UEFA Euro 2012… Awards time!

After 23 days of football, now let’s see who received what awards…

UEFA EURO 2012 Team of the Tournament

by the UEFA Technical Team:

Goalkeepers:

• Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 
• Iker Casillas (Spain)
• Manuel Neuer (Germany).

Goalkeeper of Italy, Gianluigi Buffon (L) saves a penalty shoot-out by England’s Ashley Cole (R) during their quater-final match at Kyiv, Ukraine.

Defenders:

• Gerard Piqué (Spain)
• Fábio Coentrão (Portugal)
• Philipp Lahm (Germany)
• Pepe (Portugal)
• Sergio Ramos (Spain)
• Jordi Alba (Spain)

Gerard Pique of Spain in action during the UEFA EURO 2012 semi final match between Portugal and Spain at Donbass Arena on June 27, 2012 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Midfielders:

• Daniele de Rossi (Italy)
• Steven Gerrard (England)
• Xavi Hernández (Spain)
• Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
• Sami Khedira (Germany)
• Sergio Busquets (Spain)
• Mesut Özil (Germany)
• Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
• Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Steven Gerrard of England (L) vies the ball with France’s Samir Nasri (R) during their first match in the tournament at Donetsk, Ukraine.

Germany’s Mesut Ozil skips round the challenge of Greece’s Kostas Katsouranis in the Euro 2012 quarter-final match at Gdansk, Poland.

Forwards:

•  Mario Balotelli (Italy)
• Cesc Fàbregas (Spain)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
• David Silva (Spain)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores a spectacular volley for Sweden’s opener against France during their third match in the tournament in Kyiv, Ukraine.

UEFA EURO 2012 Best Player of the Tournament

by the UEFA Technical Team

• Andrés Iniesta (Spain)

Andres Iniesta (R) in action during their third match of the tournament at Gdansk, Poland against Croatia.

Castrol EDGE Index Award

by Castrol Edge:

• Sergio Ramos (Spain)

Sergio Ramos’s chipped penalty in the shoot-out against Portugal was symbolic of Spain’s belief during their semi-final match at Donetsk, Ukraine.

Adidas Golden Boot Award

by Adidas:

• Fernando Torres (Spain)

Fernando Torres struck twice as Spain routed Republic of Ireland 4-0 during their second match of the tournamen in Gdansk, Poland.