<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.uefa.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award) is an association football award given to the footballer playing for a football club in Europe that is considered the best in the previous season of both club and national team competition . The award, created in 2011 by UEFA, is aimed at reviving the European Footballer of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or), which was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or . It also replaced the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award . </P> <P> Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to win the award three times as well as twice in a row . Since its inception, the award has been won by Lionel Messi (2011, 2015), Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry (2013), Cristiano Ronaldo (2014, 2016, 2017) and Luka Modrić (2018). Female players are awarded the UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award, introduced in 2013 . </P> <P> According to UEFA, the award "recognise (s) the best player, irrespective of his nationality, playing for a football club within the territory of a UEFA member association during the previous season ." Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season . </P>

Uefa men's player of the year award 2018 winner