Nominees for the 2009 European Player of the Year award

Posted on October 18, 2009 
Filed Under Football

The European Player of the Year award title is perhaps the most honorable title in the football world. Many important players who are the great figures in the football have nominated for the title. Veteran Manchester United winger, Ryan Giggs, is also nominated for the award along with four more British footballers.

Players from different clubs nominated for the European Player of the Year 2009. Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and John Terry are the four British players other than Giggs. Cristiano Ronaldo who already won the title last year is also nominated for the title. But there is no record for nomination from Germany and Italy. Chelsea has three nominees: Lampard, Terry and Didier Drogba. The result will be announced on December.

The list of nominees for the European player of the year 2009 is:

Andrei Arshavin (Russia) Arsenal
Karim Benzema (France) Olympique Lyon then Real Madrid
Iker Casillas (Spain) Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Manchester United then Real Madrid
Diego (Brazil) Werder Bremen then Juventus
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) Chelsea
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia) VfL Wolfsburg
Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) Barcelona then Inter Milan
Cesc Fabregas (Spain) Arsenal
Fernando Torres (Spain) Liverpool
Diego Forlan (Uruguay) Atletico Madrid
Steven Gerrard (England) Liverpool
Ryan Giggs (Wales) Manchester United
Yoann Gourcuff (France) Bordeaux
Thierry Henry (France) Barcelona
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) Inter Milan then Barcelona
Andres Iniesta (Spain) Barcelona
Julio Cesar (Brazil) Inter Milan
Kaka (Brazil) AC Milan then Real Madrid
Frank Lampard (England) Chelsea
Maicon (Brazil) Inter Milan
Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona
Luis Fabiano (Brazil) Sevilla
Franck Ribery (France) Bayern Munich
Wayne Rooney (England) Manchester United
John Terry (England) Chelsea
Nemanja Vidic (Serbia) Manchester United
David Villa (Spain) Valencia
Xavi (Spain) Barcelona
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) Barcelona

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