'Special place'
Brazil hat-trick 'Learning and improving' Maldini honour
Maldini was crowned Best Defender after his 22nd campaign as a Milan player ended with him lifting club football's most prestigious trophy for a fifth time. He may now be 39 and the oldest winner of such an award, but he promised more to come, saying: "We've been the best team in Italy, Europe and the world over the past 20 years. And the cycle hasn't ended yet." Čech, meanwhile, came top in the goalkeeping category for the second time in three years despite missing three months of the 2006/07 campaign after suffering a fractured skull. The Chelsea FC No1 recently kept his 100th league clean sheet and was named the the best player in the Czech Republic for the third successive year.
Best GoalkeeperYearPlayerClub2007Petr ČechChelsea FC2006Jens LehmannArsenal FC 2005Petr Čech Chelsea FC2004FC Porto2003Gianluigi BuffonJuventus2002Oliver Kahn2001Oliver Kahn2000Oliver Kahn1999Oliver Kahn1998Peter SchmeichelManchester United FC
Best DefenderYearPlayerClub2007Paolo MaldiniAC Milan2006Carles PuyolFC Barcelona2005John TerryChelsea FC2004Ricardo CarvalhoFC Porto2003Roberto CarlosReal Madrid CF2002Roberto CarlosReal Madrid CF2001Roberto AyalaValencia CF2000Jaap Stam Manchester United FC1999Jaap Stam Manchester United FC1998Fernando HierroReal Madrid CF
Best MidfielderYearPlayerClub2007Clarence SeedorfAC Milan2006DecoFC Barcelona2005AC Milan2004Deco FC Porto2003Pavel NedvědJuventus2002Michael Ballack2001Gaizka MendietaValencia CF2000Gaizka MendietaValencia CF1999David BeckhamManchester United FC1998Juventus
Best ForwardYearPlayerClub2007AC Milan2006Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona2005RonaldinhoFC Barcelona2004Fernando MorientesAS Monaco FC2003Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United FC2002Real Madrid CF2001Real Madrid CF2000Real Madrid CF1999Andriy Shevchenko FC Dynamo Kyiv1998Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milano
UEFA Club Footballer of the YearYearPlayerClub2007AC Milan2006RonaldinhoFC Barcelona2005Steven GerrardLiverpool FC2004DecoFC Porto2003Gianluigi BuffonJuventus FC2002Real Madrid CF2001Stefan Effenberg2000Fernando RedondoReal Madrid CF1999David BeckhamManchester United FC1998Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milanohttp://www.uefa.com/competitions/sup...id=577098.html
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Brazil hat-trick 'Learning and improving' Maldini honour
Maldini was crowned Best Defender after his 22nd campaign as a Milan player ended with him lifting club football's most prestigious trophy for a fifth time. He may now be 39 and the oldest winner of such an award, but he promised more to come, saying: "We've been the best team in Italy, Europe and the world over the past 20 years. And the cycle hasn't ended yet." Čech, meanwhile, came top in the goalkeeping category for the second time in three years despite missing three months of the 2006/07 campaign after suffering a fractured skull. The Chelsea FC No1 recently kept his 100th league clean sheet and was named the the best player in the Czech Republic for the third successive year.
Best GoalkeeperYearPlayerClub2007Petr ČechChelsea FC2006Jens LehmannArsenal FC 2005Petr Čech Chelsea FC2004FC Porto2003Gianluigi BuffonJuventus2002Oliver Kahn2001Oliver Kahn2000Oliver Kahn1999Oliver Kahn1998Peter SchmeichelManchester United FC
Best DefenderYearPlayerClub2007Paolo MaldiniAC Milan2006Carles PuyolFC Barcelona2005John TerryChelsea FC2004Ricardo CarvalhoFC Porto2003Roberto CarlosReal Madrid CF2002Roberto CarlosReal Madrid CF2001Roberto AyalaValencia CF2000Jaap Stam Manchester United FC1999Jaap Stam Manchester United FC1998Fernando HierroReal Madrid CF
Best MidfielderYearPlayerClub2007Clarence SeedorfAC Milan2006DecoFC Barcelona2005AC Milan2004Deco FC Porto2003Pavel NedvědJuventus2002Michael Ballack2001Gaizka MendietaValencia CF2000Gaizka MendietaValencia CF1999David BeckhamManchester United FC1998Juventus
Best ForwardYearPlayerClub2007AC Milan2006Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona2005RonaldinhoFC Barcelona2004Fernando MorientesAS Monaco FC2003Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United FC2002Real Madrid CF2001Real Madrid CF2000Real Madrid CF1999Andriy Shevchenko FC Dynamo Kyiv1998Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milano
UEFA Club Footballer of the YearYearPlayerClub2007AC Milan2006RonaldinhoFC Barcelona2005Steven GerrardLiverpool FC2004DecoFC Porto2003Gianluigi BuffonJuventus FC2002Real Madrid CF2001Stefan Effenberg2000Fernando RedondoReal Madrid CF1999David BeckhamManchester United FC1998Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milanohttp://www.uefa.com/competitions/sup...id=577098.html
VIVA ITALIA VIVA MILAN VIVA MALDINI
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