Foreign Player of the Year in Romania (Gazeta Sporturilor)

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

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.

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

Winners

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

Breakdown of winners

By number of wins

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

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

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
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1 (0/1) 2012*
Saudi Arabia 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

References

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.