UEFA Best Player Nominations 2022-2023
https://ebanmella.com – UEFA has announced the list of candidates for the best European player of 2023. Surprisingly, the megastar Lionel Messi who currently plays for Inter Miami continues to be one of the top three candidates for this award.
This shows that the captain of the Argentina national team last season is still considered on the European stage.
The two Manchester City players, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, are Messi’s biggest rivals in the race to be the best European footballer in 2023.
Compiled from multiple sources Friday (18/8/2023) Announcement of the winners in the 2023/2024 Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco next Thursday (31/8/2023)
The UAF said that the selection of the best European players for 2023 was made in the first selection. Messi, Haaland and De Bruyne are top three of the 11 players nominated.
In order, the top three top scorers are Bruin, Haaland and Messi.
The 11 players who could be the best European players for the 2022/2023 season at both club and national team level were first selected by UEFA’s study team. From the 11 names, they were re-filtered to finally present three top candidates.
Lionel Messi and his two rivals will then be selected by a jury made up of coaches from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Confederations League and Men’s National Teams and UEFA member association teams in 2022/2023.
Coaches and journalists were asked to shortlist their top three players by assigning five points, three points and one point.
In the year The final result to determine the best UEFA player in 2023 is based on the number of votes cast by coaches and journalists. Coaches are not allowed to select players from their team.
Nominee for 2023 UEFA best player
UAF Messi is still the reason why Messi, now 35 years old, is the reason for Argentina’s success in winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Indeed, Lapulga has played a major role in the great success of the Argentine national team. At the club level, Messi failed to bring Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) the Champions League trophy last season.
Meanwhile, Haaland and Bruin managed to lead Manchester City to success last season. Treble winners. At his peak, the two main players of the Citizens were able to lead the team to win the Champions League, the most prestigious club in Europe.
This title is awarded after Manchester City wins the Premier League or the English Premier League and the FA Cup.
Haaland is Manchester City’s goal machine. In fact, he became the top scorer in his first season in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Bruin is Haaland’s main passenger.
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The following are the nominations according to UEFA
UEFA will announce the 2022-2023 European Player of the Year on Thursday (31/8/2023) night WIB (23.00 WIB).
The announcement coincides with the 2023-2024 Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
In addition to the title of best player, the best coach is also recognized. Other categories are Best Female Player and Best Female Team Coach.
The evaluation is based on the results achieved by the three players at club and national team level.
The judges for this award include the votes of coaches who attended last season’s UEFA events such as the Champions League, Europa League and also the Conference League.
Apart from this, journalists also voted. A coach does not select players from his own team.
UEFA will announce who will win the trophy to coincide with the 2023-2024 Champions League group stage.
These three players, Lionel Messi, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, scored the highest points in the top three and beat the other stars.
Among the stars of the previous shortlist was Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City/Germany) who was fourth. Then Rodri (Manchester City/Spain) is fifth, or Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Gemain/France) is fifth.
Their names are Luka Modric (Real Madrid/Croatia), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan/Croatia), Declan Rice (West Ham/England), Alexis McAllister (Brighton/Argentina) and Jesus Navas (Sevilla/Spain).
Lionel Messi
For example, Lionel Messi led Paris Saint-Germain to the Ligue 1 title last season, but the star’s best achievement was winning the 2022 World Cup with Argentina’s national team.
On this occasion, Inter Miami star Lionel Messi has been selected as the best player for the 2022 World Cup.
In the Champions League, Lionel Messi played in 7 games and scored 4 goals and made 4 assists.
Statistics 2022-2023
TitleWorld Cup, Player of the Year, League 1
Champions League:
7 games, 4 plays, 4 assists
Man of the Match: 1
domestic league
32 matches
16 goals
16 will help
Erling Haaland
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Meanwhile, Erling Haaland has gained attention for the goals scored by this Norwegian star.
Erling Haaland scored a total of 12 goals for Manchester City in the Champions League. He scored a record 36 goals in the Premier League.
Erling Haaland led Manchester City to three trophies last season: the Champions League, the English League and the FA Cup.
He managed to score 12 goals and 1 assist in 12 games in the Champions League. Meanwhile, Erling Haaland scored 36 goals and provided 8 assists in 37 Premier League games at home.
Statistics 2022-2023
Title: Champions League, England League, FA Cup
Champions League
11 matches
12 goals
1 assistant
Man of the Match: 1
domestic league
37 matches
36 goals
8 will help.
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne is also a key figure in Manchester City’s treble-winning success. It was a crucial point that made this Belgian midfielder a creative candidate.
Kevin De Bruyne led Manchester City to the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
In the 2022-2023 Champions League, Kevin De Bruyne played in 10 games and scored 2 goals and provided 7 assists.
In the Premier League, he scored 7 goals in 32 games and provided 16 assists.
With 16 assists, Kevin De Bruyne is the third most assists in the Premier League.
Statistics 2022-2023
Title: Champions League, England League, FA Cup
Champions League
10 games
2 goals
7 will help.
Man of the Match: 4
domestic league
32 matches
7 goals
16 will help
In the year Here are the top 11 UEFA Player of the Year nominees for 2023:
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Lionel Messi (PSG, now Inter Miami)
Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City, now Barcelona)
Rhodri (Manchester City)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan, now Al Nasr)
Declan Rice (West Ham United, now Arsenal)
Alexis McAllister (Brighton, now Liverpool)
Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
They are candidates for the 2023 UEFA Player of the Year.
