paragraph_text: The final bidding dossiers had to be handed over before 1 August 2007. Switzerland withdrew on 29 May 2007, stating that Europe is heavily focused on France and Germany, and a third European bid appeared futile. On 27 August 2007, France also withdrew, reportedly in exchange for Germany's support for their bid to host the men's UEFA Euro 2016. Later Australia (12 October 2007) and Peru (17 October 2007) voluntarily dropped out of the race as well, leaving only Canada and Germany as the remaining candidates. On 30 October 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee voted to assign the tournament to Germany. Canada was eventually awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup four years later.Upon the selection, Germany became the third country to host both men's and women's World Cup, having hosted the men's twice in 1974 and 2006.

paragraph_text: The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's European Club Association, the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to UEFA coefficients. For the 2012–13 season the Premier League has 10 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur. The European Club Association is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

paragraph_text: Year Player Club UEFA Best Player in Europe Award 2010 -- 11 Lionel Messi Barcelona 2011 -- 12 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona 2012 -- 13 Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich 2013 -- 14 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 2014 -- 15 Lionel Messi Barcelona 2015 -- 16 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award 2016 -- 17 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid

paragraph_text: Ibrahimović is one of ten players to have made 100 or more appearances for the Swedish national team. He is the country's all - time leading goalscorer with 62 goals. He represented Sweden at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 UEFA European Championships. He has been awarded Guldbollen (the Golden Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, a record 11 times, including 10 consecutive times from 2007 to 2016.

paragraph_text: Premier League Golden Glove winners Season Player Nationality Club Clean sheets Ref (s) 2004 -- 05 Petr Čech Czech Republic Chelsea 24 2005 -- 06 Pepe Reina Spain Liverpool 20 2006 -- 07 Pepe Reina (2) Spain Liverpool 19 2007 -- 08 Pepe Reina (3) Spain Liverpool 18 2008 -- 09 Edwin van der Sar Netherlands Manchester United 21 2009 -- 10 Petr Čech (2) Czech Republic Chelsea 17 2010 -- 11 Joe Hart England Manchester City 18 2011 -- 12 Joe Hart (2) England Manchester City 17 2012 -- 13 Joe Hart (3) England Manchester City 18 2013 -- 14 Petr Čech (3) Czech Republic Chelsea 16 2013 -- 14 Wojciech Szczęsny Poland Arsenal 16 2014 -- 15 Joe Hart (4) England Manchester City 14 2015 -- 16 Petr Čech (4) Czech Republic Arsenal 16 2016 -- 17 Thibaut Courtois Belgium Chelsea 16 2017 -- 18 David de Gea Spain Manchester United 18

paragraph_text: Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football, with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, 5 League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields. United have also won three UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998 -- 99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. By winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016 -- 17, they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions, and the only English club to have won every ongoing top - flight honour available to them.

paragraph_text: Kanu has won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He made the third-most substitute appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times. He is regarded as one of the best players in African football history

paragraph_text: Manchester United have won a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, 5 League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998 -- 99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. In 2016 -- 17, by winning the UEFA Europa League, they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions. In addition, they became the only professional English club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team that is organised by a national or international governing body.

paragraph_text: The 2017 UEFA European Under - 21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under - 21 Euro 2017) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under - 21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under - 21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted in Poland for the first time, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland. The tournament took place from 16 -- 30 June 2017. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible for the tournament.

paragraph_text: The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011, where Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3–1. Internazionale were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals. As winners, Barcelona earned berths in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup and the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

paragraph_text: Zlatan Ibrahimović Ibrahimović with Manchester United in 2016 Full name Zlatan Ibrahimović Date of birth (1981 - 10 - 03) 3 October 1981 (age 36) Place of birth Malmö, Sweden Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current team Manchester United Number 10 Youth career Malmö BI FBK Balkan Malmö FF Senior career * Years Team Apps (Gls) 1999 -- 2001 Malmö FF 40 (16) 2001 -- 2004 Ajax 74 (35) 2004 -- 2006 Juventus 70 (23) 2006 -- 2009 Internazionale 88 (57) 2009 -- 2011 Barcelona 29 (16) 2010 -- 2011 → Milan (loan) 29 (14) 2011 -- 2012 Milan 32 (28) 2012 -- 2016 Paris Saint - Germain 122 (113) 2016 -- 2017 Manchester United 28 (17) 2017 -- Manchester United 0 (0) National team 1999 Sweden U18 (1) 2001 Sweden U21 7 (6) 2001 -- 2016 Sweden 116 (62) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2017.

