UEFA European Championship awards#Young Player of the Tournament
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{{Infobox football tournament
| name = UEFA European Championship
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| organiser = UEFA
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1958}}
| number of teams = 24 / 55
| region = Europe
| website = {{url|https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/|uefa.com/uefaeuro}}
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At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
Awards
There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tournament:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/026b-12bea58fde6b-0f8e557a671a-1000--uefa-euro-2020-at-a-glance/|title=UEFA EURO 2016 at a glance|publisher=UEFA|date=11 July 2016|access-date=28 November 2016}}
- the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
- the Top Scorer Award (currently commercially termed Alipay Top Scorer Award) for most prolific goal scorer;{{efn|In 2021, Alipay also rolled out the digital trophy in gold, silver and bronze.}}
- the Young Player of the Tournament (currently commercially termed as SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament) for best under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2016;
- the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 1996;
- the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament.
Player of the Tournament
The Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player at each edition of the UEFA European Championship since 1996.
UEFA published on its website the Player of the Tournament in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The winners were Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Peter Schmeichel, respectively. However, these winners are unofficial.
Due to Schmeichel's award in 1992 being unofficial, Gianluigi Donnarumma was the first goalkeeper to officially win the award, at UEFA Euro 2020.
Young Player of the Tournament
The Young Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player in the tournament who is at most 22 years old. For the UEFA Euro 2016, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1994. The award was first given out in 2016.
Goal of the Tournament
The "Goal of the Tournament" is an honorary award selected by UEFA's technical observers. The award was first awarded at 2016.
Top goalscorer
Between the years 1960 and 2008, and since 2024, the Golden Boot has been awarded to the top goalscorer(s) of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/euro-2024-golden-boot-standings-top-scorers-kane-b2579696.html|title=Harry Kane wins Golden Boot after bizarre rule sees Euro 2024 award shared|work=The Independent|first=Lawrence|last=Ostlere|date=15 July 2024|access-date=16 July 2024}}
From 2012 to 2020, the number of assists contributed by players was used as a tie-breaker if more than one player scored the same number of goals, with fewest minutes played used as a further tie-breaker if required.
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" | Edition
!colspan="2" style="background-color:gold" | Golden Boot !colspan="2" style="background-color:silver" | Silver Boot !colspan="2" style="background-color:#CC9966" | Bronze Boot |
|---|
| Player(s)
!Goals !Player !Goals !Player !Goals |
| 1960 France
|{{fbicon|YUG}} Milan Galić | style="text-align:center" | 2 goals |colspan="4" rowspan="13" {{n/a}} |
| 1964 Spain
|{{fbicon|HUN}} Ferenc Bene | style="text-align:center" | 2 goals |
| 1968 Italy
|{{fbicon|YUG}} Dragan Džajić | style="text-align:center" | 2 goals |
| 1972 Belgium
|{{fbicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller | style="text-align:center" | 4 goals |
| 1976 Yugoslavia
|{{fbicon|FRG}} Dieter Müller | style="text-align:center" | 4 goals |
| 1980 Italy
|{{fbicon|FRG}} Klaus Allofs | style="text-align:center" | 3 goals |
| 1984 France
|{{fbicon|FRA}} Michel Platini | style="text-align:center" | 9 goals |
