OFFICIAL: The 3 candidates for the UEFA Player of the Year award

Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and Kevin Of Bruyne are the three first nominated for the prize to the Masculine Player of the Year of the UEFA 2021/22. The winner will be appointed, together with the Masculine Trainer of the Year of the UEFA and the Player and Trainer of the Feminine Year, during the ceremony of the draw of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2022/23 in Istanbul the Thursday 25 August.

The French forward was appointed Player of the Season of the UEFA Champions League 2021/22 after carrying to the Real Madrid to his title 14 in the competition. For Benzema meant his fifth since it joined in 2009 to the Madrid, from the Lyon.

By his part, the guardameta merengue won Champions and League with the Madrid, being the player of the party in the final of the League of Champions after several cut across in front of the Liverpool in Paris. Of Bruyne is between the three first by third consecutive season. It was appointed like the Player of the Season of the Premier League after driving to the Manchester City to another title suspender belt, his chamber during his seven seasons in the club.

The footballers that remained out of the top 3 were Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modric, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah, Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Junior, Virgil go Djik, Bernardo Silva, Filip Kostic, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Fabinho.

The technicians

Carlo Ancelotti, Josep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp are the three main nominated for the prize to the Masculine Trainer of the Year 2021/22 of the UEFA. The Italian technician turned into the first trainer in the history in winning the five big leagues, in addition to adding another Champions to his list of winners. Guardiola Remained to the doors of his second final of League of consecutive Champions, but achieved another Premier. Klopp Did to compete to the Liverpool in the four competitions that contested to the end, heaving two of them.