UEFA President's Award
The UEFA President's Award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities. The accolade, first introduced by UEFA in 1998, is usually awarded annually to a football personality who is deemed to have advanced the game's development and success.[1][2] Recently, Eric Cantona has become infamous for his bizarre acceptance speech for the 2019 UEFA Presidents Award. Dressed in a flat cap, he began by quoting William Shakespeare's King Lear – "As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods" – before referencing science, war and crime.[3]
Winners
Year | Winner | Ref. |
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1998 | Jacques Delors | [4] |
1999 | Not Awarded | |
2000 | Guy Roux | |
2001 | Juan Santisteban | |
2002 | Bobby Robson | |
2003 | Paolo Maldini | |
2004 | Ernie Walker | |
2005 | Frank Rijkaard | |
2006 | Wilfried Straub | |
2007 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | |
2008 | Bobby Charlton | |
2009 | Eusébio | |
2010 | Raymond Kopa | |
2011 | Gianni Rivera | |
2012 | Franz Beckenbauer | |
2013 | Johan Cruyff | |
2014 | Josef Masopust | |
2015 | Not Awarded | |
2016 | Not Awarded | |
2017 | Francesco Totti | [5] |
2018 | David Beckham | [6] |
2019 | Eric Cantona | [7] |
2020 | Didier Drogba | [8] |
2021 | Mogens Kreutzfeldt Frederik Flensted Anders Boesen Peder Ersgaard Jens Kleinefeld Valentin Velikov Morten Skjoldager Morten Boesen Simon Kjær | [9] |
2022 | Arrigo Sacchi | [10] |
2023 | Miroslav Klose | [11] |
2024 | Gianluigi Buffon | [12] |
References
- ^ "UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "David Beckham: Uefa to honour former England captain with President's Award". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi & Eric Cantona light up Uefa awards". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Francesco Totti to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "David Beckham to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Eric Cantona to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Didier Drogba to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Copenhagen heroes to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Arrigo Sacchi to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Miroslav Klose to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Gianluigi Buffon to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
External links
- UEFA Presidential Award at UEFA.org
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UEFA President's Award
- 1998: Delors
- 1999: Not awarded
- 2000: Roux
- 2001: Santisteban
- 2002: Robson
- 2003: Maldini
- 2004: Walker
- 2005: Rijkaard
- 2006: Straub
- 2007: Di Stéfano
- 2008: Charlton
- 2009: Eusébio
- 2010: Kopa
- 2011: Rivera
- 2012: Beckenbauer
- 2013: Cruyff
- 2014: Masopust
- 2015: Not awarded
- 2016: Not awarded
- 2017: Totti
- 2018: Beckham
- 2019: Cantona
- 2020: Drogba
- 2021: Kjær (shared with the Danish medical team)
- 2022: Sacchi
- 2023: Klose
- 2024: Buffon