| 1988 West Germany
|{{fbicon|NED}} Marco van Basten | style="text-align:center" | 5 goals |
| 1992 Sweden
|{{fbicon|NED}} Dennis Bergkamp | style="text-align:center" | 3 goals |
| 1996 England
|{{fbicon|ENG}} Alan Shearer | style="text-align:center" | 5 goals |
| 2000 Belgium/Netherlands
|{{fbicon|NED}} Patrick Kluivert | style="text-align:center" | 5 goals |
| 2004 Portugal
|{{fbicon|CZE}} Milan Baroš | style="text-align:center" | 5 goals |
| 2008 Austria/Switzerland
|{{fbicon|ESP}} David Villa | style="text-align:center" | 4 goals |
| 2012 Poland/Ukraine{{cite news |title=Late surge earns Torres adidas Golden Boot |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/golden-boot/winner/index.html |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=1 July 2012 |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804071758/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/golden-boot/winner/index.html |archive-date=4 August 2012}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} Fernando Torres | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|3 goals, 1 assist}} |{{fbicon|GER}} Mario Gómez | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|3 goals, 1 assist}} |{{fbicon|RUS}} Alan Dzagoev | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|3 goals, 0 assist}} |
| 2016 France{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d81bfa51831-f90b77575376-1000--france-forward-antoine-griezmann-wins-golden-boot/ |title=France forward Antoine Griezmann wins Golden Boot |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=28 November 2016}}
|{{fbicon|FRA}} Antoine Griezmann | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|6 goals, 2 assists}} |{{fbicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|3 goals, 3 assists}} |{{fbicon|FRA}} Olivier Giroud | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|3 goals, 2 assists}} |
| 2020 Europe{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/026b-12bba1451d65-5786b2cf1519-1000--alipay-top-scorer-cristiano-ronaldo/ |title=Cristiano Ronaldo wins EURO 2020 Alipay Top Scorer award |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=11 July 2021 |access-date=11 July 2021}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|{{fbicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|5 goals, 1 assist}} |{{fbicon|CZE}} Patrik Schick | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|5 goals, 0 assists}} |{{fbicon|FRA}} Karim Benzema | style="text-align:center" | {{nowrap|4 goals, 0 assists}} |
| 2024 Germany{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/028e-1b2c0d015a5f-e6ac102266dd-1000--euro-2024-alipay-top-scorers-gakpo-kane-mikautadze-musia/ |title=EURO 2024 Alipay+ Top Scorers: Gakpo, Kane, Mikautadze, Musiala, Olmo, Schranz |website=UEFA |date=14 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}
|{{fbicon|NED}} Cody Gakpo | style="text-align:center" | 3 goals | colspan="4" {{n/a}} |
=Statistics (1960–2024)=
{{Medals table
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| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_ESP = 4 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 0
| gold_YUG = 4 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 0
| gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1
| gold_ENG = 2 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 0
| gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0
| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 1 | bronze_POR = 0
| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0
| gold_GEO = 1 | silver_GEO = 0 | bronze_GEO = 0
| gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 0
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
}}
Man of the Match Award
