UEFA Nations League | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:01:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico UEFA Nations League | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 UEFA release Player of the Year shortlist https://www.insideojodu.com/uefa-release-player-of-the-year-shortlist/ https://www.insideojodu.com/uefa-release-player-of-the-year-shortlist/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:01:30 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6696 Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for this year…

The post UEFA release Player of the Year shortlist first appeared on InsideOjodu.]]> Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for this year UEFA Men’s Player of the Year.

Liverpool defender, Van Dijk, was shortlisted for the award after playing an influential role as they won the Champions League and UEFA Super Cup. He also helped his team finish second place in the Premier League and reached the UEFA Nations League final with Holland earlier in the summer, where they were beaten by Portugal.

Lionel Messi finished top goalscorer in the Champions League and picked up the European Golden Shoe, as well as winning his 10th La Liga title with Barcelona.

For Cristiano Ronaldo, he claimed his first Serie A title with Juventus following his £100m move from Real Madrid, where he scored 28 goals in his first season in Italy. He also led Portugal to Nations League glory, where he was named top scorer at the finals.

The winner will be announced during the Champions League draw on August 29

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