UEFA President's Award

The UEFA President's Award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities. The accolade, first introduced by UEFA in 1998, is usually awarded annually to a football personality who is deemed to have advanced the game's development and success.[1][2] Recently, Eric Cantona has become infamous for his bizarre acceptance speech for the 2019 UEFA Presidents Award. Dressed in a flat cap, he began by quoting William Shakespeare's King Lear – "As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods" – before referencing science, war and crime.[3]

Winners
Year Winner Ref.
1998 Jacques Delors [4]
1999 Not Awarded
2000 Guy Roux
2001 Juan Santisteban
2002 Bobby Robson
2003 Paolo Maldini
2004 Ernie Walker
2005 Frank Rijkaard
2006 Wilfried Straub
2007 Alfredo Di Stéfano
2008 Bobby Charlton
2009 Eusébio
2010 Raymond Kopa
2011 Gianni Rivera
2012 Franz Beckenbauer
2013 Johan Cruyff
2014 Josef Masopust
2015 Not Awarded
2016 Not Awarded
2017 Francesco Totti
2018 David Beckham
2019 Eric Cantona [5]

References
  1. "UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "David Beckham: Uefa to honour former England captain with President's Award". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi & Eric Cantona light up Uefa awards". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. "Eric Cantona to receive UEFA President's Award". UEFA.com. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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