Rodri chosen as Champions League Player of the Season

Manchester City midfielder Rodri was chosen as the Player of the Season for the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League.

The 26-year-old Spaniard scored the winning goal against Inter Milan in istanbul to give City their first ever Champions League trophy.

UEFA’s Technical Observer panel give the award to the midfielder as the best player in this year’s tournament.

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Saturday’s goal was Rodri’s second of the competition, after a brilliant curling effort in the home leg with German giants Bayern Munich.

The Spain international played more passes than anyone else throughout the campaign, completing 905 of his 965 passes.

Rodri goal completed City’s treble

Guardiola became the first manager in men’s football history to claim more than one European treble.

“Sometimes it looks like this competition this year, this final was written in the stars,” the Man City coach said after the final.

“The goal, the chances they had. Ederson’s save where in extra-time you could lose the game,” he said after Rodri’s winning goal.

Istanbul’s win means Man City are the second English side to secure a treble after Manchester United.

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Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was named the Champions League’s Young Player of the Season, capping a remarkable campaign for the 22-year-old Georgian.

Kvaratskhelia won the league title with Napoli and also claimed Serie A’s Player of the Season award earlier this month.

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Team of the season:

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Defenders: Kyle Walker (Man City), Ruben Dias (Man City), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Federico Dimarco (Inter)

Midfielders: John Stones (Man City), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Rodri (Man City)

Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Man City), Erling Haaland (Man City), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)