THE 2017/18 CHAMPION LEAGUE GROUP STAGE AND AWARD WINNERS

Goalkeeper of the season: Gianluigi Buffon
Defender of the season: Sergio Ramos
Midfielder of the season: Luka Modrić
Forward of the season: Cristiano Ronald




Award winners' 2016/17 UEFA Champions League stats

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Appearances: 12
Minutes: 1080
Clean sheets: 9
Goals conceded: 7

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 1001
Clean sheets: 1
Goals conceded: 14
Goals: 1
Assists: 3

Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 983
Goals: 0
Assists: 1

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Appearances: 13
Minutes: 1200
Goals: 12
Assists: 6

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award for the 2017 season.

The 32-year-old Portuguese international – who the last term helped the Spanish team to their second successive UEFA Champions League title and 12th overall in European football's premier club competition – received the award in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday.

Ronaldo picked up the trophy for the second consecutive season and third time in total, having also received the accolade in 2013/14.


He finished ahead of two other shortlisted candidates, Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi and Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon,
in a poll of the 80 coaches in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, together with 55 journalists selected by
the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations.

"I'm so glad to be here, and honored to win this trophy again," Ronaldo said after receiving the award. "Thank you for my team-mates and congratulations to them too.
I'm so blessed – thanks also to the supporters of Real Madrid, and everyone who helped me to achieve this trophy."

Dutch star Lieke Martens has been named UEFA Women's Player of the Year for the 2017 season.

The 24-year-old Barcelona forward, who recently helped the Netherlands to win UEFA Women's EURO 2017 on home soil and aided Rosengård to the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals, received the award at a ceremony during the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday.


"This is so amazing," said Martens after receiving the award. "It's a big honor. I'm really proud, but I couldn't achieve this without my team-mates. I'm speechless!"