PREMIOS FÚTBOL PORTUGUES, ESCOCES Y ESPAÑOL

Portugal - Footballer of the Year

JOAO PINTO

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There are currently two elections. The one by CNID (club of journalists) is open to any player of Portuguese nationality, that of the newspaper 'Record' to players in the Portuguese league.

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List of Winners

Year   CNID Election     

2000   Luís FIGO        (Real Madrid)                Beto ACOSTA (Arg)  (Sporting)

2001   PETIT            (Boavista FC)                PETIT              (Boavista FC)

2002   Mario JARDEL     (Sporting)                   Mário JARDEL (Bra) (Sporting)

2003   Ricardo CARVALHO (FC Porto)

2004   DECO             (FC Porto)

2005   Ricardo QUARESMA (FC Porto)

2006   Ricardo QUARESMA (FC Porto)

2007   SIMAO Sabrosa    (Benfica)                  

2008   LISANDRO Lopez   (FC Porto)   

2009   Bruno ALVES      (FC Porto)

2010   David LUIZ       (Benfica)

Number of wins (CNID)

6   Luís FIGO

3   JOÃO PINTO, António OLIVEIRA

2   CHALANA, EUSÉBIO, Paulo FUTRE, VITOR BAÍA, Ricardo QUARESMA      

1   BENTO, CARLOS MANUEL, José COSTA, DOMINGOS, Fernando GOMES, HUMBERTO COELHO,

    JOÃO ALVES, JORDÃO, NENÉ, RUI BARROS, TONI, PETI, Mario JARDEL, Ricardo CARVALHO,

    DECO, SIMAO Sabrosa, LISANDRO Lopez, Bruno ALVES, David LUIZ  

Golden Ball

2000  Jorge Costa   (FC Porto) 

2001  Sanchez       (Boavista)

2002  Jardel        (Sporting)

2003  Deco          (FC Porto)

2004  Rossato       (Nacional)

2005  Simão         (Benfica)

2006  Petit         (Benfica)

2007  Quaresma      (FC Porto)

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Scotland - Player of the Year

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As voted for by the Scottish Football Writers' Association.

DAVID WEIR

List of Winners

2000       Barry Ferguson (Rangers)

2001    Henrik Larsson (Celtic)

2002    Paul Lambert (Celtic)

2003    Barry Ferguson (Rangers)

2004    Jackie McNamara (Celtic)

2005    John Hartson (Celtic)

2006    Craig Gordon (Hearts)

2007    Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)

2008    Carlos Cuellar (Rangers)

2009    Gary Caldwell (Celtic)

2010    David Weir (Rangers)

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Spain - Footballer of the Year

RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO 

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Since 1975-76, different prizes were awarded to the best players and trainers of the Spanish championship by the magazine Don Balón.

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Don Balón Awards

1999-00  RAÚL González Blanco                                        Real Madrid CF

2000-01 RAÚL González Blanco                                         Real Madrid CF

2001-02 RAÚL González Blanco                                         Real Madrid CF

2002-03 XABI ALONSO Olano                               Real Sociedad de Fútbol

Best Foreign Player

1999-00  Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro, ‘FIGO’ (Portugal)      FC Barcelona

2000-01 Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro, ‘FIGO’ (Portugal)       FC Barcelona

2001-02 Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                        Real Madrid CF

2002-03 NIHAT Kahveci (Turkey)                          Real Sociedad de Fútbol