The European Football Association (UEFA) announces the shortlist of the 3 nominees for the best player in Europe for 2022.
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UEFA announces the 3 nominees for the European Player of the Year award
The European Football Association (UEFA) announced today, Friday, the final list of players nominated for the award for the best player in Europe for 2022.
The shortlist included 3 candidates, the Spanish duo of Real Madrid, Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, and French striker Karim Benzema, in addition to Manchester City and Belgium playmaker Kevin De Bruyne.
Despite winning several titles with Liverpool, the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah was not in the top 5, as he was ranked seventh, in addition to the absence of the Portuguese duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentine Lionel Messi in the last list of 15 candidates, due to the decline in their level during the period Last.
???? Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois or Kevin De Bruyne?
These are the three nominees for the 2021/22 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the 2022/23 #UCL group stage draw ceremony on 25 August!
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— UEFA (@UEFA) August 12, 2022
Ranking of the 15 best players in Europe 2022
After booking the top three positions for Benzema, Courtois and De Bruyne, here is the ranking of the 12 players, according to what was published by the European Union, and they are as follows:
4- Polish Robert Lewandowski (formerly Bayern Munich, now Barcelona) – 54 points
5- Croatian Luka Modric (Real Madrid) – 52 points
6- Senegalese Sadio Mane (formerly Liverpool, now Bayern Munich) – 51 points
7- Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 46 points
8 – French Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 25 points
9- Brazilian Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 21 points
10 – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 19 points
11 – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – 7 points
12 – Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 7 points
13 – Italian Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome) – 5 points
14 – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) – 2 points
15 – Brazilian Fabinho (Liverpool) – 1 point.
The winner of the European Player of the Year award will be announced on August 25 in Istanbul, Turkey, during the draw ceremony for the group stage of the new season of the Champions League.