A culé, in the 'Top 5'! UEFA's list of Best Player votes

Published:25/08/2022 - 20:31h

Updated:25/08/2022 - 21:35h

Recently arrived to Barcelona, Robert Lewandowski already is marking the difference that expected . The forward annotated a doublet in Anoeta the past weekend, and now the UEFA has planted it like the better chamber player of the previous campaign

Karim Benzema, forward of the Real Madrid and of France, was appointed this Thursday Player of the Year of the UEFA 2021/22. The Frenchman heaved widely with the prize, by in front of his mate Thibaut Courtois that it was third, and of the mediocampista of the Manchester City, Kevin Of Bruyne, that closed the vote like second.

The '9' merengue received more than 500 points, by the 122 and 118 of the international footballers with Belgium in the final vote. In the list, as fourth, has gone in the new player of the FC Barcelona, Robert Lewandowski, adding 54 points after his season in the Bayern Munich and Poland.

The forward, that already premièred officially like goleador culé, surpassed in the vote to footballers like Luka Modric that it was fifth and Sadio Mané, that finished sixth. The Senegalese forward precisely arrived to Munich this summer from the Liverpool to be the substitute of Lewandowski in the Bavarian attack.

In the gala of the UEFA also was delivered the prize of Player of the Year, resulting winning the player of the Barça feminine Alexia Putellas. The Barcelona, recovering of an operation of knee, appreciated his second consecutive trophy and regretted to have not been able to be in the past Eurocopa with the Spanish selection. The Trainer of the Year was Sarina Wiegman, champion of the Euro with England and by the knights, Carlo Ancelotti carried the distinction.

The list of the best

1 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France) – 523 points
2 Kevin Of Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium) – 122 points
3 Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium) – 118 points
4 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, now FC Barcelona and Poland) – 54 points
5 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid and Croatia) – 52 points
6 Sadio Mané (Liverpool, now Bayern and Senegal) – 51 points
7 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) – 46 points
8 Kylian Mbappé (Paris and France) – 25 points
9 Vinícius Junior (Real Madrid and Brazil) – 21 points
10 Virgil go Dijk (Liverpool and Low Countries) – 19 points