paragraph_text: All 92 clubs in the top four divisions of English football participate. In the first round, all the clubs in Football League Two and Football League One will enter alongside 22 of the 24 Football League Championship teams except for Hull City and Middlesbrough who received byes to the next round as the highest finishing teams relegated from the 2016 - 17 Premier League. In the second round, all Premier League clubs not involved in European competition enter. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all received byes to the third round owing to their participation in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

paragraph_text: The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998 -- 99 UEFA Champions League. It is remembered for injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, which cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal to give Manchester United a 2 -- 1 win. United's victory completed a treble - winning season, after they had won the Premier League and FA Cup. Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB - Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match.

paragraph_text: Cristiano Ronaldo GOIH, ComM Ronaldo at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of birth (1985 - 02 - 05) 5 February 1985 (age 32) Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current team Real Madrid Number 7 Youth career 1992 -- 1995 Andorinha 1995 -- 1997 Nacional 1997 -- 2002 Sporting CP Senior career * Years Team Apps (Gls) 2002 -- 2003 Sporting CP B (0) 2002 -- 2003 Sporting CP 25 (3) 2003 -- 2009 Manchester United 196 (84) 2009 -- Real Madrid 270 (286) National team 2001 Portugal U15 9 (7) 2001 -- 2002 Portugal U17 7 (5) 2003 Portugal U20 5 (1) 2002 -- 2003 Portugal U21 10 (3) Portugal U23 (2) 2003 -- Portugal 147 (79) Honours (show) Representing Portugal UEFA European Championship Winner 2016 France Runner - up 2004 Portugal 2012 Poland & Ukraine FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Russia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23: 00, 22 October 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22: 40, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

paragraph_text: Paul Pogba Pogba playing for Manchester United in 2017 Full name Paul Labile Pogba Date of birth (1993 - 03 - 15) 15 March 1993 (age 24) Place of birth Lagny - sur - Marne, France Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current team Manchester United Number 6 Youth career 1999 -- 2006 Roissy - en - Brie 2006 -- 2007 Torcy 2007 -- 2009 Le Havre 2009 -- 2011 Manchester United Senior career * Years Team Apps (Gls) 2011 -- 2012 Manchester United (0) 2012 -- 2016 Juventus 124 (28) 2016 -- Manchester United 34 (7) National team 2008 -- 2009 France U16 17 (1) France U17 10 (2) 2010 -- 2011 France U18 6 (1) 2011 -- 2012 France U19 12 (4) 2012 -- 2013 France U20 13 (3) 2013 -- France 49 (8) Honours (show) Representing France European Championship 2016 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18: 55, 9 September 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2017

paragraph_text: Manchester United's Ryan Giggs was voted as the Best Player. Giggs had played and scored in every Premier League season since its inception and won twelve championship medals, the most by a player. (Since then he won his thirteenth championship medal) Along with him, nine other players were short - listed for the panel of judges vote for Best Player, including four other players from Manchester United:

paragraph_text: Manchester United in European football Club Manchester United First entry 1956 -- 57 European Cup Latest entry 2016 -- 17 UEFA Europa League Titles Champions League 3 (show) 1968 1999 2008 Europa League 1 (show) 2017 Cup Winners' Cup 1 (show) 1991 Super Cup 1 (show) 1991 Intercontinental Cup 1 (show) 1999 FIFA Club World Cup 1 (show) 2008

paragraph_text: However, by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse; England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals. UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990 (resulting in Manchester United lifting the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991) and the Taylor Report on stadium safety standards, which proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster, was published in January of that year.

paragraph_text: Born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart at age 15. He underwent an operation to treat his condition, and began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, he helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 22, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million).

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Question: When did the UEFA men's Player of the Year in 2016-17 go to Manchester United?
Answer: 2003