Czech Footballer of the Year

The Czech Footballer of the Year (Czech: Fotbalista roku) is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FA ČR). Eligibility extends to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player, coach and Czech First League personality of the year are also awarded. The award was first presented in 1965, as an award for the whole of Czechoslovakia. It was won by Ján Popluhár.[1]

Petr Čech won the award for an unprecedented sixth time in the 2012 ceremony, passing the previous record of five wins held by fellow goalkeeper Ivo Viktor.[2] Viktor had previously won the award more times than any other player, having won the award five times in the Czechoslovak era between 1968 and 1976.[3]

The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Golden Ball, awarded by sport journalists.

Winners

Petr Čech, 6-time winner.
Tomáš Rosický won the award three times in his career.
Pavel Nedvěd won the award four times in his career.

The award has been made every year since the first award in 1965. In 1996 two players shared the award.[3]

Key
multiple award winners in the same season Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
Year Player Club Notes
1993 Kouba, PetrPetr Kouba Czech Republic Sparta Prague
1994 Kuka, PavelPavel Kuka Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1995 Drulák, RadekRadek Drulák Czech Republic Petra Drnovice
1996 multiple award winners in the same season Berger, PatrikPatrik Berger England Liverpool
1996 multiple award winners in the same season Poborský, KarelKarel Poborský England Manchester United
1997 Němec, JiříJiří Němec Germany Schalke
1998 Nedvěd, PavelPavel Nedvěd Italy Lazio
1999 Koller, JanJan Koller Belgium Anderlecht
2000 Nedvěd, PavelPavel Nedvěd Italy Lazio
2001 Rosický, TomášTomáš Rosický Germany Borussia Dortmund
2002 Rosický, TomášTomáš Rosický Germany Borussia Dortmund
2003 Nedvěd, PavelPavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus
2004 Nedvěd, PavelPavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus
2005 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2006 Rosický, TomášTomáš Rosický England Arsenal
2007 Jankulovski, MarekMarek Jankulovski Italy Milan
2008 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2009 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2010 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2011 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2012 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2013 Čech, PetrPetr Čech England Chelsea
2014 Lafata, DavidDavid Lafata Czech Republic Sparta Prague

Other awards

Year Coach of the Year Talent of the Year Personality of the League
1993 Dušan Uhrin (Sparta Prague) -
1994 Vlastimil Petržela (FC Slovan Liberec) Richard Dostálek (1. FC Brno) Jozef Chovanec (Sparta Prague)
1995 Dušan Uhrin (national team) Ivo Ulich (SK Hradec Králové) Jan Stejskal (Slavia Prague)
1996 Dušan Uhrin (national team) Marek Zúbek (1. FC Brno) Radek Drulák (FK Drnovice)
1997 František Cipro (Slavia Prague) Martin Lukeš (Baník Ostrava) Sladjan Ašanin (Slavia Prague)
1998 Jozef Chovanec (national team) Tomáš Došek (Viktoria Plzeň) Jaroslav Šilhavý (Viktoria Žižkov)
1999 Jozef Chovanec (national team) Tomáš Rosický (Sparta Prague) Zdeněk Jánoš (Jablonec 97)
2000 Jozef Chovanec (national team) Milan Baroš (Baník Ostrava) Oldřich Machala (Sigma Olomouc)
2001 Karel Brückner (U-21 national team) Petr Čech (Chmel Blšany/Sparta Prague) Miroslav Kadlec (Drnovice/Brno)
2002 Karel Brückner (national team) Tomáš Hübschman (Sparta Prague) Jiří Němec (Chmel Blšany)
2003 Karel Brückner (national team) Jan Laštůvka (Baník Ostrava) Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)
2004 Karel Brückner (national team) Tomáš Jun (Sparta Prague) Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)
2005 Karel Brückner (national team) Martin Latka (Slavia Prague) Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)
2006 Vítězslav Lavička (Slovan Liberec) Daniel Kolář (Sparta Prague) Jaromír Blažek (Sparta Prague)
2007 Karel Brückner (national team) Martin Fenin (Teplice/Eintracht Frankfurt) Pavel Verbíř (Teplice)
2008 Karel Jarolím (Slavia Prague) Tomáš Necid (Jablonec/Slavia Prague) Vladimír Šmicer (Slavia Prague)
2009 František Komňacký (Jablonec) Adam Hloušek (Jablonec/Slavia Prague) Tomáš Řepka (Sparta Prague)
2010 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Václav Kadlec (Sparta Prague) Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)
2011 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Ladislav Krejčí (Sparta Prague) Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)
2012 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Tomáš Kalas (Vitesse) Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)
2013 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Matěj Vydra (West Bromwich Albion) Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)
2014 Pavel Vrba (national team) Jan Baránek, Jr. (Baník Ostrava) David Lafata (Sparta Prague)

References

  1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. "Fotbalovým králem je opět brankář. Čech vyhrál pošesté a má rekord" [Football king is again a goalkeeper. Čech won for the sixth time and has the record]. idnes.cz (in Czech) (Mladá fronta DNES). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 Rohr, Bernd; Günter, Simon (2006). Fotbal - velký lexikon: osobnosti, kluby, názvosloví (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 80-247-1158-3.
  4. "Čech named Czech player of the year again". uefa.com. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  5. "Čechova vláda po letech skončila, fotbalistou roku je střelec Lafata". idnes.cz. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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