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Argentine star Lionel Messi has missed out on winning the 2022–2023 UEFA award despite reaching the Champions League Round of 16 with PSG.
The ceremony took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco where the awards for the best manager and best player (Men and Women) were announced.
A few weeks ago, UEFA released a list of nominees for the Men's player of the year and the men's coach of the year.
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The men's player of the year nominees were Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium & Manchester City), Erling Haaland (Norway & Manchester City) and Lionel Messi (Argentina & Paris, now at Inter Miami).
While the nominees for the men's coach of the year were Josep Guardiola (Manchester City), Simone Inzaghi (Inter) and Luciano Spalletti (Napoli).
However, Messi missed out on the award as Haaland won the men's player of the year for the first time and Guardiola won the men’s coach of the year.
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Man City manager Pep Guardiola was also awarded the Uefa Men's Coach of the Year as he led the Citizens to their first Champions League trophy.
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Guardiola, who joined Man City in 2016, has been on the hunt to win another Champions League trophy since winning his last at Barcelona.
He was able to break through the barrier last season with Man City after 12 years of many attempts.
Meanwhile, Sarina Wiegman, England women's head coach also won the Uefa women's coach of the year after leading the Lioness to the final of the Women's World Cup and winning the Finalissima against Brazil at Wembley.
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Aitana Bonmati, the Barcelona and Spain midfielder also won the Uefa women's player of the year after an impressive season.
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