Griezmann, short-listed for the 2015-16 UEFA Best Player in Europe award
UEFA has announced the three finalists for the award and one of them is the French forward, who sees his extraordinary season recognized.
Antoine Griezmann is among the three finalists for the 2015-16 UEFA Best Player in Europe award alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, as was announced this Friday by the governing body of European football. Press representatives of more than 50 European federations thus recognize the extraordinary season of our striker, who will opt to win the award on 25th August in Monaco during the draw of the 2016-17 Champions League group stage.
THE DATA
- 32
- goals were scored by Griezmann with Atlético de Madrid last season
Griezmann played 38 matches of LaLiga last season, scoring 22 goals and giving 6 assists. In the Champions League, the French striker played 13 matches scoring 7 goals. And he scored 3 more goals in the 3 matches of the King’s Cup he played. The player from Macon finished the campaign with 32 goals and plenty of great performances with the red and white jersey.
With his national team he scored 8 goals in 2015-16, six of them in the European Championship in France, which made him win the Golden Boot of the tournament and also served him to win the Player of the competition trophy.
