UEFA Awards: Player of the Year to Coach of the Year – The All-time winners list from 1997 to 2022

UEFA, the European football body, stages an annual awards ceremony at the start of a new season to recognise the best player and coach performances from the previous editions of the UEFA mens' and women's club competitions.

Apart from the Men's Player of the Year, Men's Coach of the Year, Women's Player of the Year, and Women's Coach of the Year awards, UEFA also presents awards to the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward every season.

The awards ceremony would coincide with the UEFA Super Cup, but after the Super Cup was moved to early August in 2014, the ceremony has been held alongside the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.

The men's and women's player of the year awards are given based on voting by a jury comprised of coaches of the clubs which played in the group stages of the previous edition of UEFA club competitions as well as a group of journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM).

The men's award, first awarded in 1997-98 as UEFA club footballer of the year award was replaced by UEFA Best Player in Europe Award from the 2010-16 and is now the UEFA Men's Player of the Year since the 2016-17 season.

The women's award, first introduced in 2013 as the UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe awards, is now known as UEFA Women's Player of the Year since the 2016-17 season.

Also, the positional awards which were not given from 2010-2016 in the men's category returned in 2017. The women's positional and coach awards were introduced in 2019-20.

The men's coach award, which originally started as European Football Coach of the Season from 1997-98, was later awarded by European Union of Sports Press-AIPS Europe, but the UEFA award made it's return and is now known as UEFA Men's Coach of the Year since 2019-20 season.

In addition to all the above mentioned categories, UEFA also acknowledges outstanding achievements that transcend the sport every year since 1998 with the UEFA President's Award.

Here is a look at the UEFA Awards all-time winners list from 1997 to 2022:

UEFA Player of the Year Award

Men’s Player of the Year

Season	Player	Nationality	Club
2021-22	Karim Benzema	France	Real Madrid
2020-21	Jorginho	Italy	Chelsea
2019-20	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	Bayern Munich
2018-19	Virgil van Dijk	Netherlands	Liverpool
2017-18	Luka Modric	Croatia	Real Madrid
2016-17	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid
2015-16	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid
2014-15	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
2013-14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid
2012-13	Franck Ribery	France	Bayern Munich
2011-12	Andres Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona
2010-11	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
2009-10	Diego Milito	Argentina	Inter
2008-09	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
2007-08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
2006-07	Kaka	Brazil	Milan
2005-06	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Barcelona
2004-05	Steven Gerrard	England	Liverpool
2003-04	Deco	Portugal	Porto
2002-03	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	Juventus
2001-02	Zinedine Zidane	Spain	Real Madrid
2000-01	Stefan Effenberg	Germany	Bayern Munich
1999-2000	Fernando Redondo	Argentina	Real Madrid
1998-99	David Beckham	England	Manchester United
1997-98	Ronaldo	Brazil	Inter

Women’s Player of the Year

Season	Player	Nationality	Club
2021-22	Alexia Putellas	Spain	Barcelona
2020-21	Alexia Putellas	Spain	Barcelona
2019-20	Pernille Harder	Denmark	Wolfsburg
2018-19	Lucy Bronze	England	Lyon
2017-18	Pernille Harder	Denmark	Wolfsburg
2016-17	Lieke Martens	Netherlands	Barcelona
2015-16	Ada Hegerberg	Norway	Lyon
2014-15	Celia Sasic	Germany	Frankfurt
2013-14	Nadine Kessler	Germany	Wolfsburg
2012-13	Nadine Angerer	Germany	Frankfurt

UEFA Coach of the Year Award

Men’s Coach of the Year

Season	Coach	Club
2021-22	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid
2020-21	Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea
2019-20	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich
2015-16	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City
2014-15	Luis Enrique	Barcelona
2013-14	Unai Emery	Sevilla
2012-13	Jupp Heynckes	Bayern Munich
2011-12	Diego Simeone	Atletico Madrid
2010-11	Andre Villas-Boas	Porto
2009-10	Quique Sanchez Flores	Atletico Madrid
2008-09	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona
2007-08	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United
2006-07	Carlo Ancelotti	Milan
2005-06	Frank Rijkaard	Barcelona
2005-06	Juande Ramos	Sevilla
2004-05	Rafael Benitez	Liverpool
2004-05	Valery Gazzaev	CSKA Moscow
2003-04	Jose Mourinho	Porto
2003-04	Rafael Benitez	Valencia
2002-03	Carlo Ancelotti	Milan
2002-03	Jose Mourinho	Porto
2001-02	Vicente del Bosque	Real Madrid
2000-01	Ottmar Hitzfeld	Bayern Munich
1999-2000	Hector Cuper	Valencia
1998-99	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United
1997-98	Marcello Lippi	Juventus

