Belgian professional
footballer, Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli has been named the 2019/20 UEFA
Europa League Player of the Season.
The 27-year-old finished ahead of Bruno
Fernandes and Éver Banega to win the fourth edition of the award, which was
announced during the UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Nyon. His Belgian
international team-mate Eden Hazard collected the gong last season.
Lukaku
registered in all six of Inter’s games after entering the competition in the
knockout stage – striking seven goals in total – and also laid on two assists.
He opened the scoring from the penalty spot in August’s final though he was
unfortunate to later deflect in a shot that gave Sevilla the title.
Lukaku nevertheless ended
2019/20 with 34 goals in all competitions for the Nerazzurri, a significant
figure as it was also Ronaldo’s return in his first campaign at the club in
1997/98. Having found the net in Inter’s last two UEFA Champions League matches
before transferring to the UEFA Europa League, he scored in eight successive
outings in UEFA competition.
Top ten players of
the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
1 Romelu Lukaku (Inter) – 270
points
2 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United)
– 128 points
3 Éver Banega (Sevilla) – 118 points
4 Luuk de Jong (Sevilla) – 64 points
5 Jesús Navas (Sevilla) – 59 points
6 Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) – 39 points
7 Kai Havertz (Leverkusen) – 17 points
8 Diego Carlos (Sevilla) – 9 points
9 Adama Traoré (Wolves) – 8 points
10 Jules Koundé (Sevilla) – 7 points
How Lukaku was
selected
The
jury was composed of the coaches of the 48 clubs in last season’s group stage,
together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group,
one from each UEFA member association.
Jury
members picked their top three players, with the first receiving five points,
the second three and the third one. Coaches were not allowed to vote for
players from their own team.
CREDIT: UEFA.com
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