The Slovenian Footballer of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the Slovenian magazine EkipaSN .
Year | Player | Club(s) |
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2008 | Milivoje Novaković [1] | 1. FC Köln |
2009 | Samir Handanović [2] | Udinese |
2010 | Valter Birsa [2] | Auxerre |
2011 | Samir Handanović | Udinese |
2012 | Samir Handanović [3] | Udinese / Internazionale |
2013 | Kevin Kampl | Red Bull Salzburg |
2014 | Kevin Kampl [4] | Red Bull Salzburg |
2015 | Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid |
2016 | Jan Oblak [5] | Atlético Madrid |
2017 | Jan Oblak [6] | Atlético Madrid |
2018 | Jan Oblak [7] | Atlético Madrid |
2019 | Josip Iličić [8] | Atalanta |
2020 | Jan Oblak [9] | Atlético Madrid |
2021 | Jan Oblak [10] | Atlético Madrid |
Year | Player | Club(s) |
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2008 | Etien Velikonja [1] | Gorica |
2009 | Rene Krhin [1] | Internazionale |
2010 | Armin Bačinović [1] | Maribor / Palermo |
2011 | Dejan Lazarević [1] | Torino / Padova |
2012 | Jan Oblak | União de Leiria / Rio Ave |
2013 | Jan Oblak [11] | Rio Ave / Benfica |
2014 | Petar Stojanović [4] | Veržej / Maribor |
2015 | Andraž Šporar [12] | Olimpija Ljubljana |
2016 | Luka Zahović [5] | Heerenveen / Maribor |
2017 | Jan Repas [6] | Domžale / Caen |
2018 | Jaka Bijol [7] | Rudar Velenje / CSKA Moscow |
2019 | Jaka Bijol [8] | CSKA Moscow |
2020 | Aljoša Matko [9] | Bravo / Maribor |
2021 | Benjamin Šeško [10] | FC Liefering / Red Bull Salzburg |
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