Foreign Player of the Year in Romania (Gazeta Sporturilor)

The Foreign Player of the Year in Romania (Romanian: Jucătorul străin al anului) is an association football award presented to players in Romania, which recognises the most outstanding foreign player in the country each calendar year. It was started in 2008 by Gazeta Sporturilor, a daily sports newspaper, and the winner is usually announced at the end of December.

Foreign Player of the Year in Romania
Sebastián Dubarbier was the first winner of the award.
SportAssociation football
CompetitionAll levels of Romanian football (generally Liga I)
Local nameJucătorul străin al anului (Romanian)
CountryRomania
Presented byGazeta Sporturilor
History
First award2008
Editions16
First winnerArgentina Sebastián Dubarbier
Most winsFrance Harlem Gnohéré
Brazil Wesley
Brazil Eric de Oliveira (2)
Most recentCroatia Marko Dugandžić
WebsiteOfficial website

Other annual honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Romanian Footballer of the Year and the Romania Coach of the Year awards.

Winners

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Foreign Player of the Year in Romania winners
Year Winner Nationality Club(s) Ref.
2008
Sebastián Dubarbier   Argentina CFR Cluj
2009
Pablo Brandán   Argentina Unirea Urziceni
2010
Eric de Oliveira   Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș [1]
2011
Wesley   Brazil Vaslui
2012
Wesley   Brazil Vaslui
  Al-Hilal
[2]
2013
Eric de Oliveira   Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2014
Łukasz Szukała   Poland Steaua București [3]
2015
Fernando Varela   Cape Verde Steaua București
2016
Fernando Boldrin   Brazil Astra Giurgiu
Steaua București
2017
Harlem Gnohéré   France FCSB [4]
2018
Harlem Gnohéré   France FCSB [5]
2019
Billel Omrani   France[note 1] CFR Cluj [6]
2020
Paulo Vinícius   Brazil CFR Cluj [7]
2021
Jefté Betancor   Spain Voluntari
Farul Constanța
[8]
2022
Andrea Compagno   Italy FC U Craiova
FCSB
2023
Marko Dugandžić   Croatia Rapid București
  Al-Tai

Breakdown of winners

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By number of wins

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Player Win(s) Year(s)
  Harlem Gnohéré
2
2017, 2018
  Wesley
2
2011, 2012
  Eric de Oliveira
2
2010, 2013
10 others
1

By country

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Country Win(s) Year(s)
  Brazil 6 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
  France 3 2017, 2018, 2019
  Argentina 2 2008, 2009
  Cape Verde 1 2015
  Croatia 1 2023
  Italy 1 2022
  Poland 1 2014
  Spain 1 2021

By club

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Club Win(s)
(outright wins/shared titles)
Year(s) (* title was shared)
Steaua București / FCSB 6 (5/1) 2014, 2015, 2016*, 2017, 2018, 2022*
CFR Cluj 3 (3/0) 2008, 2019, 2020
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2 (1/1) 2010, 2013*
Vaslui 2 (1/1) 2011, 2012*
Unirea Urziceni 1 (1/0) 2009
  Al-Hilal 1 (0/1) 2012*
  Al-Tai 1 (0/1) 2023*
Astra Giurgiu 1 (0/1) 2016*
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 (0/1) 2013*
Rapid București 1 (0/1) 2023*
Voluntari 1 (0/1) 2021*
Farul Constanța 1 (0/1) 2021*
FC U Craiova 1 (0/1) 2022*

See also

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References

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Notes

  1. ^ Omrani changed his allegiance to Algeria in June 2022.

Citations

  1. ^ Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2010
  2. ^ Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2012
  3. ^ Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2014
  4. ^ "SUPERLATIVELE GSP 2017 » INTERVIU EXCLUSIV. Harlem Gnohere, jucătorul străin al anului în România: "Am ales Steaua fiindcă pasiunea mea e fotbalul, nu banii"" [GSP SUPERLATIVES 2017 » EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Harlem Gnohéré, foreign player of the year in Romania: "I chose Steaua because football is my passion, not money"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ "SUPERLATIVELE GSP 2018 » INTERVIU EXCLUSIV. Harlem Gnohere, jucătorul străin al anului în România: "Vreau să iau şi trofeul de cel mai bun fotbalist român!"" [GSP SUPERLATIVES 2018 » EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Harlem Gnohéré, foreign player of the year in Romania: "I also want to win the Romanian Footballer of the Year award!"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Gala GSP 2019 // Billel Omrani, jucătorul străin al anului: "Mulțumesc, România!"" [GSP Gala 2019 // Billel Omrani, foreign player of the year: „Thank you, Romania!”]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. ^ "GALA GSP 2020. Paulo Vinicius - "Stranierul anului" în Ancheta Gazetei Sporturilor" [GSP GALA 2020. Paulo Vinícius – Foreign Player of the Year in the Gazeta Sporturilor superlatives]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ "VIDEO GALA GSP 2021 » Gazeta a decernat Superlativele anului 2021 și a premiat 5 Legende: iată cine sunt laureații!" [VIDEO 2021 GSP GALA » Gazeta announced the Superlatives of the year 2021 and awarded 5 Legends: here are the winners!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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