Jorginho played 56 times for club and country last season and scored nine goals, winning the Champions League with Chelsea and the European Championship with Italy.
He started the new season by claiming a third Uefa trophy of the year when Tuchel’s side lifted the Super Cup in Belfast.
Chelsea team-mate Edouard Mendy was named goalkeeper of the year after keeping nine clean sheets during the run to lifting the Champions League and France’s Kante was named midfielder of the year.
Manchester City’s Ruben Dias was named defender of the year after helping the club to their first Champions League final in his debut season with them.
Blues boss Tuchel was named men’s coach of the year after guiding his side to victory over Manchester City in Porto just four months after replacing Frank Lampard as manager.
Erling Braut Haaland, 21, of Borussia Dortmund was named forward of the year.
Meanwhile, Denmark captain Simon Kjaer and the medical team that saved Christian Eriksen’s life during Euro 2020 were awarded the Uefa President’s Award by Aleksander Ceferin.
