Every EURO player of the match since 1996
Sunday, January 1, 2023
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UEFA.com looks back at every EURO player of the match winner since 1996.
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Since the accolade's introduction at EURO '96, Spain's Andrés Iniesta and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo have been named player of the match more than any other player.
Most EURO player of the match awards
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) 6 – 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012, 2 in 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 6 – 1 in 2008, 2 in 2012, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2020
Andrea Pirlo (Italy) 4 – 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012
Zinédine Zidane (France) 4 – 2 in 2000, 2 in 2004
Michael Ballack (Germany) 3 – 2 in 2004, 1 in 2008
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 3 – 1 in 2004, 1 in 2008, 1 in 2012
Luka Modrić (Croatia) 3 – 1 in 2008, 1 in 2016, 1 in 2020
Teams with most player of the match awards
Spain 24
Portugal 23
Germany 23
Italy 22
France 19
EURO '96
Group stage
08/06: England 1-1 Switzerland – Alan Shearer
09/06: Spain 1-1 Bulgaria – Hristo Stoichkov
09/06: Germany 2-0 Czechia – Matthias Sammer
09/06: Denmark 1-1 Portugal – Peter Schmeichel
10/06: Netherlands 0-0 Scotland – Gary McAllister
10/06: Romania 0-1 France – Youri Djorkaeff
11/06: Italy 2-1 Russia – Pierluigi Casiraghi
11/06: Türkiye 0-1 Croatia – Robert Prosinečki
13/06: Bulgaria 1-0 Romania – Hristo Stoichkov
13/06: Switzerland 0-2 Netherlands – Dennis Bergkamp
14/06: Portugal 1-0 Türkiye – Fernando Couto
14/06: Czechia 2-1 Italy – Radek Bejbl
15/06: Scotland 0-2 England – David Seaman
15/06: France 1-1 Spain – José Luis Caminero
16/06: Russia 0-3 Germany – Jürgen Klinsmann
16/06: Croatia 3-0 Denmark – Davor Šuker
18/06: France 3-1 Bulgaria – Laurent Blanc
18/06: Romania 1-2 Spain – Sergi
18/06: Scotland 1-0 Switzerland – Stuart McCall
18/06: Netherlands 1-4 England – Teddy Sheringham
19/06: Croatia 0-3 Portugal – João Pinto
19/06: Türkiye 0-3 Denmark – Brian Laudrup
19/06: Russia 3-3 Czechia – Vladimír Šmicer
19/06: Italy 0-0 Germany – Andreas Köpke
Quarter-finals
22/06: Spain 0-0 England – David Seaman
22/06: France 0-0 Netherlands – Bernard Lama
23/06: Germany 2-1 Croatia – Matthias Sammer
23/06: Czechia 1-0 Portugal – Karel Poborský
Semi-finals
26/06: France 0-0 Czechia – Miroslav Kadlec
26/06: Germany 1-1 England – Dieter Eilts
Final
30/06: Czechia 1-2 Germany – Karel Poborský
EURO 2000
Group stage
10/06: Belgium 2-1 Sweden – Émile Mpenza
11/06: Türkiye 1-2 Italy – Filippo Inzaghi
11/06: France 3-0 Denmark – Thierry Henry
11/06: Netherlands 1-0 Czechia – Pavel Nedvěd
12/06: Germany 1-1 Romania – Mehmet Scholl
12/06: Portugal 3-2 England – Luís Figo
13/06: Spain 0-1 Norway – Erik Mykland
13/06: Yugoslavia 3-3 Slovenia – Zlatko Zahovič
14/06: Italy 2-0 Belgium – Francesco Totti
15/06: Sweden 0-0 Türkiye – Fredrik Ljungberg
16/06: Czechia 1-2 France – Thierry Henry
16/06: Denmark 0-3 Netherlands – Frank de Boer
17/06: Romania 0-1 Portugal – Fernando Couto
17/06: England 1-0 Germany – Alan Shearer
18/06: Slovenia 1-2 Spain – Raúl González
18/06: Norway 0-1 Yugoslavia – Dragan Stojković
