The UEFA Club Football Awards are awards given by UEFA to the most outstanding performers of the European club football season. The awards were presented in August each year at a special gala in Monaco ahead of the European Super Cup. Since 2005, the awards are presented at the UEFA Champions League draw.

Contents 1 Award categories 1.1 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 1.2 Best Goalkeeper 1.3 Best defender 1.4 Best midfielder 1.5 Best forward 1.6 Coach(es) of the Year 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Award categories

[edit] UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

[edit] Best Goalkeeper

• 1997–98 Peter Schmeichel ( Manchester United)
• 1998–99 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 1999–00 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2000–01 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2001–02 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2002–03 Gianluigi Buffon ( Juventus)
• 2003–04 Vítor Baía ( Porto)
• 2004–05 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2005–06 Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal)
• 2006–07 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2007–08 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2008–09 Edwin van der Sar ( Manchester United)

[edit] Best defender

• 1997–98 Fernando Hierro ( Real Madrid)
• 1998–99 Jaap Stam ( Manchester United)
• 1999–00 Jaap Stam ( Manchester United)
• 2000–01 Roberto Ayala ( Valencia)
• 2001–02 Roberto Carlos ( Real Madrid)
• 2002–03 Roberto Carlos ( Real Madrid)
• 2003–04 Ricardo Carvalho ( Porto)
• 2004–05 John Terry ( Chelsea)
• 2005–06 Carles Puyol ( Barcelona)
• 2006–07 Paolo Maldini ( Milan)
• 2007–08 John Terry ( Chelsea)
• 2008–09 John Terry ( Chelsea)

[edit] Best midfielder

• 1997–98 Zinedine Zidane ( Juventus)
• 1998–99 David Beckham ( Manchester United)
• 1999–00 Gaizka Mendieta ( Valencia)
• 2000–01 Gaizka Mendieta ( Valencia)
• 2001–02 Michael Ballack ( Bayer Leverkusen)
• 2002–03 Pavel Nedvěd ( Juventus)
• 2003–04 Deco ( Porto)
• 2004–05 Kaká ( Milan)
• 2005–06 Deco ( Barcelona)
• 2006–07 Clarence Seedorf ( Milan)
• 2007–08 Frank Lampard ( Chelsea)
• 2008–09 Xavi ( Barcelona)

[edit] Best forward

• 1997–98 Ronaldo (Internazionale)
• 1998–99 Andriy Shevchenko ( Dynamo Kyiv)
• 1999–00 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2000–01 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2001–02 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2002–03 Ruud van Nistelrooy ( Manchester United)
• 2003–04 Fernando Morientes ( Monaco)
• 2004–05 Ronaldinho ( Barcelona)
• 2005–06 Samuel Eto'o ( Barcelona)
• 2006–07 Kaká ( Milan)
• 2007–08 Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
• 2008–09 Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)

[edit] Coach(es) of the Year

Year		Coach		Club
1997–98		Marcello Lippi		Juventus
1998–99		Alex Ferguson		Manchester United
1999–00		Héctor Cúper		Valencia
2000–01		Ottmar Hitzfeld		Bayern Munich
2001–02		Vicente del Bosque		Real Madrid
2002–03		Carlo Ancelotti José Mourinho		Milan Porto
2003–04		José Mourinho Rafael Benítez		Porto Valencia
2004–05		Rafael Benítez Valery Gazzaev		Liverpool CSKA Moscow
2005–06		Frank Rijkaard Juande Ramos		Barcelona Sevilla

The UEFA stopped giving the award for Coach of the Year after the 2005–06 season.

[edit] See also

• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Cup
• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll
• UEFA Jubilee Awards

[edit] External links

• 2008 Awards at uefa.com
• 2007 Awards at uefa.com