{"id":948,"date":"2021-08-27T07:58:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/?p=948"},"modified":"2021-08-27T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:58:25","slug":"jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-949 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"Jorginho\" width=\"668\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg 668w, https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year-474x420.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw for the Champions League group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho wins the award ahead of teammate N\u2019Golo Kante and Manchester City\u2019s Kevin De Bruyne.<\/p>\n<p>The three midfielders were the final three on the shortlist for the prize.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho, 29, enjoyed a brilliant campaign in Europe last season as Chelsea won the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>His year got even better as he won the European Championships with Italy after playing in every match.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho is now favourite to win this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or prize, as reward for his sublime performances over the past 12 months, along with PSG\u2019s Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year. This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw for the Champions League group stage. Jorginho wins the award ahead of teammate N\u2019Golo Kante and Manchester City\u2019s Kevin De Bruyne. The three midfielders were the final three on the shortlist for the prize. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[262,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-epl","8":"tag-jorginho","9":"tag-uefa-player-of-the-year"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zakabet.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/zakatip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"592\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zakabet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@zakatips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@zakatips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zakabet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"zakabet\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9694da416423008b3197d28f3cfb98\"},\"headline\":\"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jorginho\",\"UEFA Player of the Year\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EPL\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\",\"name\":\"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg\",\"width\":668,\"height\":592,\"caption\":\"Jorginho\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Zakabet.com\",\"description\":\"Home\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Zakatips\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/imageedit_1_9604792788-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/imageedit_1_9604792788-1.png\",\"width\":100,\"height\":31,\"caption\":\"Zakatips\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/zakatip\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/zakatips\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamigahlo\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zaka-bet-7078271a4\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/zakabet\/\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User:Zakabet\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9694da416423008b3197d28f3cfb98\",\"name\":\"zakabet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"zakabet\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/author\/zakabet\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or","description":"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or","og_description":"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw","og_url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/","og_site_name":"Zakabet.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/zakatip\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":668,"height":592,"url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"zakabet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@zakatips","twitter_site":"@zakatips","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"zakabet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/"},"author":{"name":"zakabet","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9694da416423008b3197d28f3cfb98"},"headline":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or","datePublished":"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg","keywords":["Jorginho","UEFA Player of the Year"],"articleSection":["EPL"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/","url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/","name":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-27T07:58:25+00:00","description":"Chelsea midfielder, Jorginho, has been named the UEFA Player of the Year.This was confirmed on Thursday shortly after the draw","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/player-of-the-year.jpg","width":668,"height":592,"caption":"Jorginho"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/jorginho-wins-uefa-player-of-the-year-now-favourite-for-2021-ballon-dor\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jorginho wins UEFA Player of the Year, now favourite for 2021 Ballon D\u2019Or"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/","name":"Zakabet.com","description":"Home","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Zakatips","url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/imageedit_1_9604792788-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/imageedit_1_9604792788-1.png","width":100,"height":31,"caption":"Zakatips"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/zakatip\/","https:\/\/x.com\/zakatips","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamigahlo\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zaka-bet-7078271a4\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/zakabet\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User:Zakabet"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ed9694da416423008b3197d28f3cfb98","name":"zakabet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/943997881d96e86c527a186c2c60517d8b96f38c66e7abaa2e8e86a68e5b3ac4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"zakabet"},"url":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/author\/zakabet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakabet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}