Estonian Footballer of the Year

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The Estonian Footballer of the Year (Estonian: Eesti aasta parim jalgpallur) is an annual award given to the best performing Estonian footballer of the respective year. The award has been presented since 1992. From 1992 to 1994, the winner was chosen by Päevaleht, from 1995 to 2000 by Eesti Päevaleht, and from 2002 to 2003 by Estonian football journalists (EJAK). The Estonian Football Association (EJL) also named their player of the year from 1994 to 2003. Since 2004, the winner is chosen by representatives of the Estonian Football Association and football journalists.[1] Ragnar Klavan has won the award a record seven times.[2] The current holder is Karol Mets.

Winners[edit]

Year Player Club
1992 Urmas Hepner Finland Kuusankosken Kumu
1993 Mart Poom Estonia Flora
1994 Mart Poom (2) Switzerland FC Wil
1995 Martin Reim Estonia Flora
1996 Marek Lemsalu Estonia Flora
1997 Mart Poom (3) England Derby County
1998 Mart Poom[A] (4) England Derby County
Urmas Kirs[B] Estonia Flora
1999 Andres Oper Denmark AaB
2000 Mart Poom (5) England Derby County
2001 Indrek Zelinski[B] Denmark AaB
2002 Andres Oper[C] (2) Denmark AaB
Raio Piiroja[B] Estonia Flora
2003 Mart Poom (6) England Sunderland
2004 Andrei Stepanov Russia Torpedo Moscow
2005 Andres Oper (3) Netherlands Roda JC
2006 Raio Piiroja (2) Norway Fredrikstad
2007 Raio Piiroja (3) Norway Fredrikstad
2008 Raio Piiroja (4) Norway Fredrikstad
2009 Raio Piiroja (5) Norway Fredrikstad
2010 Konstantin Vassiljev Slovenia Nafta Lendava
2011 Konstantin Vassiljev (2) Russia Amkar Perm
2012 Ragnar Klavan Germany FC Augsburg
2013 Konstantin Vassiljev (3) Russia Amkar Perm
2014 Ragnar Klavan (2) Germany FC Augsburg
2015 Ragnar Klavan (3) Germany FC Augsburg
2016 Ragnar Klavan (4) England Liverpool
2017 Ragnar Klavan (5) England Liverpool
2018 Ragnar Klavan (6) Italy Cagliari
2019 Ragnar Klavan (7) Italy Cagliari
2020 Rauno Sappinen Estonia Flora
2021 Rauno Sappinen (2) Estonia Flora
2022[3] Joonas Tamm Romania FCSB
2023[4] Karol Mets Germany FC St. Pauli
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  2. ^ a b
    Voted by EJL
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    Voted by EJAK

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Aasta parim jalgpallur on Ragnar Klavan". Jalka (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Estonia - Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ "Parimaks meesjalgpalluriks valiti Joonas Tamm" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Aasta parim meesjalgpallur on Karol Mets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

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