The Spanish forward Gerard Moreno has been named as the 2020/21 Europa League Player of the Season. The Spanish forward plays for the La Liga club Villarreal and is a first-team important player for the Spain National Football team as well. The La Liga side Villarreal won the Europa League in the 2020/21 season. It was a great victory as they clinched the title playing against the English Premier League giants, Manchester United.

Gerard Moreno scored the heading goal in the first half which helped the side to take the game to the penalties. The final score of the penalties was 11-10. The Spanish forward had an amazing 2020/21 season as he won the Europa League trophy and his team Villarreal got qualified for the Champions League group stage of 2021/22 season.

Gerard Moreno scored 7 goals in his 12 appearances for Villarreal in the last season’s Europa League competition. After seeing this performance, the 29-year-old Spanish Forward was also been named to the Spain national football team for Euro 2020. Along with the seven goals, he also registered five assists to his name in the 2020/21 Europa League.

Villarreal’s first-team forward was deservingly got the Europa League player of the season award as his stats speak for himself. Moreno finished above the two Manchester United men, Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani who ranked at 2 and 3 respectively in the Top Ten Players of the 2020/21 Europa League. Moreno is in the first position with 289 points, while the Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes with 160 points has occupied 2nd place and the 3rd place is taken by the Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani who got 44 points.

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