UEFA announces Club Football Awards nominees
Monday, August 17, 2009
Article summary
Twelve players in contention for UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2009
Article body
091 – Twelve players in contention for UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2009
UEFA today announced the nominees for the UEFA Club Football Awards to be presented during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw to be held in Monaco on Thursday 27 August at 17:45 CET.
The voting procedure gives the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knock-out phase of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League the possibility to cast their votes for each position as well as to nominate the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2009 of their choice.
Based upon the voting results, the list of nominees can be found below:
UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year:
Petr Čech (Chelsea FC)
Victor Valdés (FC Barcelona)
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United FC)
UEFA Club Defender of the Year:
Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United FC)
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year:
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)
Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
UEFA Club Forward of the Year:
Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)