NURNBERG: Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger has been voted Footballer of the Year in Germany after the European and German champions’ record-breaking season.
Schweinsteiger anchored Bayern’s triple success in Champions League, Bundesliga and German cup to finish ahead of club-mates Franck Franck Ribery and Thomas Müller in the poll organised annually by bi-weekly football magazine Kicker.
Borussia Dortmund’s Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was fourth.
Bayern’s now-retired Jupp Heynckes was a runaway winner for the Coach of the Year prize followed by Freiburg’s Christian Streich and Dortmund’s Jürgen Klopp – winner in 2011 and 2012.
The Women’s Player of the Year prize went by Martina Müller from treble-winning VfL Wolfsburg.
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