Sportske Novosti award

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Sportske Novosti award is an annual football award established in 2001 by the Croatian daily sports newspaper Sportske novosti. It is awarded to the best football player in the world on account of points won in a poll. Usually some of the world's top coaches and players are polled for this occasion.

[edit] Sportske Novosti award winners

Year Player Club Coaches and players polled
2001
 Flag of Spain Raúl Flag of Spain Real Madrid
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2002
 Flag of Brazil Roberto Carlos Flag of Spain Real Madrid
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2003
 Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Flag of Italy Juventus
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2004
 Flag of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Flag of Italy AC Milan
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2005
 Flag of England Frank Lampard [1] Flag of England Chelsea
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2006
 Flag of France Thierry Henry [2] Flag of England Arsenal
Fabio Capello, Felix Magath, Carlo Ancelotti, Lothar Matthäus, Guus Hiddink
Srečko Katanec, Roberto Mancini, Marco van Basten, Didier Deschamps, Slaven Bilić [3]
2007
 Flag of Brazil Kaká [4] [5] Flag of Italy AC Milan
Zico, Safet Sušić, Herbert Prohaska, Emilio Butragueño, Andreas Brehme
Franco Baresi, Zbigniew Boniek, Marcel Desailly, Robert Prosinečki, Kenny Dalglish [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frank Lampard igrač godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti (Croatian). HRT (2005-12-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  2. ^ Henry wins 2006 Sportske Novosti award (English). Arsenal.com (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  3. ^ Henry nogometaš godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti (Croatian). HRT (2006-12-17). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  4. ^ Kaka named Player of the Year for 2007 by SN (English). Goal.com (2008-01-21). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  5. ^ Boban premia Kakà Calciatore dell' anno per un giornale croato (Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport (2008-01-22). Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  6. ^ Kaka najbolji igrač Europe u izboru Sportskih Novosti (Croatian). HRT (2007-12-21). Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
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