2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award Nominees – Following the 2015/16 season, here are the names running for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award after the ten-man shortlist was announced today.
Lionel Messi who is the the previous Europe Award winner (UEFA Best Player 2015), will be looking forword to collect his third award after scooping the first in 2011. Other former honourees (Winners) are Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry (2013) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2014).
Here are the Ten players who are in contention to win the 2015/2016 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco on 25 August; after UEFA.com runs through their achievements this past season
2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award nominees in alphabetical order
1 Gareth Bale | Real Madrid & Wales
2 Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus & Italy
3 Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid & France
4 Toni Kroos | Real Madrid & Germany
5 Lionel Messi | Barcelona & Argentina
6 Thomas Müller | Bayern München & Germany
7 Manuel Neuer | Bayern München & Germany
8 Pepe | Real Madrid & Portugal
9 Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid & Portugal
10 Luis Suárez | Barcelona & Uruguay
In total, 37 players picked up votes in the initial poll; those not in the final shortlist are revealed below in order of how they finished:
11 Riyad Mahrez | Leicester & Algeria
12 Jamie Vardy | Leicester & England
13 Dimitri Payet | West Ham & France)
14 Jérôme Boateng | Bayern München & Germany
15 Arturo Vidal | Bayern München & Chile
16 Luka Modrić | Real Madrid & Croatia
17 N’Golo Kanté | Leicester & France
18 Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester United & Sweden
19= Eden Hazard | Chelsea & Belgium
19= Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona & Spain
19= Neymar | Barcelona & Brazil
19= Renato Sanches | Benfica/Bayern München & Portugal
23 Robert Lewandowski | Bayern München & Poland
24 Gonzalo HiguaÃn | Napoli & Argentina
25= Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus & Italy
25= Diego Godin | Atlético Madrid & Uruguay
25= Will Grigg | Wigan & Northern Ireland
25= Hugo Lloris | Tottenham & France
25= Paul Pogba | Juventus & France
30= Toby Alderweireld | Tottenham & Belgium
30= Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Borussia Dortmund & Gabon
30= Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City & Belgium
30= Kevin Gameiro | Sevilla & France
30= Grzegorz Krychowiak | Sevilla/Paris Saint-Germain & Poland
30= Blaise Matuidi | Paris Saint-Germain & France
30= Georges-Kévin N’Koudou | Marseille & France
30= Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid & Slovenia
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