Liverpool center-back, Virgil van Dijk won the Uefa Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday, edging out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Lucy Bronze took the women’s prize.
Dutchman Van Dijk starred as Liverpool won their sixth European Cup last season with a 2-0 Champions League final victory over Tottenham in Madrid.
Full-back Bronze won the Women’s Champions League title with Lyon before helping England reach the women’s World Cup semifinals, BBC sport reported.
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England’s Lucy Bronze has been named the Uefa Women’s Player of the Year, while Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk took the men’s award.
Full-back Bronze beat Lyon team-mates Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry to the award.
She is the first English winner of the honour, voted for by top coaches in the women’s game and journalists.
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