Henry earns UEFA honour

Thierry Henry has notched another hat-trick after being named in UEFA’s team of the year for the third time.

The Arsenal striker and fellow French star Zinedine Zidane were both included in the side, voted for on uefa.com, for the third year running while England captain David Beckham was also voted among Europe’s top 11 players.

Beckham was also in the 2001 side and Ruud van Nistelrooy, a former Manchester United team-mate, has been voted into the line-up for the first time.

Nearly 1.5million votes were cast and the result was: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Paulo Ferreira (Porto), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Luis Figo (Real Madrid), David Beckham (Real Madrid), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd).

Coach: Jose Mourinho (Porto).