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UEFA unveils player and coach of the year nominees for 2021/22

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Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois and Karim Benzema

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– Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Real Madrid duo Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois have been shortlisted for the men’s Uefa Player of the Year award.

– The winner will be announced on 25 August.

– Goalkeeper Courtois and Benzema won the Champions League, with the striker named 2021-22 Uefa Champions League Player of the Season.

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– Courtois was Player of the Match in the Champions League final.

– Midfielder De Bruyne won the 2021-22 Premier League Player of the Season.

– The top three nominees were chosen from an original list of 15 players which included Paris St-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe, Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Fabinho.

– Uefa also revealed the shortlist for the men’s Manager of the Year award, with Real’s Carlo Ancelotti, City’s Pep Guardiola and Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp named.

– The women’s Player of the Year and Manager of the Year nominees will be named at a later date.

– All the winners will be announced at the Champions League group-stage draw ceremony in Istanbul.

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