Lucy Bronze Wins UEFA Women's Player of the Year 2019, First England International to Earn The Prestigious Award

UEFA on Thursday announced women's player of the year 2019. Lucy Bronze won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award 2019. She became the first England international footballer to earn the prestigious award. The ceremony of the event was held in Monaco, Europe. Lucy Bronze was not present during the event and thanked the audience with a video. Lionel Messi Beats Cristiano Ronaldo to Bag the UEFA Forward of the Season 2019. 

Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze is an English footballer. She holds the right-back position in his team. She has played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City and Olympique Lyonnais in her football career. Since 2017, Bronze is playing for Olympique Lyonnais.

UEFA Wishes Lucy!

Among men's awards, Virgil van Dijk won the award for the best footballer of the year, beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Lionel Messi went on to beat Cristiano Ronaldo for bagging the UEFA Forward of the Season 2019 Award. The two arch-rivals were nominated alongside Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, who stood number second with 2019 points. Messi, with 285 points, took the award to his name. Cristiano Ronaldo stood on number three with 91 points.

Vigil wins it!

After Messi won the award, Barcelona posted a tweet to congratulate the star on Twitter. The Argentina footballer was seated right beside his arch-rival Ronaldo. The Juventus star was seen cheering for the winner as he walked up to the podium to collect the award.

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