Ilta-Sanomat Player of the Year Award

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Ilta-Sanomat Player of the Year Award (Finnish: IS-tähtikisa) is an annual award given by the Finnish evening paper Ilta-Sanomat for the best individual players of Finnish top leagues in ice hockey (SM-liiga), basketball (Korisliiga), volleyball (Mestaruusliiga) and floorball (Salibandyliiga). Due to sponsorship reasons the award has not been given in football Veikkausliiga since 2009.

The award is based on post-match ratings made in every single match by a sport journalist and two local sportspersons or celebrities. Best player of the match is awarded with three points ("stars"), second best with two and third best with one. The player collecting most "stars" during the season wins the award.

Winners[edit]

Football[edit]

Season	Player	Club
1983	Mika Lipponen	TPS Turku
1984	Heikki Suhonen	TPS Turku
1985	Jukka Ikäläinen	KePS Kemi
1986	Ismo Lius	FC Kuusysi
1987	Jarmo Alatensiö	PPT Pori
1988	Ismo Lius	FC Kuusysi
1989	Jari Litmanen	Reipas Lahti
1990	Jari Litmanen	Reipas Lahti
1991	Jari Litmanen	HJK Helsinki
1992	Vasili Karatayev	RoPS Rovaniemi
1993	Piracaia	FC Jazz
1994	Alexei Eremenko Sr.	FF Jaro
1995	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka
1996	Luiz Antônio	FC Jazz
1997	Alexei Eremenko Sr.	FF Jaro
1998	Zeddy Saileti	RoPS Rovaniemi
1999	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka
2000	Shefki Kuqi	FC Jokerit
2001	Antti Pohja	Tampere United
2002	Jari Niemi	Tampere United
2003	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka
2004	Fredrik Svanbäck	FF Jaro
2005	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka
2006	Farid Ghazi	HJK Helsinki
2007	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka
2008	Mikko Hyyrynen	FF Jaro

See also[edit]

• Finnish Footballer of the Year