UEFA Player of the Year: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo beats Messi, Buffon to claim top honour
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA’s Player of the Year, beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to the prize, European soccer’s governing body announced during the Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday.
Ronaldo helped Real to a second consecutive Champions League title and finished as the tournament’s top scorer with 12 goals last season. He has now won the award three times, one more than Messi.
The three-player shortlist was chosen by a panel of 80 coaches of clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2016/17 Champions League and Europa League and 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA’s member associations.
- Football
- soccer
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Lionel Messi
- Gianluigi Buffon
- Player of The Year
- UEFA
- Champions League
- Monaco
- european sports media
Fri, 25 Aug 2017-09:13am
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Friday, 25 August 2017 – 8:59am
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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo holds the trophy after winning the 2016-17 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday
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