Lieke Martens has been chosen as Golden Player of 2021. The attacker of the the Dutch Lionesses and Barcelona remained in the election of the Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport her teammate Jennifer Hermoso and Pernille Harder of Chelsea. In the men’s league, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has been named Golden Player for the second year in a row.
Martens has had a strong season, in which Barcelona won the Women’s Champions League after a 0-4 victory over Chelsea in the final. It is the second major individual award for 28-year-old Martens, after being voted Women’s Player of the Year by UEFA in 2017. Like Vivianne Miedema, Martens is also one of the candidates to win the Ballon d’Or. The Golden Player award will be presented to Martens on December 13 in Turin.
Lewandowski may then also travel to Turin to receive the prize. The Polish striker of Bayern Munich stayed ahead of Jorginho and Lionel Messi in the election and can therefore call himself Golden Player for the second year in a row. Lewandowski scored 48 goals in 40 games last season and played an important role for his club in winning the World Cup for club teams, the European Supercup, the league title and the German Supercup.
The winners of the Golden Player award are chosen by a jury that includes Andriy Shevchenko, Lothar Matthäus, Hristo Stoichkov, Emilio Butragueño, Pavel Nedved, Stéphane Chapuisat, Luca Toni, Samuel Eto’o, Alessandro Costacurta, Edwin van der Sar, Juan Sebastian Veron and Rui Costa. It was previously announced that Pedri has won the Golden Boy award, while Marina Granovskaia (Chelsea, best club director), Olivier Letang (Lille OSC, best chairman) and Federico Pastorello (best agent, representing Romelu Lukaku, among others) were also awarded. have fallen.