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UEFA player and coach awards

2022/23 winners Aitana Bonmatí and Erling Haaland
2022/23 winners Aitana Bonmatí and Erling Haaland

To kick off each new season, UEFA stages an annual awards ceremony recognising the standout players and coaches from the previous editions of its prestigious men's and women's club competitions.

There are also dedicated awards for a Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season in each of UEFA's major club competitions – the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women's Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Men's club competition awards

UEFA's Men's Player of the Year

2022/23: Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)

2021/22: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France)
2020/21: Jorginho (Chelsea and Italy)
2019/20: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern and Poland)
2018/19: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)
2017/18: Luka Modrić (Real Madrid and Croatia)

Haaland 'really proud' at Player of the Year award

Men's Coach of the Year

2022/23: Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
2021/22: Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
2020/21: Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea)
2019/20: Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern)

UEFA Champions League Player of the Season

2022/23: Rodri (Manchester City)
2021/22: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season

2022/23: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
2021/22: Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)

UEFA Europa League Player of the Season

2022/23: Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
2021/22: Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt)
2020/21: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
2019/20: Romelu Lukaku (Inter)
2018/19: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

UEFA Europa League Young Player of the Season

2022/23: Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
2021/22: Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt)

UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the season

2022/23: Declan Rice (West Ham)
2021/22: Lorenzo Pellegrini (AS Roma)

UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the season

2022/23: Andy Diouf (Basel)
2021/22: Luis Sinisterra (Feyenoord)

Women's club competition awards

UEFA's Women's Player of the Year

2022/23: Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona and Spain)

2021/22: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
2020/21: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
2019/20: Pernille Harder (Chelsea and Denmark)
2018/19: Lucy Bronze (Lyon and England)
2017/18: Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg and Denmark)

Watch Aitana Bonmatí 2022/23 highlights

UEFA Women's Champions League Player of the Season

2022/23: Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona)
2021/22: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)

UEFA Women's Champions League Young Player of the Season

2022/23: Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
2021/22: Selma Bacha (Lyon)

Women's Coach of the Year

2022/23: Sarina Wiegman (England)
2021/22: Sarina Wiegman (England)
2020/21: Lluís Cortés (Barcelona)
2019/20: Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon)

Previous winners