Ghana_Player_of_the_Year

Ghana Player of the Year

Ghana Player of the Year

Annual award in Ghana

The Ghana Player of the Year (or Ghanaian Footballer of the Year) is an annual award from Football Association of Ghana, govern in recognition of excellence to the best Ghanaian professional association footballer of the year.

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The title has been awarded yearly in Ghana since 1975. The award is determined annually by the members of the Sport Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), with additional votes from the Ghana Premier League team captains and coaches, in collaboration with Goal.com's corporate subdivision of Perform Group, and is published by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). All Ghanaian professional association footballers all eligible. The award has been presented on 28 occasions as of 2020.

The most successful player of the award is Samuel Kuffour, who was chosen as Ghana Player of the Year three times. Asamoah Gyan, André Ayew, Stephen Appiah, Kwadwo Asamoah and Thomas Partey have each won the award twice, the latter three all in consecutive years.

Winners

Abedi Pele was the winner of the award in 1993, and was also named African Footballer of the Year three times
Samuel Kuffour has won the most awards, with three titles in 1998, 1999 and 2001
John Mensah was the recipient of the award in 2006
Michael Essien won the award in 2007
John Paintsil was the recipient of the award in 2008
André Ayew, winner of the award in 2011
Asamoah Gyan won the award twice 2010 and 2013
Thomas Partey of Atlético Madrid was the first winner that was playing in La Liga, earning two straight awards in 2018 and 2019
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Footballer of the Year (Home Based)

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Footballer of the Year (Foreign)

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Breakdown of winners

Number of wins by player

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References

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Notes

  1. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the award covered the both 2019 and 2020
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