19/06: Türkiye 2-0 Belgium – Hakan Şükür
19/06: Italy 2-1 Sweden – Henrik Larsson
20/06: England 2-3 Romania – Dorinel Munteanu
20/06: Portugal 3-0 Germany – Sérgio Conceição
21/06: Yugoslavia 3-4 Spain – Josep Guardiola
21/06: Slovenia 0-0 Norway – Erik Mykland
21/06: Denmark 0-2 Czechia – Vladimír Šmicer
21/06: France 2-3 Netherlands – Edgar Davids
Quarter-finals
24/06: Türkiye 0-2 Portugal – Luís Figo
24/06: Italy 2-0 Romania – Alessandro Nesta
25/06: Netherlands 6-1 Yugoslavia – Patrick Kluivert
25/06: Spain 1-2 France – Zinédine Zidane
Semi-finals
28/06: France 2-1 Portugal – Zinédine Zidane
29/06: Italy 0-0 Netherlands – Francesco Toldo
Final
02/07: France 2-1 Italy – Francesco Totti
EURO 2004
Group stage
12/06: Portugal 1-2 Greece – Theodoros Zagorakis
12/06: Spain 1-0 Russia – Vicente Rodríguez
13/06: Switzerland 0-0 Croatia – Jörg Stiel
13/06: France 2-1 England – Zinédine Zidane
14/06: Denmark 0-0 Italy – Thomas Sørensen
14/06: Sweden 5-0 Bulgaria – Henrik Larsson
15/06: Czechia 2-1 Latvia – Milan Baroš
15/06: Germany 1-1 Netherlands – Michael Ballack
16/06: Greece 1-1 Spain – Raúl González
16/06: Russia 0-2 Portugal – Maniche
17/06: England 3-0 Switzerland – Wayne Rooney
17/06: Croatia 2-2 France – Dado Pršo
18/06: Bulgaria 0-2 Denmark – Thomas Gravesen
18/06: Italy 1-1 Sweden – Zlatan Ibrahimović
19/06: Latvia 0-0 Germany – Michael Ballack
19/06: Netherlands 2-3 Czechia – Pavel Nedvěd
20/06: Spain 0-1 Portugal – Deco
20/06: Russia 2-1 Greece – Dmitri Kirichenko
21/06: Switzerland 1-3 France – Zinédine Zidane
21/06: Croatia 2-4 England – Wayne Rooney
22/06: Italy 2-1 Bulgaria – Antonio Cassano
22/06: Denmark 2-2 Sweden – Jon Dahl Tomasson
23/06: Netherlands 3-0 Latvia – Ruud van Nistelrooy
23/06: Germany 1-2 Czechia – Marek Heinz
Quarter-finals
24/06: Portugal 2-2 England – Ricardo Carvalho
25/06: France 0-1 Greece – Angelos Charisteas
26/06: Sweden 0-0 Netherlands – Ruud van Nistelrooy
27/06: Czechia 3-0 Denmark – Milan Baroš
Semi-finals
30/06: Portugal 2-1 Netherlands – Luís Figo
01/07: Greece 1-0 Czechia – Traianos Dellas
Final
04/07: Portugal 0-1 Greece – Theodoros Zagorakis
EURO 2008
Group stage
07/06: Switzerland 0-1 Czechia – Tomáš Ujfaluši
07/06: Portugal 2-0 Türkiye – Pepe
08/06: Austria 0-1 Croatia – Stipe Pletikosa
08/06: Germany 2-0 Poland – Lukas Podolski
09/06: Romania 0-0 France – Claude Makelele
09/06: Netherlands 3-0 Italy – Wesley Sneijder
10/06: Spain 4-1 Russia – David Villa
10/06: Greece 0-2 Sweden – Zlatan Ibrahimović
11/06: Czechia 1-3 Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo
11/06: Switzerland 1-2 Türkiye – Arda Turan
12/06: Croatia 2-1 Germany – Luka Modrić
12/06: Austria 1-1 Poland – Roger Guerreiro
13/06: Italy 1-1 Romania – Andrea Pirlo
13/06: Netherlands 4-1 France – Wesley Sneijder
14/06: Sweden 1-2 Spain – David Villa
14/06: Greece 0-1 Russia – Roman Pavlyuchenko
15/06: Switzerland 2-0 Portugal – Hakan Yakin
15/06: Türkiye 3-2 Czechia – Nihat Kahveci
16/06: Austria 0-1 Germany – Michael Ballack
16/06: Poland 0-1 Croatia – Ivan Klasnić
17/06: Netherlands 2-0 Romania – Robin van Persie
17/06: France 0-2 Italy – Daniele De Rossi
18/06: Greece 1-2 Spain – Xabi Alonso
18/06: Russia 2-0 Sweden – Andrei Arshavin
Quarter-finals
19/06: Portugal 2-3 Germany – Bastian Schweinsteiger
