The 29-year-old custodian has made the list of three after his heroics helped the Blues to lift the trophy last season
Chelsea‘s Edouard Mendy has been shortlisted for the best Uefa Champions League goalkeeper award.
According to a statement from Uefa, the Senegal international will fight it out for the award with Thibaut Courtois of Belgium and Real Madrid, and Ederson of Brazil, and Manchester City.
“Uefa has today [Friday] announced the names of the players shortlisted for the 2020-21 Uefa Champions League positional awards,” read part of the statement.
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“The awards will honour the best Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder and Forward from the 2020-21 Uefa Champions League season, and will be announced during the 2021-22 Uefa Champions League group stage draw, which takes place on Thursday 26 August in Istanbul, Turkey.