Zinédine Zidane of Real Madrid as well as Julen Lopetegui, head coach of the Sevilla football team, shared the coach of the year in Spain.
At the traditional annual awards ceremony of the Spanish sports magazine Marca, Zidane earned the recognition by leading his Madrid team to a league title, while Lopeteguit received the Migul Munoz Award because the Seville Guard proved to be the best in the Europa League.
The Madrid squad was also involved in other winners: the Alfredo Di Stéfano award for best player went to French striker Karim Benzema, while Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois finished in the lead and won the Zamora Cup. Courtois scored the fewest goals from the La Liga field in the previous league season (34 games / 20 goals), beating Jan Oblak (38/27) from Atlético Madrid and Simon Unai (33 from Athletic Bilbao) behind him. / 29).
Lionel Messi won the Pichichi Award for the goal king, with Barcelona's Argentine striker closing by 25 goals, ahead of Benzema by 21 goals. Messi became the top scorer for Spain for the seventh time, making him the only record holder after surpassing Telmo Zarra for the first time six times between 1945 and 1953. Named for the latter class, the Spanish player with the most goals deserves the award, this time Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), who finished third overall with 18 hits.
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)