Barca to face Inter, Messi European Club Player of the Year

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Updated: 2009-08-28 11:51

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi receives the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award from UEFA president Michel Platini at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum in Monte-Carlo, August 27, 2009. [Agencies]

Lionel Messi of European champions Barcelona was named the European Club Player of the Year on Thursday for helping his side lift the Champions League trophy last season.

Argentine Messi was also named forward of the year with his club mate Xavi Hernandez, who also played a key role for Barca last season, named as midfielder of the year ahead of a third Barcelona club mate Andres Iniesta.

Chelsea and England skipper John Terry was named defender of the year while Edwin Van der Sar, of last season's Champions League runners-up Manchester United, was named goalkeeper of the year.

Thee awards are for their performances in the Champions League.

UEFA president Michel Platini presented a special award to Paolo Maldini, who won five European Cups with AC Milan during a playing career that spanned more than 20 years until he retired at the end of last season.

2009-10 Champions League group stage draw made on Thursday:

GROUP A

Bayern Munich

Juventus

Girondins Bordeaux

Maccabi Haifa

GROUP B

Manchester United

CSKA Moscow

Besiktas

VfL Wolfsburg

GROUP C

AC Milan

Real Madrid

Olympique Marseille

FC Zurich

GROUP D

Chelsea

Porto

Atletico Madrid

APOEL Nicosia

GROUP E

Liverpool

Olympique Lyon

Fiorentina

Debrecen

GROUP F

Barcelona

Inter Milan

Dinamo Kiev

Rubin Kazan

GROUP G

Sevilla

Rangers

VfB Stuttgart

Unirea Urziceni

GROUP H

Arsenal

AZ Alkmaar

Olmpiakos Piraeus

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