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The UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award) was an
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award given to the female footballer that is considered the best player playing for a
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in Europe during the previous season. The award was announced in 2013, two years after the creation of the
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, the equivalent award for male footballers. Nadine Angerer, Lena Goeßling, and
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made the shortlist for the inaugural year, with Nadine Angerer being selected as the winner on 5 September 2013 during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the
2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal. German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Ty ...
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Criteria and voting

According to UEFA, players are selected based on their performances that year in "all competitions, both domestic and international, and at club and national team levels". For the inaugural award, players were nominated by the coaches of the twelve national teams that made the group stage of the
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competition and the coaches of the eight club teams that made the quarterfinals of the
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 12th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Stamford Bridge, London, England on 23 May 2013. Team allocation and distribution The national champ ...
. The nominees were then voted on by eighteen sports journalists that cover women's association football, chosen by trade organization European Sports Media. Each of the voters selected their pick for the top three players, giving their first choice five points, their second choice three points, and their third choice one point. From this initial round of voting, a three player shortlist is selected and the fourth through tenth-place finishers are determined. The winner, runner up, and third-place finisher are selected from the shortlist during a second round of voting, which takes place during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the
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Award history


Winners


By player


By country


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Finalists


2012–13

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2013–14

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2014–15

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2015–16

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2016–17

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2017–18

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2018–19

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2019–20

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2020–21

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2021–22

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2022–23

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See also

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* {{International women's football Best Women's Player in Europe *Eur 2 Women's association football player of the year awards Awards established in 2013