What more can we say about our players than all the medals, nominations and cups don’t say for themselves?
Five players, Cafu and Kaká (Milan), Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Barcelona) and Adriano (Internazionale), all from the national squad, have been nominated by UEFA as best players for the 2004/2005 season in Europe.

The final decision will be made in the 25th of August in Monaco. The best player from each field position will be awarded in its respective categories. The player who gets the highest amount of votes overall will be named best European player of 2005.

Next week's poll in this site will definitley be who will win this award... start thinking.

The full list of players nominated  follows:

Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool)

Defenders
Cafu (Milan)
Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
Sami Hyypia (Liverpool)
Paolo Maldini (Milan)
Alessandro Nesta (Milan)
John Terry (Chelsea)

Midfielders
Michael Ballack (Bayern de Munique)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Kaká (Milan)
Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Andrea Pirlo (Milan)
Mark van Bomel (Barcelona)

Forwards
Adriano (Internazionale)
Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona)
Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United)
Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Barcelona)
Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)