The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.{{cite news |last=Saffer |first=Paul |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d81e2cdafba-9461c51771a5-1000--iniesta-holds-off-ronaldo-as-man-of-the-match-master/ |title=Iniesta holds off Ronaldo as man of the match master |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=12 July 2021}}{{cite book |title=UEFA Euro 96 England – Technical Report |chapter=Man of the Match |url=https://archive.org/download/uefa-euro-1996-man-of-the-match-winners/UEFA%20Euro%201996%20Man%20of%20the%20Match%20winners.pdf |publisher=UEFA |location=Nyon |year=1996 |page=48 |access-date=7 January 2023}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/download/uefa-euro-2000-man-of-the-match-winners/UEFA%20Euro%202000%20Man%20of%20the%20Match%20winners.pdf |title=Euro 2000 Technical Report and Statistics |chapter=The Final – and the Man of the Match |publisher=UEFA |page=107 |year=2000 |access-date=6 January 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/025e-0f9c8722214d-322ca3bf47b7-1000--every-euro-player-of-the-match-since-1996/ |title=Every EURO man of the match since 1996 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=14 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Most Man of the Match awards won by tournament |
| Edition
!Player(s) !Awards |
|---|
| 1996 England
|align=left|{{fbicon|CZE}} Karel Poborský |align=center|3 |
| 2000 Belgium / Netherlands
|align=left|{{fbicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry |align=center|3 |
| 2004 Portugal
|align=left|{{fbicon|GER}} Michael Ballack |align=center|2 |
| 2008 Austria / Switzerland
|align=left|{{fbicon|RUS}} Andrey Arshavin |align=center|2 |
| 2012 Poland / Ukraine
|align=left|{{fbicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta |align=center|3 |
| 2016 France
|align=left|{{fbicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo |align=center|2 |
| 2020 Europe
|align=left|{{fbicon|ESP}} Sergio Busquets |align=center|2 |
| 2024 Germany
|align=left|{{fbicon|ENG}} Jude Bellingham |align=center|2 |
Total awards
{{updated|14 July 2024}}
Players in bold are still active.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Players with at least three Euro Man of the Match awards | ||
| Rank
!Player !Country !Awards !Euros with awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|1
|Cristiano Ronaldo||{{fb|POR}}||align=center rowspan=2|6||2008, 2012 (2), 2016 (2), 2020 | ||
| Andrés Iniesta | {{fb|ESP}} | 2008, 2012 (3), 2016 (2) |
| 3
|Granit Xhaka||{{fb|SUI}}||align=center|5||2016 (2), 2020, 2024 (2) | ||
| rowspan=3|4
|Luka Modrić||{{fb|CRO}}||align=center rowspan=3|4||2008, 2016, 2020, 2024 | ||
| Andrea Pirlo | {{fb|ITA}} | 2008, 2012 (3) |
| Zinedine Zidane | {{fb|FRA}} | 2000 (2), 2004 (2) |
| rowspan=10|7
|Michael Ballack||{{fb|GER}}||align=center rowspan=10|3||2004 (2), 2008 | ||
| Federico Chiesa | {{fb|ITA}} | 2020 (2), 2024 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | {{fb|BEL}} | 2020, 2024 (2) |
| Christian Eriksen | {{fb|DEN}} | 2020, 2024 (2) |
| Luís Figo | {{fb|POR}} | 2000 (2), 2004 |
| Thierry Henry | {{fb|FRA}} | 2000 (3) |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | {{fb|SWE}} | 2004, 2008, 2012 |
| Mesut Özil | {{fb|GER}} | 2012 (2), 2016 |
| Pepe | {{fb|POR}} | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
| Karel Poborský | {{fb|CZE}} | 1996 (3) |
Team of the Tournament
=Editions=
The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition, as chosen by the UEFA Technical Study Group since 1996. UEFA also retroactively named teams of the best 11 players from the 1960 to 1992 tournaments. The number of players in these squads has changed, from 18 players in 1996, 22 players in 2000, and 23 players from 2004 until 2012. Since 2016, a team of 11 players has been named.{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/euro-uefatot.html | title = European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament | publisher = RSSSF | date = 14 August 2004 | access-date = 8 June 2012}}
=Multiple awards=
{{updated|2024}}
The following table lists players who have been chosen in at least two Teams of the Tournament.
