UEFA has announced who the three players nominated for the UEFA Player of the Year 2022/23where Manchester City have two contenders for the recognition.
The shortlist is made up of the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, midfielder in Belgium and Manchester City; At barely 23 years old, the striker from Norway and Manchester City, Erling Haaland; and the world champion Lionel Messiwho played for Paris Saint-Germain and now for Inter Miami since last July 21.
How was the 2022/23 UEFA Player of the Year shortlist decided?
Performance during the 2022/23 season at both club and national team levels was taken into account for an initial pre-selection of players.
Subsequently, the jury made up of journalists, the coaches of the clubs that played in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League in the 2022/23 season, as well as the coaches of the national teams The male nationals of the federations that are part of UEFA voted until they had all three competitors.
The votes consisted of choose the three footballers they consider relevant to assign them five points, three points and one pointrespectively (taking into account that the selectors could not choose their own players).
When will the winner be known?
The footballer who will be the successor to Karim Benzema, winner of the 2021/22 UEFA Player of the Yearwill be announced during the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremonywhich will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, next Thursday, August 31.
These are the players who received the most votes after the three nominees:
İlkay Gündoğan – 129 pts. (Germany and former Manchester City, now at Barcelona) Rodri – 110 pts. (Spain and Manchester City) Kylian Mbappé – 82 pts. (France and PSG) Luka Modrić – 33 pts. (Croatia and Real Madrid) Marcelo Brozović – 20 pts. (Croatia and Inter Milan, now at Al Nassr) Declan Rice – 14 pts. (England and West Ham, now at Arsenal) Alexis Mac Allister – 12 pts. (Argentina and Brighton, now at Liverpool) Jesús Navas – 6 pts. (Spain and Seville)
2023-08-18 21:58:51
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