
Edinson Cavani (Manchester United)
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Gerard Moreno (Villareal)- Winner
President’s award – Denmark captain Simon Kjaer and the medical team that saved Christian Eriksen’s life at Euro 2020.
Women’s Uefa awards
Player of the year – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Coach of the year – Lluis Cortes (Barcelona)
Goalkeeper of the year – Sandra Panos (Barcelona)
Defender of the year – Irene Paredes (PSG)
Midfielder of the year – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Forward of the year – Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona)
