We know the three men who will compete for the title of UEFA player of the year. The European institution announced its trio of finalists on Friday. Two of them play for Real Madrid, winner of the Champions League last spring: Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois. Kevin de Bruyne, one of the great architects of the coronation of Manchester City in the Premier League, completes this triplet of contenders for the reward which will be awarded on August 25th.
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There are really no surprises. Karim Benzema was unmissable after finishing top scorer in La Liga with 27 goals and in the Champions League with 15. He is the strong man of the White House. Thibaut Courtois is also coming off a full season, punctuated by a man of the match title in the C1 final with decisive parades to allow Real to dominate Liverpool (1-0). Finally, another Belgian, Kevin De Bruyne, earned his place in this trio by his impact on Manchester City’s English title, which allowed him to be named the best player in the Premier League.
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UEFA has also unveiled the rest of the ranking, up to 15th place. The new Barcelonan Robert Lewandowski, yet author of a dazzling season with 50 goals in all competitions with Bayern Munich, must be satisfied with 4th place, just ahead of Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool). Kylian Mbappé, the other Frenchman present in this ranking with Benzema, is in 7th place after having been the great architect of the title of French champion for PSG and shone with the Parisian club during the knockout round of the Champions League lost against the Real.
The other 15 ranked players
4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, now Barcelona and Poland) – 54 points
5. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid and Croatia) – 52 points
6. Sadio Mané (Liverpool, now at Bayern and Senegal) – 51 points
7. Mohammed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) – 46 points
8. Kylian Mbappé (Paris and France) – 25 points
9. Vinícius Junior (Real Madrid and Brazil) – 21 points
10. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool et Pays-Bas) – 19 points
11. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City et Portugal) – 7 points
12. Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt and Serbia) – 7 points
13. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome and Italy) – 5 points
14. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool et Angleterre) – 2 points
15. Fabinho (Liverpool and Brazil) – 1 point
The title of best coach of the year will be awarded on the same occasion. UEFA also revealed its three finalists: the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, champion of Europe and Spain with Real Madrid, the Spaniard Josep Guardiola, champion of England and semi-finalist of the Champions League with Manchester City, and the German Jürgen Klopp, vice-champion of England and finalist of the Champions League with Liverpool. Oliver Glasner (Eintracht Frankfurt), Unai Emery (Villarreal) and José Mourinho (AS Roma) finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.
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