20/06: Croatia 1-1 Türkiye – Hamit Altıntop
21/06: Netherlands 1-3 Russia – Andrei Arshavin
22/06: Spain 0-0 Italy – Iker Casillas
Semi-finals
25/06: Germany 3-2 Türkiye – Philipp Lahm
26/06: Russia 0-3 Spain – Andrés Iniesta
Final
29/06: Germany 0-1 Spain – Fernando Torres
EURO 2012
Group stage
08/06: Poland 1-1 Greece – Robert Lewandowski
08/06: Russia 4-1 Czechia – Alan Dzagoev
09/06: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark – Michael Krohn-Dehli
09/06: Germany 1-0 Portugal – Mesut Özil
10/06: Spain 1-1 Italy – Andrés Iniesta
10/06: Republic of Ireland 1-3 Croatia – Mario Mandžukić
11/06: France 1-1 England – Samir Nasri
11/06: Ukraine 2-1 Sweden – Andriy Shevchenko
12/06: Greece 1-2 Czechia – Václav Pilař
12/06: Poland 1-1 Russia – Jakub Błaszczykowski
13/06: Denmark 2-3 Portugal – Pepe
13/06: Netherlands 1-2 Germany – Mario Gómez
14/06: Italy 1-1 Croatia – Andrea Pirlo
14/06: Spain 4-0 Republic of Ireland – Fernando Torres
15/06: Ukraine 0-2 France – Franck Ribéry
15/06: Sweden 2-3 England – Olof Mellberg
16/06: Greece 1-0 Russia – Giorgos Karagounis
16/06: Czechia 1-0 Poland – Petr Jiráček
17/06: Portugal 2-1 Netherlands – Cristiano Ronaldo
17/06: Denmark 1-2 Germany – Lukas Podolski
18/06: Croatia 0-1 Spain – Andrés Iniesta
18/06: Italy 2-0 Republic of Ireland – Antonio Cassano
19/06: Sweden 2-0 France – Zlatan Ibrahimović
19/06: England 1-0 Ukraine – Steven Gerrard
Quarter-finals
21/06: Czechia 0-1 Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo
22/06: Germany 4-2 Greece – Mesut Özil
23/06: Spain 2-0 France – Xabi Alonso
24/06: England 0-0 Italy – Andrea Pirlo
Semi-finals
27/06: Portugal 0-0 Spain – Sergio Ramos
28/06: Germany 1-2 Italy – Andrea Pirlo
Final
01/07: Spain 4-0 Italy – Andrés Iniesta
EURO 2016
Group stage
10/06: France 2-1 Romania – Dimitri Payet
11/06: Albania 0-1 Switzerland – Granit Xhaka
11/06: Wales 2-1 Slovakia – Joe Allen
11/06: England 1-1 Russia – Eric Dier
12/06: Türkiye 0-1 Croatia – Luka Modrić
12/06: Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland – Grzegorz Krychowiak
12/06: Germany 2-0 Ukraine – Toni Kroos
13/06: Spain 1-0 Czechia – Andrés Iniesta
13/06: Republic of Ireland 1-1 Sweden – Wes Hoolahan
13/06: Belgium 0-2 Italy – Emanuele Giaccherini
14/06: Austria 0-2 Hungary – László Kleinheisler
14/06: Portugal 1-1 Iceland – Nani
15/06: Russia 1-2 Slovakia – Marek Hamšík
15/06: Romania 1-1 Switzerland – Granit Xhaka
15/06: France 2-0 Albania – Dimitri Payet
16/06: England 2-1 Wales – Kyle Walker
16/06: Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland – Gareth McAuley
16/06: Germany 0-0 Poland – Jérôme Boateng
17/06: Italy 1-0 Sweden – Éder
17/06: Czechia 2-2 Croatia – Ivan Rakitić
17/06: Spain 3-0 Türkiye – Andrés Iniesta
18/06: Belgium 3-0 Republic of Ireland – Axel Witsel
18/06: Iceland 1-1 Hungary – Kollbein Sigthórsson
18/06: Portugal 0-0 Austria – João Moutinho
19/06: Switzerland 0-0 France – Yann Sommer
19/06: Romania 0-1 Albania – Arlind Ajeti
20/06: Slovakia 0-0 England – Matúš Kozáčik
20/06: Russia 0-3 Wales – Aaron Ramsey
21/06: Northern Ireland 0-1 Germany – Mesut Özil
21/06: Ukraine 0-1 Poland – Ruslan Rotan
21/06: Croatia 2-1 Spain – Ivan Perišić
21/06: Czechia 0-2 Türkiye – Burak Yılmaz
22/06: Iceland 2-1 Austria – Kári Árnason
