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
[edit]Year | Winner | Ref. |
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1998 | ![]() |
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1999 | Not Awarded | |
2000 | ![]() | |
2001 | ![]() | |
2002 | ![]() | |
2003 | ![]() | |
2004 | ![]() | |
2005 | ![]() | |
2006 | ![]() | |
2007 | ![]() | |
2008 | ![]() | |
2009 | ![]() | |
2010 | ![]() | |
2011 | ![]() | |
2012 | ![]() | |
2013 | ![]() | |
2014 | ![]() | |
2015 | Not Awarded | |
2016 | Not Awarded | |
2017 | ![]() |
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2018 | ![]() |
[6] |
2019 | ![]() |
[7] |
2020 | ![]() |
[8] |
2021 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[9] |
2022 | ![]() |
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2023 | ![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ "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.