Patrice Evra (Philippe Christanval) to win the award. He was also named to the organisation's Ligue 1 Team of the Year. Despite missing out on playing in UEFA Euro 2004, Evra endured a tumultuous summer in which the player was linked with moves with Manchester United in England, and Juventus and Internazionale in Italy. Despite offers, Evra remained at Monaco. On 24 September 2004, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club until 2008. In the season, Evra was a regular appearing in a career-high 52 matches scoring one goal and assisting on seven as Monaco reached the semi-finals in both
2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season was tripped by Patrice Evra. Away to Wolverhampton Wanderers was United's next game. The previous season United had suffered a 2–1 defeat at the Molineux Stadium, ending their unbeaten run of 24 games that season. United started playing better and got ahead on the score on the 21st minute when Rooney's corner was received by Michael Carrick, who passed it to Jonny Evans, who smashed it into the back of the net, scoring his first goal for United in his career. On the 43rd minute, a run from Antonio Valencia on the right saw him advance directly into the box,