UEFA President's Award
The UEFA President's Award has been honoring the award winner's outstanding performance, professionalism and exemplary personal virtue annually since 1998. The award honors those personalities in football who have promoted the development and success of this sport.
The prize was not awarded three times (1999, 2015, 2016), the first winner being Jacques Delors (1998). The current award winner (2019) is Éric Cantona .
Winner each year
The tables show the winners per year and country.
year | winner | country |
---|---|---|
1998 | Jacques Delors | European Commission , France |
1999 | not forgiven | |
2000 | Guy Roux | France |
2001 | Juan Santisteban | Spain |
2002 | Bobby Robson | England |
2003 | Paolo Maldini | Italy |
2004 | Ernie Walker | |
2005 | Frank Rijkaard | Netherlands |
2006 | Wilfried Straub | Germany |
2007 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Argentina |
2008 | Bobby Charlton | England |
2009 | Eusebio | Portugal |
2010 | Raymond Kopa | France |
2011 | Gianni Rivera | Italy |
2012 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany |
2013 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands |
2014 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia |
2015 | not forgiven | |
2016 | not forgiven | |
2017 | Francesco Totti | Italy |
2018 | David Beckham | England |
2019 | Eric Cantona | France |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ UEFA.com: Awards - President's Award. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Eric Cantona to receive UEFA President's Award . UEFA.com. August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.