As if Chelsea FC needed another accolade to underline how successful last season was, Thibaut Courtois has been included as one of the candidates for UEFA’s Save Of The Season award.

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The award aims to recognise the best save made by any goalkeeper taking part in the range of UEFA-sanctioned tournaments. These include the Champions League, as well as European youth competitions.

Courtois has been nominated for this outstanding stop at home to Paris Saint-Germain, in the Round of 16. You can see the save here as UEFA has disabled embedding of the clip.

Thiago Silva rises high as the corner comes in, nodding the ball with force across goal. The Belgian, though, uses all 6ft 6inches of his frame to stretch out and paddle the header behind. He showcases some incredibly strong wrists to redirect a ball that is basically behind him by the time he meets it.

Of course, the Blues will end up being knocked out by the French team, but that does not take away from the quality of this save.

Meanwhile, the man himself has been getting up to speed with the rest of the Chelsea squad in the United States over the past week or so. In a three match tour, Courtois shared game time during the first two with Asmir Begovic, before playing the full compliment yesterday evening against Barcelona.

As opposed to the somewhat sloppy performances of his teammates, the Belgian has been consistently solid, and sometimes spectacular, looking like the one of the few players who is ready to hit the ground running when the season begins.

He has also been showing off his ability with his feet, having stepped up to rocket the winning penalty into the back of the net during the shoot-out with PSG on Saturday night as he cranks up for the weekend’s big clash.

Chelsea face Arsenal in the Community Shield this Sunday, in what it is the traditional curtain-raiser for the English top flight campaign. Despite it being viewed as a glorified friendly in some quarters, a good performance at Wembley Stadium could really help set a good tone for the first part of the season. Jose Mourinho should, and probably will, take this one seriously.

Regarding the award, though, you can go and vote at the UEFA website. The winner will be announced during the Champions League group stage draw on August 27th.