The European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, is an association of football-related publications in Europe.

European Sports Media was established in 1989 as an international body for football journalism.

[1] Its nine founding members were: A Bola (Portuguese), Don Balón (Spanish), Sport/Foot Magazine (Belgium), La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian), kicker (German), Onze Mondial (French), Sport (Switzerland), Voetbal International (Dutch), World Soccer (English).

Former members also include France Football.

[2] ESM presents the following awards: 1994–95[2] Vítor Baía Paolo Maldini Matthias Sammer Frank Rijkaard Danny Blind Gianfranco Zola Jari Litmanen Michael Laudrup Iván Zamorano Alan Shearer Jürgen Klinsmann 1995–96[2] Edwin van der Sar Paolo Maldini Frank de Boer Laurent Blanc Danny Blind Alessandro Del Piero Raí Jari Litmanen Mehmet Scholl George Weah Eric Cantona 1996–97[2] Angelo Peruzzi Roberto Carlos Fernando Hierro Ciro Ferrara Jocelyn Angloma Raúl Alessandro Del Piero Clarence Seedorf Luis Enrique Ronaldo Davor Šuker 1997–98[2] Angelo Peruzzi Roberto Carlos Fernando Hierro Laurent Blanc Gary Neville Alessandro Del Piero Zinedine Zidane Fernando Redondo Luís Figo Ronaldo Christian Vieri 1998–99[2] Carlos Roa Bixente Lizarazu Jaap Stam Laurent Blanc Lilian Thuram Rivaldo Siniša Mihajlović Stefan Effenberg David Beckham Raúl Gabriel Batistuta 1999–2000[2] Oliver Kahn Roberto Carlos Paolo Maldini Siniša Mihajlović Jocelyn Angloma Rivaldo Juan Sebastián Verón Roy Keane Luís Figo Raúl Andriy Shevchenko 2000–01[2] Oliver Kahn Roberto Carlos Sami Hyypiä Alessandro Nesta Jocelyn Angloma Pavel Nedvěd Francesco Totti Mehmet Scholl Gaizka Mendieta Michael Owen Hernán Crespo 2001–02[2] Francesco Toldo Roberto Carlos Walter Samuel Lúcio Carles Puyol Freddie Ljungberg Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Rubén Baraja Ruud van Nistelrooy Christian Vieri 2002–03[2] Gianluigi Buffon Paolo Maldini Daniel Van Buyten Carles Puyol Lilian Thuram Roberto Carlos Pavel Nedvěd Zinedine Zidane Christian Vieri Mateja Kežman Roy Makaay 2003–04[2] Timo Hildebrand Roberto Carlos Walter Samuel Roberto Ayala Paulo Ferreira Ronaldinho Francesco Totti Zinedine Zidane Ludovic Giuly Andriy Shevchenko Thierry Henry 2004–05[2] Petr Čech Fabio Cannavaro John Terry Carles Puyol Frank Lampard Mark van Bommel Deco Ronaldinho Arjen Robben Samuel Eto'o Andriy Shevchenko 2005–06[2] Petr Čech Carles Puyol Lúcio Cris Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Esteban Cambiasso Juninho Lionel Messi Samuel Eto'o Luca Toni 2006–07[5] Grégory Coupet Marco Materazzi Nemanja Vidić Dani Alves Dejan Stanković Francesco Totti Juninho Cristiano Ronaldo Zlatan Ibrahimović Didier Drogba Frédéric Kanouté 2007–08[6] Iker Casillas Sergio Ramos Christian Panucci Rio Ferdinand William Gallas Cristiano Ronaldo Cesc Fàbregas Franck Ribéry Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimović Fernando Torres 2008–09[7] Edwin van der Sar Dani Alves John Terry Maicon Nemanja Vidić Lionel Messi Xavi Steven Gerrard Vedad Ibišević Samuel Eto'o Grafite 2009–10[citation needed] Júlio César John Terry Maicon Lúcio Dani Alves Cesc Fàbregas Frank Lampard Wesley Sneijder Lionel Messi Arjen Robben Wayne Rooney 2010–11[8] Víctor Valdés Dani Alves Mats Hummels Nemanja Vidić Gerard Piqué Xavi Andrés Iniesta Nuri Şahin Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Samuel Eto'o 2011–12[9] Manuel Neuer Vincent Kompany Dani Alves Sergio Ramos Mats Hummels Xavi Shinji Kagawa Andrea Pirlo Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Robin van Persie 2012–13[10] Manuel Neuer Philipp Lahm Dante Giorgio Chiellini Bastian Schweinsteiger Thomas Müller İlkay Gündoğan Gareth Bale Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimović Cristiano Ronaldo 2013–14[11] Thibaut Courtois Gerard Piqué Pepe Medhi Benatia David Alaba Philipp Lahm Yaya Touré Arturo Vidal Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suárez Zlatan Ibrahimović 2014–15[12] Manuel Neuer Branislav Ivanović Sergio Ramos Giorgio Chiellini Gerard Piqué Arjen Robben Eden Hazard Cesc Fàbregas Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suárez 2015–16[13] Keylor Navas Marcelo Diego Godín Gerard Piqué Filipe Luís Paul Pogba Ángel Di María N'Golo Kanté Luis Suárez Gonzalo Higuaín Lionel Messi 2016–17[14] Gianluigi Buffon Marcelo Sergio Ramos David Luiz Leonardo Bonucci N'Golo Kanté Thiago Paulo Dybala Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Edinson Cavani 2017–18[15] Marc-André ter Stegen Jordi Alba Samuel Umtiti Nicolás Otamendi Giorgio Chiellini David Silva Andrés Iniesta Kevin De Bruyne Neymar Mohamed Salah Lionel Messi 2018–19[16] Marc-André ter Stegen Jordi Alba Gerard Piqué Virgil Van Dijk Joshua Kimmich Marco Reus Paul Pogba Eden Hazard Cristiano Ronaldo Sadio Mané Lionel Messi 2019–20[17] Marc-André ter Stegen Andy Robertson Dayot Upamecano Virgil Van Dijk Trent Alexander-Arnold Ángel Di María Jordan Henderson Kevin De Bruyne Erling Haaland Robert Lewandowski Lionel Messi 2020–21[18] Jan Oblak Achraf Hakimi Rúben Dias John Stones João Cancelo Kevin De Bruyne İlkay Gündoğan Bruno Fernandes Lionel Messi Robert Lewandowski Karim Benzema 2021–22[19] Thibaut Courtois João Cancelo Antonio Rüdiger Virgil van Dijk Trent Alexander-Arnold Bernardo Silva Luka Modrić Kevin De Bruyne Karim Benzema Robert Lewandowski Mohamed Salah 2022–23[20] Marc-André ter Stegen Théo Hernandez Kim Min-jae Éder Militão Giovanni Di Lorenzo Kevin De Bruyne Martin Ødegaard Kylian Mbappé Erling Haaland Victor Osimhen Lionel Messi 2023–24[21] Yann Sommer Álex Grimaldo Virgil van Dijk Antonio Rüdiger Dani Carvajal Vinícius Júnior Jude Bellingham Florian Wirtz Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé Lautaro Martínez