Players in bold are still active.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Total | Player | Years |
| rowspan="4"|3
|align="left"|{{fbicon|FRA}} Laurent Blanc||1992, 1996, 2000 | ||
|---|---|---|
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini | 1988, 1996, 2000 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|POR}} Pepe | 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo | 2004, 2012, 2016 | |
| rowspan="21" |2
|align="left"|{{fbicon|URS}} Valentin Ivanov||1960, 1964 | ||
| align="left"|{{fbicon|URS}} Lev Yashin | 1960, 1964 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer | 1968, 1976 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ITA}} Dino Zoff | 1968, 1976 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|YUG}} Dragan Džajić | 1968, 1976 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|FRG}} Karlheinz Förster | 1980, 1984 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|GER}} Andreas Brehme | 1984, 1992 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|NED}} Marco van Basten | 1988, 1992 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|NED}} Ruud Gullit | 1988, 1992 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|FRA}} Marcel Desailly | 1996, 2000 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|POR}} Rui Costa | 1996, 2000 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane | 2000, 2004 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|POR}} Luís Figo | 2000, 2004 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|GER}} Michael Ballack | 2004, 2008 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|GER}} Philipp Lahm | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ITA}} Gianluigi Buffon | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ESP}} Iker Casillas | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ESP}} Cesc Fàbregas | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ESP}} Xavi | 2008, 2012 | |
| align="left"|{{fbicon|ENG}} Kyle Walker
|2020, 2024 |
=Awards by team (1960–2024)=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank | Team | {{abbr|G|Goalkeepers}} | {{abbr|D|Defenders}} | {{abbr|M|Midfielders}} | {{abbr|F|Forwards}} | Total |
| 1 | align=left|{{fb|GER}} | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| 2 | align=left|{{fb|ESP}} | 2 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | align=left|{{fb|ITA}} | 6 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | align=left|{{fb|FRA}} | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | align=left|{{fb|POR}} | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | align=left|{{fb|NED}} | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | align=left|{{fb|ENG}} | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | align=left|{{fb|CZE}} | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | align=left|{{fb|URS}} | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | align=left|{{fb|YUG}} | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | align=left|{{fb|DEN}} | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | align=left|{{fb|GRE}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | align=left|{{fb|RUS}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| rowspan=3|14 | align=left|{{fb|BEL}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | rowspan=3|3 |
| align=left|{{fb|HUN}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| align=left|{{fb|SWE}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| rowspan=2|17 | align=left|{{fb|CRO}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | rowspan=2|2 |
| align=left|{{fb|WAL}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=4|19 | align=left|{{fb|BUL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | rowspan="4" |1 |
| align=left|{{fb|SCG}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| align=left|{{fb|SUI}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| align=left|{{fb|TUR}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total||22 teams||24||76||87||54||241 |
|---|
=All-time Euro XI=
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{{Image label|x=0.37|y=1.05|scale=300|text=Buffon}}
{{Image label|x=0.58|y=0.66|scale=350|text=Lahm}}
{{Image label|x=0.45|y=0.72|scale=350|text=Puyol}}
{{Image label|x=0.15|y=0.72|scale=350|text=Beckenbauer}}
{{Image label|x=0.07|y=0.66|scale=350|text=Maldini}}
{{Image label|x=0.18|y=0.45|scale=350|text=Iniesta}}
{{Image label|x=0.34|y=0.52|scale=350|text=Pirlo}}
{{Image label|x=0.45|y=0.45|scale=350|text=Zidane}}
{{Image label|x=0.52|y=0.28|scale=350|text=Ronaldo}}
{{Image label|x=0.27|y=0.24|scale=350|text=Van Basten}}
{{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.28|scale=350|text=Henry}}
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In June 2016, ahead of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI; the winning team was chosen based on votes cast on EURO2016.com and Twitter. The application featured the 11 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d813794a987-97623277ab50-1000--your-all-time-euro-11-revealed/|title=Your All-time EURO 11 revealed|publisher=UEFA|date=7 June 2016|access-date=7 June 2016}}
- Appeared in at least a semi-final
- Featured in a Team of the Tournament
- Finished a EURO tournament as top scorer
- Produced an iconic EURO moment
;Goalkeeper
- {{fbicon|ITA}} Gianluigi Buffon
;Defenders
- {{fbicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini
- {{fbicon|GER}} Franz Beckenbauer
- {{fbicon|ESP}} Carles Puyol
- {{fbicon|GER}} Philipp Lahm
;Midfielders
- {{fbicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta
- {{fbicon|ITA}} Andrea Pirlo
- {{fbicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane
;Forwards
- {{fbicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo
- {{fbicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry
- {{fbicon|NED}} Marco van Basten
See also
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{European Football Championship}}
{{UEFA Euro winners}}
{{UEFA European Championship top scorers}}
{{UEFA European Championship player of the tournament}}