22/06: Hungary 3-3 Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo
22/06: Sweden 0-1 Belgium – Eden Hazard
22/06: Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland – Robbie Brady
Round of 16
25/06: Switzerland 1-1 Poland – Xherdan Shaqiri
25/06: Wales 1-0 Northern Ireland – Gareth Bale
25/06: Croatia 0-1 Portugal – Renato Sanches
26/06: France 2-1 Republic of Ireland – Antoine Griezmann
26/06: Germany 3-0 Slovakia – Julian Draxler
26/06: Hungary 0-4 Belgium – Eden Hazard
27/06: Italy 2-0 Spain – Leonardo Bonucci
27/06: England 1-2 Iceland – Ragnar Sigurdsson
Quarter-finals
30/06: Poland 1-1 Portugal – Renato Sanches
01/07: Wales 3-1 Belgium – Hal Robson-Kanu
02/07: Germany 1-1 Italy – Manuel Neuer
03/07: France 5-2 Iceland – Olivier Giroud
Semi-finals
06/07: Portugal 2-0 Wales – Cristiano Ronaldo
07/07: Germany 0-2 France – Antoine Griezmann
Final
10/07: Portugal 1-0 France – Pepe
EURO 2020
Group stage
11/06: Türkiye 0-3 Italy – Leonardo Spinazzola
12/06: Wales 1-1 Switzerland – Breel Embolo
12/06: Denmark 0-1 Finland – Christian Eriksen
12/06: Belgium 3-0 Russia – Romelu Lukaku
13/06: Austria 3-1 North Macedonia – David Alaba
13/06: Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine – Denzel Dumfries
13/06: England 1-0 Croatia – Raheem Sterling
14/06: Scotland 0-2 Czechia – Patrik Schick
14/06: Poland 1-2 Slovakia – Milan Škriniar
14/06: Spain 0-0 Sweden – Victor Lindelöf
15/06: Hungary 0-3 Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo
15/06: France 1-0 Germany – Paul Pogba
16/06: Türkiye 0-2 Wales – Gareth Bale
16/06: Italy 3-0 Switzerland – Manuel Locatelli
16/06: Finland 0-1 Russia – Aleksei Miranchuk
17/06: Denmark 1-2 Belgium – Romelu Lukaku
17/06: Ukraine 2-1 North Macedonia – Andriy Yarmolenko
17/06: Netherlands 2-0 Austria – Denzel Dumfries
18/06: Croatia 1-1 Czechia – Luka Modrić
18/06: England 0-0 Scotland – Billy Gilmour
18/06: Sweden 1-0 Slovakia – Alexander Isak
19/06: Spain 1-1 Poland – Jordi Alba
19/06: Hungary 1-1 France – László Kleinheisler
19/06: Portugal 2-4 Germany – Robin Gosens
20/06: Italy 1-0 Wales – Federico Chiesa
20/06: Switzerland 3-1 Türkiye – Xherdan Shaqiri
21/06: Finland 0-2 Belgium – Kevin De Bruyne
21/06: Russia 1-4 Denmark – Andreas Christensen
21/06: Ukraine 0-1 Austria – Florian Grillitsch
21/06: North Macedonia 0-3 Netherlands – Georginio Wijnaldum
22/06: Czechia 0-1 England – Bukayo Saka
22/06: Croatia 3-1 Scotland – Nikola Vlašić
23/06: Sweden 3-2 Poland – Emil Forsberg
23/06: Slovakia 0-5 Spain – Sergio Busquets
23/06: Germany 2-2 Hungary – Joshua Kimmich
23/06: Portugal 2-2 France – Karim Benzema
Round of 16
26/06: Wales 0-4 Denmark – Kasper Dolberg
26/06: Italy 2-1 Austria – Leonardo Spinazzola
27/06: Netherlands 0-2 Czechia – Tomáš Holeš
27/06: Belgium 1-0 Portugal – Thorgan Hazard
28/06: Croatia 3-5 Spain – Sergio Busquets
28/06: France 3-3 Switzerland – Granit Xhaka
29/06: England 2-0 Germany – Harry Maguire
29/06: Sweden 1-2 Ukraine – Oleksandr Zinchenko
Quarter-finals
02/07: Switzerland 1-1 Spain – Unai Simón
02/07: Belgium 1-2 Italy – Lorenzo Insigne
03/07: Czechia 1-2 Denmark – Thomas Delaney
03/07: Ukraine 0-4 England – Harry Kane
Semi-finals
06/07: Italy 1-1 Spain – Federico Chiesa
07/07: England 2-1 Denmark – Harry Kane
Final
11/07: Italy 1-1 England – Leonardo Bonucci