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UEFA AWARDS, SIX ROSSONERI NOMINATED
8/3/2005
ROME - Six Milan players have been nominated amongst the 21 candidates for the UEFA Club Football Awards that will take place on August 25, in Monte Carlo. The Rossoneri are Marcos Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Kaka, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko. All the 21 players nominated will also be in the running for the Most Valuable Player. The prize-giving ceremony will be held on August 25, at 4pm CET, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and will be followed by the Champions League first-round draw.

Shevchenko has got to be in the running for an award this year. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

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Best of luck to our boys, but stiff competition:

Best Goalkeeper nominees
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC)
Petr Cech (Chelsea FC)
Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool FC)

Best Defender nominees
**Cafu (AC Milan)
Jamie Carragher (Liverpool FC)
Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC)
**Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
**Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)

Best Midfielder nominees
Michael Ballack (FC Bayern München)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
**Kakà (AC Milan)
Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC)
**Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven, now FC Barcelona)

Best Forward nominees
Adriano (FC Internazionale Milano)
Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona)
Ji-Sung Park (PSV Eindhoven, now Manchester United FC)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
**Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)