Two Chelsea players were among Uefa’s best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward in the 2020-21 Champions league.
Edouard Mendy, Ruben Dias, N’golo Kante and Erling Håland.
Chelsea’s goalkeeper Edouard Mendy kept nine clean sheets in last season’s competitions as the Blues won the trophy for the second time, beating Manchester City in the final 1-0.
Manchester City Defender Ruben Dias won the best defender’s award in recognition of his stellar performances in defense as the Citizens made it to the final as well as winning the Premier league’s Player of the Year award as they also clinched the league title while Chelsea’s Kante, Uefa’s Man of the match in both legs of the semi final and final won the award for the best midfielder. Borussia Dortmund Striker Erling Håland was chosen as the best forward in 2020-21.
Also Chelsea’s German coach Thomas Tuchel who took the reigns as coach in January after the club decided to sack club legend Frank Lampard following a string of poor results; received the award for Uefa’s Men’s Best Coach edging out Italy’s coach Roberto Mancini after leading the Blues to the Uefa Champions league trophy in 2020-21 and the Uefa Super Cup this season. Fotmob/uefa.com/Getty Images