Real Madrid player, Eden Hazard has been named the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season.
The ex Chelsea player beat Olivier Giroud and Luka Jovi to the award and it was announced during the UEFA Europa League group stage draw yesterday, August 30.
The judging panel involved 48 club coaches and 55 journalists, and Hazard ended with 221 points ahead of his former Chelsea team-mate Olivier Giroud.
His words, “Thank you to everyone who voted for me and I’d like to wish everybody playing in the Europa League good luck.”
Top 10 were:
1 Eden Hazard (Chelsea, now Real Madrid) – 340 points
2 Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) – 119 points
3 Luka Jovic (Eintracht, now Real Madrid) – 94 points
4 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – 65 points
5 Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) – 19 points
6 N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea) – 16 points
7 João Félix (Benfica, now Atlético) – 12 points
8 Willian (Chelsea) – 11 points
9= Pedro Rodríguez (Chelsea) – 9 points
9= Sébastien Haller (Eintracht, now West Ham) – 9 points
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