Player of the Year 2003
By the Uruguayan newspaper El País. Any player from a European club is
eligible, no matter their country of origin. Winner is called "Rey del futbol
de Europa" (Europe Football King).
Top 20
1. Zinedine ZIDANE 45 pts France Real Madrid (Spa)
2. Pavel NEDVED 38 " Czech Republic Juventus (Ita)
3. ROBERTO CARLOS da Silva 31 " Brazil Real Madrid (Spa)
4. Ruud VAN NISTELROOY 27 " Holland Manchester United (Eng)
5. Alessandro NESTA 26 " Italy A.C. Milan (Ita)
RONALDO Nazario de Lima 26 " Brazil Real Madrid (Spa)
7. Thierry HENRY 25 " France Arsenal F.C. (Eng)
8. Gianluigi BUFFON 23 " Italy Juventus (Ita)
RAÚL González Blanco 23 " Spain Real Madrid (Spa)
10. David BECKHAM 22 " England Manchester United (Eng) / Real Madrid (Spa)
Paolo MALDINI 22 " Italy A.C. Milan (Ita)
12. Lilian THURAM 19 " France Juventus (Ita)
13. Michael BALLACK 17 " Germany Bayern Munich (Ger)
Iker CASILLAS 17 " Spain Real Madrid (Spa)
15. DIDA 13 " Brazil A.C. Milan (Ita)
Rio FERDINAND 13 " England Manchester United (Eng)
Claude MAKELELE 13 " France Real Madrid (Spa) / Chelsea F.C. (Eng)
18. Roberto AYALA 12 " Argentina Valencia (Spa)
Oliver KAHN 12 " Germany Bayern Munich (Ger)
Paolo MONTERO 12 " Uruguay Juventus (Ita)
Míchel SALGADO 12 " Spain Real Madrid (Spa)
Coach of the Year 2003
By the Uruguayan newspaper El País. Any coach from a European club or national
team is eligible, no matter their country of origin.
Top 6
1. Alex FERGUSON 25 pts Scotland Manchester United (Eng)
2. Fabio CAPELLO 24 " Italy A.S. Roma (Ita)
Marcello LIPPI 24 " Italy Juventus (Ita)
4. Sven Goran ERIKSSON 13 " Sweden England National Team
Arsène WENGER 13 " France Arsenal F.C. (Eng)
6. Felix MAGATH 12 " Germany VfB Stuttgart (Ger)
Prepared and maintained by Francisco Fernández for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Francisco Fernández
(ffernandez@espectador.com.uy)
Last updated: 3 Jan 2004
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