Liga I Foreign Player of the Year (Gazeta Sporturilor)

The Liga I Foreign Player of the Year is an association football award presented to players in Romania, which recognises the most outstanding foreign player in the Liga I each year. It was started in 2008 by Gazeta Sporturilor, a daily sports newspaper. The winner is announced at the end of December.

Liga I Foreign Player of the Year
Sebastián Dubarbier was the first winner of the award.
SportAssociation football
CompetitionTop league of Romanian football
Local nameJucătorul străin al anului / Stranierul anului  (Romanian)
CountryRomania
Presented byGazeta Sporturilor
History
First award2008
Editions12
First winner Sebastián Dubarbier
Most recent Paulo Vinícius
WebsiteOfficial website

Other honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Romanian Footballer of the Year and the Romania Coach of the Year awards.

Winners
Liga I Foreign Player of the Year winners
Year Winner Nationality Club(s) Ref(s)
2008
 Sebastián Dubarbier Argentina CFR Cluj
2009
 Pablo Brandán Argentina Unirea Urziceni
2010
 Eric Pereira Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș [1]
2011
 Wesley Lopes Brazil Vaslui
2012
 Wesley Lopes Brazil Vaslui
Al-Hilal		 [2]
2013
 Eric Pereira Brazil Gaz Metan Mediaș
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2014
 Łukasz Szukała Poland Steaua București [3]
2015
 Fernando Varela Cape Verde Steaua București
2016
 Fernando Boldrin Brazil Astra Giurgiu
Steaua București
2017
 Harlem Gnohéré France FCSB [4]
2018
 Harlem Gnohéré France FCSB [5]
2019
 Billel Omrani France CFR Cluj [6]
2020
 Paulo Vinícius Brazil CFR Cluj [7] –

Breakdown of winners

By number of wins
Player Win(s) Year(s)
Harlem Gnohéré
2
2017, 2018
Wesley Lopes
2
2011, 2012
Eric Pereira
2
2010, 2013
7 others
1
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By country
Country Win(s) Year(s)
 Brazil 6 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
 France 3 2017, 2018, 2019
 Argentina 2 2008, 2009
 Cape Verde 1 2015
 Poland 1 2014

By club
Club Win(s)
(outright wins/shared titles)		 Year(s) (* title was shared)
Steaua București / FCSB 5 (4/1) 2014, 2015, 2016*, 2017, 2018
CFR Cluj 3 (3/0) 2008, 2019, 2020
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2 (1/1) 2010, 2013*
Vaslui 2 (1/1) 2011, 2012*
Unirea Urziceni 1 (1/0) 2009
Al-Hilal 1 (0/1) 2012*
Astra Giurgiu 1 (0/1) 2016*
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 (0/1) 2013*

References
  1. Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2010
  2. Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2012
  3. Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2014
  4. "SUPERLATIVELE GSP 2017 » INTERVIU EXCLUSIV. Harlem Gnohere, jucătorul străin al anului în România: "Am ales Steaua fiindcă pasiunea mea e fotbalul, nu banii"" [GSP SUPERLATIVES 2017 » EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Harlem Gnohéré, foreign player of the year in Romania: "I chose Steaua because football is my passion, not money"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "SUPERLATIVELE GSP 2018 » INTERVIU EXCLUSIV. Harlem Gnohere, jucătorul străin al anului în România: "Vreau să iau şi trofeul de cel mai bun fotbalist român!"" [GSP SUPERLATIVES 2018 » EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Harlem Gnohéré, foreign player of the year in Romania: "I also want to win the Romanian Footballer of the Year award!"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. "Gala GSP 2019 // Billel Omrani, jucătorul străin al anului: „Mulțumesc, România!"" [GSP Gala 2019 // Billel Omrani, foreign player of the year: „Thank you, Romania!”]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. "GALA GSP 2020. Paulo Vinicius - „Stranierul anului" în Ancheta Gazetei Sporturilor" [GSP GALA 2020. Paulo Vinícius – Foreign Player of the Year in the Gazeta Sporturilor superlatives]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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