• 10. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 12 points. Reuters
    10. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 12 points. Reuters
  • 9. Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona) 27 points. EPA
    9. Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona) 27 points. EPA
  • 8. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) 27 points. AFP
    8. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) 27 points. AFP
  • 7. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) 38 points. Reuters
    7. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) 38 points. Reuters
  • 6. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 49 points. Reuters
    6. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 49 points. Reuters
  • 5. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 51 points. Getty
    5. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 51 points. Getty
  • 4. Alisson (Liverpool) 57 points. AFP
    4. Alisson (Liverpool) 57 points. AFP
  • 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 74 points. EPA
    3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 74 points. EPA
  • 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 205 points. AFP
    2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 205 points. AFP
  • 1. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool) 307 points. EPA
    1. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool) 307 points. EPA

Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo: Uefa's top 10 players of 2018/19 - in pictures


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The votes have been counted up and it was Virgil van Dijk who was announced as the men's Uefa Player of the Year on Thursday.

The Liverpool defender became the first defender to win the award as he topped the poll with 307 points.

The competition, first launched in 2010-11, had been largely dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past as they won five of the previous eight titles.

But they had to settle for second and third this time around respectively.

Liverpool, who won the Uefa Champions League in June, had four of the top 10 places with Van Dijk, Alisson, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

Have a look at the top 10, and how many points they got in the vote, in the gallery above.

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