Chelsea and Italy star Jorginho has added the Uefa Men’s Player of the Year award to his Champions league and Euro 2020 winner’s medal.
Jorginho has been crowned the Uefa Men’s Player of the Year for the 2020-21 campaign following a stellar year for club and country.
The 29 year old Brazilian born Italian helped Chelsea to Champions league success in May and followed that up by winning the Euro 2020 with Italy six weeks later.
He stated every game for Italy and missed just one match for Chelsea en route to continental glory as he became just the 10th player to win both competitions in the same year.
The former Napoli midfielder Jorginho edged out Chelsea teammate N’golo Kante and Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne for the award at Thursday’s ceremony in Istanbul.
It is the first time in the awards 11-year history that the top three was comprised exclusively of midfielders.
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland were notable absentees from the top three men shortlist.
The award, which is based on performances at club and international level over the course of the season was last year won by Robert Lewandowski after his stellar goal scoring campaign. SOURCED: FotMob/ uefa.com