Liga I Foreign Player of the Year (Gazeta Sporturilor)

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Liga I Foreign Player of the Year
FC Lorient 2010-211 - Sebastian Dubarbier.jpg
Sebastián Dubarbier was the first winner of the award.
Sport Association football
CompetitionTop league of Romanian football
Local nameJucătorul străin al anului / Stranierul anului  (Romanian)
Country Romania
Presented by Gazeta Sporturilor
History
First award2008
Editions12
First winner Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Dubarbier
Most recent Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Vinícius
Website Official website

The Liga I Foreign Player of the Year is an association football award presented to players in Romania, which recognises the most outstanding foreign player in the Liga I each year. It was started in 2008 by Gazeta Sporturilor , a daily sports newspaper. The winner is announced at the end of December.

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

Winners

Liga I Foreign Player of the Year winners
YearWinnerNationalityClub(s)Ref(s)
2008
 Sebastián Dubarbier Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina CFR Cluj
2009
 Pablo Brandán Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Unirea Urziceni
2010
 Eric Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș [1]
2011
 Wesley Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Vaslui
2012
 Wesley Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Vaslui
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 		[2]
2013
 Eric Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2014
 Łukasz Szukała Flag of Poland.svg Poland Steaua București [3]
2015
 Fernando Varela Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Steaua București
2016
 Fernando Boldrin Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Astra Giurgiu
Steaua București
2017
 Harlem Gnohéré Flag of France.svg France FCSB [4]
2018
 Harlem Gnohéré Flag of France.svg France FCSB [5]
2019
 Billel Omrani Flag of France.svg France CFR Cluj [6]
2020
 Paulo Vinícius Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil CFR Cluj [7]

Breakdown of winners

By number of wins

PlayerWin(s)Year(s)
Flag of France.svg Harlem Gnohéré
2
2017, 2018
Flag of Brazil.svg Wesley Lopes
2
2011, 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg Eric Pereira
2
2010, 2013
7 others
1
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By country

CountryWin(s)Year(s)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 62010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
Flag of France.svg  France 32017, 2018, 2019
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 22008, 2009
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 12015
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 12014

By club

ClubWin(s)
(outright wins/shared titles)		Year(s) (* title was shared)
Steaua București / FCSB 5 (4/1)2014, 2015, 2016*, 2017, 2018
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
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 1 (0/1)2012*
Astra Giurgiu 1 (0/1)2016*
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 (0/1)2013*

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References

  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.
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