Year: 2015 FIFPro Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 IFFHS World's Best Player: 2022 IFFHS World's Best Man Player of the Decade: 2011–2020 IFFHS Best Player of CONMEBOL: 2020, 2021, 2022 IFFHS The Best Man CONMEBOL Player of the Decade: 2011–2020 World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 Greatest Player of the 21st Century by The Independent: 2019 Greatest Player of the last 25 years by FourFourTwo: 2020 Best Player of the Year by 433 (The Ring award): 2021 Shortlisted for Golden Foot: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Europe UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award According to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best player, irrespective of his nationality, playing for a football club within the territory of a UEFA member association during the previous season." Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season. In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists. In 2018, however, UEFA added 80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, to its jury. The amount of journalists selected by the European Sports Media association was also increased to 55, representing each of UEFA's member associations. Champions League Forward of the Season Champions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition". Other UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2008—09 UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2008–09, 2018–19 Champions League Player of the Week: MD5/2015–16, MD1/2016–17, MD3/2016–17, MD5/2016–17, R16/2017–18 (2nd leg), MD1/2018–19, MD2/2018–19, MD5/2018–19, MD10/2018–19, MD11/2018–19 Nominated for the UEFA Player of the Week: 8/2016 El País European Player of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Golden Boy Award: 2005 Bravo Award: 2007 JOE's Champions League Man of the Week: 45/2014, 48/2014 19/2015 Spain La Liga Awards La Liga Best Player: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 La Liga Best Forward: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 La Liga Player of the Month: January 2016, April 2017, April 2018, September 2018, March 2019, November 2019, February 2020, February 2021 Other Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Don Balón Award: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 Trofeo EFE: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Mundo Deportivo Trofeo MVP La Liga: 2017–18, 2018–19