Montenegrin Footballer of the Year

The Montenegrin Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by the team captains and the coaches of the Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — 1. CFL to determine the best player in Montenegro. It is published by the Football Association of Montenegro. The most successful player is Mirko Vučinić, who has won the award seven times, as well as being the inaugural winner. Stevan Jovetić is the youngest player to receive this honour so far; he was 20 years old when he won the award. The most recent footballer of the year is Stefan Savić for 2020. Before 2006, two Montenegrin footballers were named Serbia and Montenegro Footballer of the Year; Dejan Savićević in 1995, and Predrag Mijatović (for three times) in 1992, 1993 and 1998.

Winners
Mirko Vučinić has won the Player of the Year award seven times.
Stevan Jovetić is the youngest Player of the Year.
Year Name Club Position
2006Vučinić, MirkoMirko Vučinić RomaForward
2007Mirko Vučinić (2) Roma (2)Forward
2008Mirko Vučinić (3) Roma (3)Forward
2009Jovetić, StevanStevan Jovetić FiorentinaForward
2010Mirko Vučinić (4) Roma (4)Forward
2011Mirko Vučinić (5) JuventusForward
2012Mirko Vučinić (6) Juventus (2)Forward
2013Mirko Vučinić (7) Juventus (3)Forward
2014Baša, MarkoMarko Baša Lille OSCDefender
2015Stevan Jovetić (2) InternazionaleForward
2016Savić, StefanStefan Savić Atlético MadridDefender
2017Stefan Savić (2) Atlético Madrid (2)Defender
2018Stefan Savić (3) Atlético Madrid (3)Defender
2019Mugoša, StefanStefan Mugoša Incheon UnitedForward
2020Stefan Savić (4) Atlético Madrid (4)Defender

Players
Place Name Number of wins Winning years
1Vučinić, MirkoMirko Vučinić72006-2008, 2010-2013
2Savić, StefanStefan Savić42016-2018, 2020
3Jovetić, StevanStevan Jovetić22009, 2015
4Baša, MarkoMarko Baša12014
4Mugoša, StefanStefan Mugoša12019

2013 controversy

In 2013, Mirko Vučinić won the Montenegrin Footballer of the Year for the seventh time. However, the public opinion was that in 2013, Dejan Damjanović should have been given the award. Damjanović scored four goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (two against England and one against Poland and Ukraine), was announced as the top scorer of the K-League and the MVP of the 2013 AFC Champions League. The media agreed that Vučinić was the best overall Montenegrin footballer, however, Damjanović's performances in 2013 were far better than Vučinić's, who was injured during the decisive qualification matches of the national team.[1][2] Finally, Montenegrin website CG-Fudbal awarded Damjanović "Best Montenegrin Footballer of the Year", according to a poll voted by the fans.[3]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country
Place Club country Number of wins Winning years
1 Italy92006-2013, 2015
2 Spain42016-2018, 2020
3 France12014
3 South Korea12019

Winners by club
Place Club Number of wins Winning years
1 Roma42006-2008, 2010
2 Atlético Madrid42016-2018, 2020
3 Juventus32011-2013
4 Fiorentina12009
4 Lille OSC12014
4 Internazionale12015
4 Incheon United12019

Winners by position
Place Position Number of wins
1Forward10
2Defender5

References
  1. Bozo Jankovic. "Boske zaslužio crnogorsku zlatnu loptu". Cafe del Montenegro. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. Danilo Mitrović, Aleksandar Radović. "Glasali po automatizmu i inerciji". Vijesti. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "CG fudbal: Damjanović fudbaler godine". Portal Analitika. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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