UEFA Club Football Awards
The UEFA Club Football Awards are prizes awarded by UEFA to the outstanding players of a European Cup season between 1998 and 2010 and since 2017 . Up to and including 2004, the prizes were awarded to the best players in each category as part of the UEFA Super Cup and from 2005 onwards at the group stage draw in Monaco .
As of 2011, the UEFA Club Football Awards were temporarily suspended. In their place came the election of UEFA Best Player in Europe .
Categories
UEFA Footballer of the Year
| season | Surname | society | Also won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
 Ronaldo
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 Inter Milan
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Best striker |
| 1998/99 |
 David Beckham
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Manchester United
|
Best midfielder |
| 1999/00 |
 Fernando Redondo
|
 real Madrid
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| 2000/01 |
 Stefan Effenberg
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FC Bayern Munich
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| 2001/02 |
 Zinedine Zidane
|
real Madrid
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| 2002/03 |
Gianluigi Buffon
|
Juventus Turin
|
Best goalkeeper |
| 2003/04 |
 Deco
|
FC Porto
|
Best midfielder |
| 2004/05 |
Steven Gerrard
|
Liverpool FC
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| 2005/06 |
Ronaldinho
|
FC Barcelona
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| 2006/07 |
Kaká
|
AC Milan
|
Best striker |
| 2007/08 |
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Manchester United
|
Best striker |
| 2008/09 |
Lionel Messi
|
FC Barcelona
|
Best striker |
| 2009/10 |
Diego Milito
|
Inter Milan
|
Best striker |
From 2011 replaced by the UEFA Best Player in Europe .
Best goalkeeper
| season | Surname | society |
|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
 Peter Schmeichel
|
Manchester United
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| 1998/99 |
Oliver Kahn
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
| 1999/00 |
Oliver Kahn
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
| 2000/01 |
Oliver Kahn
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
| 2001/02 |
Oliver Kahn
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
| 2002/03 |
Gianluigi Buffon
|
Juventus Turin
|
| 2003/04 |
Vítor Baía
|
FC Porto
|
| 2004/05 |
 Petr Čech
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2005/06 |
Jens Lehmann
|
Arsenal FC
|
| 2006/07 |
Petr Čech
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2007/08 |
Petr Čech
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2008/09 |
 Edwin van der Sar
|
Manchester United
|
| 2009/10 |
Júlio César
|
Inter Milan
|
| 2010 / 11–2015 / 16 | not forgiven | |
| 2016/17 |
Gianluigi Buffon
|
Juventus Turin
|
| 2017/18 |
 Keylor Navas
|
real Madrid
|
| 2018/19 |
Alisson Becker
|
Liverpool FC
|
Best defender
| season | Surname | society |
|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
Fernando Hierro
|
real Madrid
|
| 1998/99 |
Jaap Stam
|
Manchester United
|
| 1999/00 |
Jaap Stam
|
Manchester United
|
| 2000/01 |
Roberto Ayala
|
Valencia CF
|
| 2001/02 |
Roberto Carlos
|
real Madrid
|
| 2002/03 |
Roberto Carlos
|
real Madrid
|
| 2003/04 |
Ricardo Carvalho
|
FC Porto
|
| 2004/05 |
John Terry
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2005/06 |
Carles Puyol
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2006/07 |
Paolo Maldini
|
AC Milan
|
| 2007/08 |
John Terry
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2008/09 |
John Terry
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2009/10 |
Maicon
|
Inter Milan
|
| 2010 / 11–2015 / 16 | not forgiven | |
| 2016/17 |
Sergio Ramos
|
real Madrid
|
| 2017/18 |
Sergio Ramos
|
real Madrid
|
| 2018/19 |
Virgil van Dijk
|
Liverpool FC
|
Best midfielder
| season | Surname | society |
|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
Zinedine Zidane
|
Juventus Turin
|
| 1998/99 |
David Beckham
|
Manchester United
|
| 1999/00 |
Gaizka Mendieta
|
Valencia CF
|
| 2000/01 |
Gaizka Mendieta
|
Valencia CF
|
| 2001/02 |
Michael Ballack
|
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
|
| 2002/03 |
Pavel Nedvěd
|
Juventus Turin
|
| 2003/04 |
Deco
|
FC Porto
|
| 2004/05 |
Kaká
|
AC Milan
|
| 2005/06 |
Deco
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2006/07 |
Clarence Seedorf
|
AC Milan
|
| 2007/08 |
Frank Lampard
|
Chelsea FC
|
| 2008/09 |
Xavi
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2009/10 |
Wesley Sneijder
|
Inter Milan
|
| 2010 / 11–2015 / 16 | not forgiven | |
| 2016/17 |
 Luka Modrić
|
real Madrid
|
| 2017/18 |
Luka Modrić
|
real Madrid
|
| 2018/19 |
Frenkie de Jong
|
Ajax Amsterdam
|
Best striker
| season | Surname | society |
|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
Ronaldo
|
Inter Milan
|
| 1998/99 |
 Andrij Shevchenko
|
Dynamo Kiev
|
| 1999/00 |
Raúl
|
real Madrid
|
| 2000/01 |
Raúl
|
real Madrid
|
| 2001/02 |
Raúl
|
real Madrid
|
| 2002/03 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
Manchester United
|
| 2003/04 |
Fernando Morientes
|
AS Monaco
|
| 2004/05 |
Ronaldinho
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2005/06 |
 Samuel Eto'o
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2006/07 |
Kaká
|
AC Milan
|
| 2007/08 |
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Manchester United
|
| 2008/09 |
Lionel Messi
|
FC Barcelona
|
| 2009/10 |
Diego Milito
|
Inter Milan
|
| 2010 / 11–2015 / 16 | not forgiven | |
| 2016/17 |
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
real Madrid
|
| 2017/18 |
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
real Madrid
|
| 2018/19 |
Lionel Messi
|
FC Barcelona
|
Coach of the year
| season | Surname | society |
|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 |
Marcello Lippi
|
Juventus Turin
|
| 1998/99 |
 Alex Ferguson
|
Manchester United
|
| 1999/00 |
Vicente del Bosque
|
real Madrid
|
| 2000/01 |
Ottmar Hitzfeld
|
FC Bayern Munich
|
| 2001/02 |
Vicente del Bosque
|
real Madrid
|
| 2002/03 |
Carlo Ancelotti José Mourinho
|
AC Milan FC Porto
|
| 2003/04 |
José Mourinho Rafael Benítez
|
Porto FC Valencia CF
|
| 2004/05 |
Rafael Benítez Valery Georgievich Gassajew
|
Liverpool FC PFK CSKA Moscow
|
| 2005/06 |
Frank Rijkaard Juande Ramos
|
FC Barcelona FC Sevilla
|
The Coach of the Year award has not been awarded since the 2006/07 season.
statistics
Awards per club
The club Real Madrid took 17 awards most trophies at the UEFA Club Football Awards . The league with the most awards is the Spanish Primera División .
In 2010 and 2018, all awards were given to players from one club ( Inter Milan and Real Madrid ).
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player
The UEFA Footballer of the Year award has not been won twice by any player. Nevertheless, some football players managed to win multiple awards at the UEFA Club Football Awards . Former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn and striker Cristiano Ronaldo are leading with four awards.
| number | Surname |
|---|---|
| 4th |
Oliver Kahn
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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| 3 |
Deco
|
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John Terry
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Kaká
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Petr Čech
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Raúl
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Lionel Messi
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Trainer
A total of three coaches were voted coach of the year twice .
| number | Surname |
|---|---|
| 2 |
Vicente del Bosque
|
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José Mourinho
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Rafael Benítez
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