UEFA Nominations Best player: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Ned) Manchester United/Eng, Raul Gonzalez (Spa) Real Madrid/Spa, Zinedine Zidane (Fra) Real Madrid/Spa Best goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Ita) Juventus Turin/Ita, Jerzy Dudek (Pol) Liverpool/Eng, Oliver Kahn (Ger) Bayern Munich/Ger Best defender: Cafu (Bra) AS Roma/Ita, Sami Hyypia (Fin) Liverpool/Eng, Roberto Carlos (Bra) Real Madrid/Spa Best midfielder: Michael Ballack (Ger) Bayer Leverkusen/Ger, Roy Keane (Irl) Manchester United/Eng, Patrick Vieira (Fra) Arsenal/Eng Best striker: Raul Gonzalez (Spa) Real Madrid/Spa, David Trezeguet (Fra) Juventus/Ita, Ruud van Nistelrooy (Ned) Manchester United/Eng Best coach: Vicente del Bosque (Spa) Real Madrid/Spa, Sir Alex Ferguson (Sco) Manchester United/Eng, Klaus Toppmoller (Ger) Bayer Leverkusen/Ger ---------------------------------------------- But Dudek's chances of winning it aren't so good (obviously because of his performance at the World Cup). It will almost certainly be Kahn.
Awesome! That's a fantastic honor to even be listed in that company. Think of all of the great keepers he's already considered better than just to be nominated ... all other EPL keepers, all La Liga keepers, the Dutch League, etc. etc. etc. Congrats Dudek -Tron