Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol)

Footballer of the Year in Russia is an annual award given by Futbol weekly to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title is awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper. Players of each Premier League club are polled.

The award started in 1964 as Soviet Footballer of the Year until changing its name for the 1992 season.

Brazilian Daniel Carvalho became the first foreign player to win the award in 2005.

List of winners

Year	Winner	Club	Ref
1992	Viktor Onopko	Spartak Moscow
1993	Viktor Onopko	Spartak Moscow
1994	Igor Simutenkov	Dynamo Moscow
1995	Ilya Tsymbalar	Spartak Moscow
1996	Andrey Tikhonov	Spartak Moscow
1997	Dmitri Alenichev	Spartak Moscow
1998	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow
1999	Alexei Smertin	Lokomotiv Moscow
2000	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow
2001	Ruslan Nigmatullin	Lokomotiv Moscow
2002	Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv Moscow
2003	Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv Moscow
2004	Dmitri Sychev	Lokomotiv Moscow
2005	Daniel Carvalho	CSKA Moscow
2006	Andrei Arshavin	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2007	Konstantin Zyryanov	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008	Yuriy Zhirkov	CSKA Moscow
2009	Alejandro Dominguez	Rubin Kazan	[1]
2010	Danny	Zenit Saint Petersburg	[2]
2011	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow	[3]
2012	Roman Shirokov	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2013	Roman Shirokov	Zenit Saint Petersburg

See also

• Soviet Footballer of the Year
• Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express), Sport-Express daily newspaper version
• The best 33 (Russia)

References

1. "Futbol" weekly (December 2009). Алехандро Домингес – лучший игрок 2009 года (in Russian). footballarchive.ru. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
2. gzt.ru (2010-12-22). Игрок "Зенита" Данни стал лучшим футболистом сезона-2010 по версии журналистов (in Russian). news.rambler.ru. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
3. Опрос еженедельника "Футбол": Думбия лучший в 2011 году / Евро-футбол.ру (in Russian). euro-football.ru. 2011-12-29. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

External links

• Futbol weekly official blog (Russian)