Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2016/17 award Luka Modri, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah have been nominated for the 2017/18 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award. The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year and UEFA Champions League positional award winners – during the group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 30 August.

The UEFA Europa League Player of the Season will be announced the following day.

The three-man shortlist

Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia) A UEFA Champions League winner, a FIFA World Cup runner-up and recipient of the FIFA Golden Ball.

 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Juventus and Portugal) A UEFA Champions League winner for a record fifth time and UEFA Champions League top scorer for the sixth campaign running.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) A UEFA Champions League runner-up and a multiple record breaker in his first term at Liverpool.

Source; UEFA.com