Montenegrin Footballer of the Year
Mirko Vučinić has won the Player of the Year award seven times.
The title Footballer of the Year has been yearly awarded in Montenegro since 2006. The award is determined by the Teamcaptains and the Coaches of the Prva Crnogorska Liga and is published by the Football Association of Montenegro. Eligible are all Montenegrin players.
The most successful player is Mirko Vučinić, who was choiced 7 times as Player of the Year. He was also the first to receive this award.
By the age of 20 years at his first election in 2009, Stevan Jovetić is the youngest player to receive this honor so far.
Winners
Players
2013 controversies
In 2013, Mirko Vučinić was selected for the seventh time as the Montenegrin footballer of the year. He was voted by the most points given by the coaches and team captain's of the First Montenegrin Football League. However, the public opinion was that in 2013 Dejan Damjanovic should have been awarded. Damjanovic scored 4 goals in 2014 World Cup qualifiers (2 against England and 1 against Poland and Ukraine), was announced best scorer of the K-League and the MVP of 2013 AFC Champions League. Medias agreed that Mirko Vucinic is the best overall Montenegrin footballer, however, Damjanovc's performances in 2013 were far better than Vucinic's who was injured during the decisive qualification matches of the national team.[1][2] Finally, Montenegrin Internet portal CG-Fudbal awarded Damjanovic title "Best Montenegrin footballer of the year" by the fans' choice, according to the Internet pool.[3]
Breakdown of winners
Winners by country
| Place |
Club |
Number of wins |
Winning years |
| 1 |  Italy | 8 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| 2 |  France | 1 | 2014 |
Winners by club
Winners by position
External links
References
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