Ter Stegen receives the Aldo Rovira Memorial Award for the 2019/20 season
The jury chose the German goalkeeper as the best player from last season
Marc-André ter Stegen received the Aldo Rovira Memorial Award for player of the season in 2019/20, which he won last October according to the jury made up of journalists from different media. The prize was created by the former Barça director Josep Lluís Rovira as a tribute to his son Aldo who died in 2009 in an accident at the age of 37.
The presentation of the award took place on Thursday just before the first team's scheduled training session, in the presence of the FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta, first vice president Rafael Yuste, Enric Masip and Benny Megreli. Also present were the president of the Aldo Rovira Memorial Award, Borja Rovira and various members of the Rovira family.
Winners of the Aldo Rovira Memorial Award
- Season 2009/10: Leo Messi
- Season 2010/11: Leo Messi
- Season 2011/12: Éric Abidal
- Season 2012/13: Leo Messi
- Season 2013/14: Javier Mascherano
- Season 2014/15: Leo Messi
- Season 2015/16: Luis Suárez
- Season 2016/17: Leo Messi
- Season 2017/18: Leo Messi
- Season 2018/19: Gerard Piqué
- Season 2019/20: Marc-André Ter Stegen