Sport | Association football |
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Competition | All levels of Romanian and international football |
Local name | Jucătorul român al anului / Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin (Romanian) |
Country | Romania |
Presented by | Gazeta Sporturilor |
History | |
First award | 1966 |
Editions | 58 |
First winner | Nicolae Dobrin |
Most wins | Gheorghe Hagi
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Most recent | Radu Drăgușin |
Website | Official website |
The Romanian Footballer of the Year (Romanian: Fotbalistul român al anului), also known as the Nicolae Dobrin Trophy (Romanian: Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin), is an annual association football award given by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper to the Romanian player adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. The current holder is Radu Drăgușin, who won the award for his performances in 2023 representing Genoa.[1]
It has been presented since 1966 and is currently named after Nicolae Dobrin, the first recipient of the award and one of Romania's most notable footballers.[2] Gheorghe Hagi, the joint leading goalscorer of the national team alongside Adrian Mutu, has received the trophy a record of seven times.
Other annual honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Foreign Player of the Year in Romania and the Romania Coach of the Year awards.
Player | Win(s) | Year(s) |
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Gheorghe Hagi | 7 |
1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 |
Gheorghe Popescu | 6 |
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 |
Adrian Mutu | 4 |
2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 |
Cristian Chivu | 3 |
2002, 2009, 2010 |
Cornel Dinu | 3 |
1970, 1972, 1974 |
Nicolae Dobrin | 3 |
1966, 1967, 1971 |
Ilie Balaci | 2 |
1981, 1982 |
László Bölöni | 2 |
1977, 1983 |
Florea Dumitrache | 2 |
1968, 1969 |
Ion Dumitru | 2 |
1973, 1975 |
24 others | 1 |
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Club | Win(s) (outright wins/shared titles by two teams) |
Year(s) (* title was shared by two teams) |
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Steaua București / FCSB | 12 (10/2) |
1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 2006, 2012, 2013*, 2014, 2017*, 2020 |
Dinamo București | 9 (8/1) |
1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 2004, 2011* |
Universitatea Craiova | 5 (4/1) |
1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990* |
Argeș Pitești | 3 (3/0) |
1966, 1967, 1971 |
Fiorentina | 3 (3/0) |
2007, 2008, 2015 |
Galatasaray | 3 (3/0) |
1997, 1999, 2000 |
PSV Eindhoven | 3 (2/1) |
1990*, 1991, 1992 |
Barcelona | 3 (1/2) |
1994*, 1995*, 1996 |
ASA Târgu Mureș | 2 (2/0) |
1977, 1983 |
Genoa | 2 (2/0) |
2019, 2023 |
Astra Giurgiu | 2 (1/1) |
2016, 2017* |
Brescia | 2 (1/1) |
1993, 1994* |
Inter Milan | 2 (1/1) |
2009, 2010 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2 (1/1) |
1995*, 2013* |
Ajax | 1 (1/0) |
2002 |
CFR Cluj | 1 (1/0) |
2018 |
Juventus | 1 (1/0) |
2005 |
Sparta Prague | 1 (1/0) |
2021 |
Sportul Studențesc | 1 (1/0) |
1985 |
Târgoviște | 1 (1/0) |
1978 |
Valencia | 1 (1/0) |
1998 |
Wuhan Three Towns | 1 (1/0) |
2022 |
Alavés | 1 (0/1) |
2001* |
Chelsea | 1 (0/1) |
2003* |
Milan | 1 (0/1) |
2001* |
Parma | 1 (0/1) |
2003* |
Udinese | 1 (0/1) |
2011* |