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Morgan Rogers wins Europa League Player of the Season after inspiring Villa to title

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Aston Villa midfielder Morgan ⁠Rogers has been named the Europa League Player ‌of the Season after inspiring ‌his side to a ‌3-0 victory over German ‌team Freiburg in the final, ‌UEFA said on Thursday.

[p]The 23-year-old England international capped ‌a stellar continental campaign ⁠by ‌scoring the third goal and ​providing an assist in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/freiburg-fiEQZ7C7/?mid=IefockNE"]Istanbul decider ​on Wednesday[/a], securing the trophy and ending a ⁠30-year ​wait for silverware for the Premier League club.[/p][image alt="Morgan Rogers' Europa League stats" id="153cbe1b-0f41-465b-8e95-ced52b3f5159" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="bdcbad8a-b5cf-4c82-b89f-dcb776e10bea" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Rogers[/a] was a cornerstone of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a]'s ‌run to the final, also scoring against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]Salzburg[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bologna/0M9xNN8N/"]Bologna[/a], and recording five assists.[/p][embed guid="24590afc-bd81-426f-a1d1-ce7732d94fed" url="https://x.com/EuropaLeague/status/2057465174773117252" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/freiburg/fiEQZ7C7/"]Freiburg[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a] was named the Europa League Revelation of the Season after the ‌20-year-old Swiss international featured ​in all 15 matches ‌for the runners-up, scoring twice, including a crucial semi-final strike against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/braga/dpUer7ht/"]Braga[/a], and providing two assists.[/p]

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