Women’s Coach of the Year

Season	Coach	Club/Country
2021-22	Sarina Wiegman	England
2020-21	Luis Cortes	Barcelona
2019-20	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon

UEFA Best Goalkeeper Award

Best Goalkeeper (Men)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Edouard Mendy	Chelsea
2019-20	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
2018-19	Alisson	Liverpool
2017-18	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
2016-17	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2010-16	Not awarded	Not Awarded
2009-10	Julio Cesar	Inter
2008-09	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United
2007-08	Petr Cech	Chelsea
2006-07	Petr Cech	Chelsea
2005-06	Jens Lehmann	Arsenal
2004-05	Petr Cech	Chelsea
2003-04	Vítor Baia	Porto
2002-03	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
2001-02	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
2000-01	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
1999-2000	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
1998-99	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
1997-98	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United

Best Goalkeeper (Women)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Sandra Panos	Barcelona
2019-20	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon

UEFA Best Defender Award

Best Defender (Men)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Ruben Dias	Manchester City
2019-20	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich
2018-19	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
2017-18	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2016-17	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2010-16	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009-10	Maicon	Inter
2008-09	John Terry	Chelsea
2007-08	John Terry	Chelsea
2006-07	Paolo Maldini	Milan
2005-06	Carles Puyol	Barcelona
2004-05	John Terry	Chelsea
2003-04	Ricardo Carvalho	Porto
2002-03	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid
2001-02	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid
2000-01	Roberto Ayala	Valencia
1999-2000	Jaap Stam	Manchester United
1998-99	Jaap Stam	Manchester United
1997-98	Fernando Hierro	Real Madrid

Best Defender (Women)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Irene Paredes	PSG
2019-20	Wendie Renard	Lyon

UEFA Best Midfielder Award

Best Midfielder (Men)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	N'Golo Kante	Chelsea
2019-20	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
2018-19	Frenkie de Jong	Ajax
2017-18	Luka Modric	Real Madrid
2016-17	Luka Modric	Real Madrid
2010-16	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009-10	Wesley Sneijder	Inter
2008-09	Xavi	Barcelona
2007-08	Frank Lampard	Chelsea
2006-07	Clarence Seedorf	Milan
2005-06	Deco	Barcelona
2004-05	Kaka	Milan
2003-04	Deco	Porto
2002-03	Pavel Nedved	Juventus
2001-02	Michael Ballack	Bayer Leverkusen
2000-01	Gaizka Mendieta	Valencia
1999-2000	Gaizka Mendieta	Valencia
1998-99	David Beckham	Manchester United
1997-98	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus

Best Midfielder (Women)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
2019-20	Dzsenifer Marozsan	Lyon

UEFA Best Forward Award

Best Forward (Men)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
2019-20	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
2018-19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2017-18	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2016-17	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2010-16	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009-10	Diego Milito	Inter
2008-09	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2007-08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
2006-07	Kaka	Milan
2005-06	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona
2004-05	Ronaldinho	Barcelona
2003-04	Fernando Morientes	Monaco
2002-03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United
2001-02	Raul	Real Madrid
2000-01	Raul	Real Madrid
1999-2000	Raul	Real Madrid
1998-99	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv
1997-98	Ronaldo	Inter

Best Forward (Women)

Season	Player	Club
2020-21	Jennifer Hermoso	Barcelona
2019-20	Pernille Harder	Wolfsburg

UEFA President’s Award

Year	Recipients
2022	Arrigo Sacchi (Italy)
2021	Simon Kjaer and the Copenhagen EURO 2020 medical team (Denmark)
2020	Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
2019	Eric Cantona (France)
2018	David Beckham (England)
2017	Francesco Totti (Italy)
2016	No award
2015	No award
2014	Josef Masopust (Czech Republic)
2013	Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
2012	Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
2011	Gianni Rivera (Italy)
2010	Raymond Kopa (France)
2009	Eusebio (Portugal)
2008	Sir Bobby Charlton (England)
2007	Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
2006	Wilfried Straub (Germany)
2005	Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)
2004	Ernie Walker (Scotland)
2003	Paolo Maldini (Italy)
2002	Sir Bobby Robson (England)
2001	Juan Santisteban (Spain)
2000	Guy Roux (France)
1999	No award
1998	Jacques Delors (European Commission, France)