UEFA Club Football Awards

The UEFA Club Football Awards were awards given by UEFA to the most outstanding performers of the European club football season. The awards were presented in August each year at a special gala in Monaco ahead of the UEFA Super Cup. Since 2005, the awards were presented at the UEFA Champions League draw. Inter Milan is the only team whose players won all of the available awards in the same season (2009–10 season). UEFA stopped giving out the awards after the 2009/10 season. For the 2010–11 season, it was replaced by the newly formed UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

Award categories

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

Main article: UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

Best Goalkeeper

Oliver Kahn, who won this award four times consecutively while with Bayern Munich

*Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year award the same year.

Season		Name		Club
1997–98		Peter Schmeichel		Manchester United
1998–99		Oliver Kahn		Bayern Munich
1999–00		Oliver Kahn		Bayern Munich
2000–01		Oliver Kahn		Bayern Munich
2001–02		Oliver Kahn		Bayern Munich
2002–03		Gianluigi Buffon		Juventus
2003–04		Vítor Baía		Porto
2004–05		Petr Čech		Chelsea
2005–06		Jens Lehmann		Arsenal
2006–07		Petr Čech		Chelsea
2007–08		Petr Čech		Chelsea
2008–09		Edwin van der Sar		Manchester United
2009–10		Júlio César		Internazionale

By country

Country	Players	Wins
Germany	2	5
Czech Republic	1	3
Italy	1	1
Denmark	1	1
Portugal	1	1
Netherlands	1	1
Brazil	1	1

By club

Club	Players
Bayern Munich	1
Chelsea	1
Manchester United	2
Juventus	1
Porto	1
Inter Milan	1
Arsenal	1

Best Defender

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John Terry, the only three time winner of the award as a defender, doing so with Chelsea

*Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year award the same year.

Season		Name		Club
1997–98		Fernando Hierro		Real Madrid
1998–99		Jaap Stam		Manchester United
1999–00		Jaap Stam		Manchester United
2000–01		Roberto Ayala		Valencia
2001–02		Roberto Carlos		Real Madrid
2002–03		Roberto Carlos		Real Madrid
2003–04		Ricardo Carvalho		Porto
2004–05		John Terry		Chelsea
2005–06		Carles Puyol		Barcelona
2006–07		Paolo Maldini		Milan
2007–08		John Terry		Chelsea
2008–09		John Terry		Chelsea
2009–10		Maicon		Inter Milan

By country

Country	Players
Brazil	3
England	3
Spain	2
Netherlands	2
Argentina	1
Italy	1
Portugal	1

By club

Club	Players
Real Madrid	3
Chelsea	3
Manchester United	2
Barcelona	1
Milan	1
Inter Milan	1
Porto	1
Valencia	1

Best Midfielder

Deco, who won this award twice, once with Porto and once with Barcelona

*Bold notes a player that also won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year award the same year.

Season		Name		Club
1997–98		Zinedine Zidane		Juventus
1998–99		David Beckham		Manchester United
1999–00		Gaizka Mendieta		Valencia
2000–01		Gaizka Mendieta		Valencia
2001–02		Michael Ballack		Bayer Leverkusen
2002–03		Pavel Nedvěd		Juventus
2003–04		Deco		Porto
2004–05		Kaká		Milan
2005–06		Deco		Barcelona
2006–07		Clarence Seedorf		Milan
2007–08		Frank Lampard		Chelsea
2008–09		Xavi Hernández		Barcelona
2009–10		Wesley Sneijder		Inter Milan

By country

Country	Players
Spain	3
England	2
Netherlands	2
Portugal	2
Brazil	1
France	1
Germany	1
Czech Republic	1

By club

Club	Players
Milan	2
Juventus	2
Valencia	2
Barcelona	2
Inter Milan	1
Chelsea	1
Manchester United	1
Bayer Leverkusen	1
Porto	1

Best Forward

Raúl, the only player who has won this award 3 times, each time with Real Madrid.

*Bold notes a player that won the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year award the same year.

Season		Name		Club
1997–98		Ronaldo		Inter Milan
1998–99		Andriy Shevchenko		Dynamo Kyiv
1999–00		Raúl		Real Madrid
2000–01		Raúl		Real Madrid
2001–02		Raúl		Real Madrid
2002–03		Ruud van Nistelrooy		Manchester United
2003–04		Fernando Morientes		AS Monaco
2004–05		Ronaldinho		Barcelona
2005–06		Samuel Eto'o		Barcelona
2006–07		Kaká		Milan
2007–08		Cristiano Ronaldo		Manchester United
2008–09		Lionel Messi		Barcelona
2009–10		Diego Milito		Inter Milan

By country

Country	Players
Spain	4
Brazil	3
Argentina	2
Cameroon	1
Netherlands	1
Portugal	1
Ukraine	1

By club

Club	Players
Real Madrid	3
Barcelona	3
Manchester United	2
Inter Milan	2
Milan	1
Dynamo Kyiv	1
AS Monaco	1

Coach(es) of the Year

Year		Coach		Club
1997–98*		Marcello Lippi		Juventus
1998–99		Alex Ferguson		Manchester United
1999–00		Vicente del Bosque		Real Madrid
2000–01		Ottmar Hitzfeld		Bayern Munich
2001–02		Vicente del Bosque		Real Madrid
2002–03		Carlo Ancelotti José Mourinho		Milan Porto
2003–04		José Mourinho Rafael Benítez		Porto Valencia
2004–05		Rafael Benítez Valery Gazzaev		Liverpool CSKA Moscow
2005–06 *		Frank Rijkaard Juande Ramos		Barcelona Sevilla

* UEFA stopped giving the award for Coach(es) of the Year after the 2005–06 season

By country

Country	Coaches
Spain	5
Italy	2
Netherlands	2
Portugal	2
Germany	1
Russia	1
Scotland	1

By club

Club	Coaches
Real Madrid	2
Porto	2
Barcelona	1
Sevilla	1
Valencia	1
Liverpool	1
Manchester United	1
Bayern Munich	1
Milan	1
Juventus	1
CSKA Moscow	1

External links

• UEFA Club Football Awards