First defender to win UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
- Who
- Virgil van Dijk
- What
- First
- Where
- Monaco
- When
- 29 August 2019
The first defender to win UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award was Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands), in Monaco, on 29 August 2019.
Virgil van Dijk became the first person from the Netherlands to win the award, it also came in a year that saw the centre back lift the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool.