UEFA has nominated Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Olympique Marseille as player of the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League season. The 34-year-old striker was instrumental in OM’s run to the semi-finals, scoring 10 goals in just 11 games, including a hat-trick away to Ajax on matchday five.
Aubameyang’s numbers in the Europa League
Appearances: 13 (11 as a starter)
Goals: 10
Assists: 3
Aubameyang finished this competition as the top scorer and was also the leader in terms of combined goals and assists. He also overtook Radamel Falcao (30) as the Europa League’s all-time top scorer with 34 goals.
Previous winners of the UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award.
2022/23: Jesús Navas (Seville)
2021/22: Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt)
2020/21: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
2019/20: Romelu Lukaku (Inter)
2018/19: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)