Lukaku emerges Europa League Player of the Season
Internazionale forward Romelu Lukaku has been named the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season on Friday.
The 27-year-old finished ahead of Bruno Fernandes and รver Banega to win the fourth edition of the award, which was announced during the UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Nyon.
๐ #UEL Player of the Season 2019/20 ๐
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Interestingly, his Belgian international team-mate Eden Hazard collected the gong last season while at Chelsea.
Lukaku registered in all six of Inter’s games after entering the competition in the knockout stage โ striking seven goals in total โ and also laid on two assists. He opened the scoring from the penalty spot in August’s final though he was unfortunate to later deflect in a shot that gave Sevilla the title.
Romelu Lukaku has been named the Europa League Player of the Season ๐ pic.twitter.com/LzUPnJMFoU
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Lukaku nevertheless ended 2019/20 with 34 goals in all competitions for the Nerazzurri, a significant figure as it was also Ronaldo’s return in his first campaign at the club in 1997/98. Having found the net in Inter’s last two UEFA Champions League matches before transferring to the UEFA Europa League, he scored in eight successive outings in UEFA competition.
Top ten players of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
1 Romelu Lukaku (Inter) โ 270 points
2 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United) โ 128 points
3 รver Banega (Sevilla) โ 118 points
4 Luuk de Jong (Sevilla) โ 64 points
5 Jesรบs Navas (Sevilla) โ 59 points
6 Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla) โ 39 points
7 Kai Havertz (Leverkusen) โ 17 points
8 Diego Carlos (Sevilla) โ 9 points
9 Adama Traorรฉ (Wolves) โ 8 points
10 Jules Koundรฉ (Sevilla) โ 7 points