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Juventus striker Lionel Messi, Barcelona star Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk have been named European footballers of the year for the 2018-2019 season.
A panel of 80 club coaches who participated in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League last season, as well as 55 journalists, selected the trio to compete for the prize, which will be awarded at a ceremony in Monaco. August 29th. Champions of Europe.
Messi, 32, won the La Liga title with the Catalan club last season. He was the top scorer in La Liga with 36 goals and the league's top scorer with 12 goals. With the Tango team, they were eliminated from the semi-finals of the Copa America by the defending Brazilian.
Aged 34, who moved to Bianconeri in the summer of 2018, he had his first season in Italy by winning the league with 21 goals, scoring fourth on the list of scorers and winning the title player of the year. He also won the first edition of the UEFA Europa League with his country.
Van Dyck, 28, won the Champions League at the expense of Tottenham in the final and won the Premier League Player of the Year award, becoming the first defenseman to win since England, John Terry with Chelsea, in 2005.
He also won the European Super Cup on Wednesday at Chelsea's penalty shootout. The former Southampton player has been a finalist in the UEFA Europa League with the Netherlands.
In women, the trio of champions of France Lyon was chosen by the committee to compete for the continental prize and the English was chosen by Lucy Bronze, the Norwegian Ada Heigerberg and the French Amandine Henry.
Last year, the prize was awarded to Croatian Luka Modric, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid and finished second in the World Cup with Croatia, when he won the award of the best player of the World Cup, while in women, the Danish prize Bernell Harder of the German Wolfsburg.
Messi was the first winner of the award, launched by UEFA in 2011 before winning it again in 2015, while Spaniards Andres Iniesta in 2012 and Franck Ribery in 2013, before moving to Ronaldo in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
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