Footballer of the Year (Germany)

Footballer of the Year
İlkay Gündoğan won the award in 2023
CountryGermany
Formerly calledWest Germany Footballer of the Year (1960–1991)
First awarded1960
Current holderİlkay Gündoğan (2023)
Most awardsFranz Beckenbauer (4)
Women's Footballer of the Year
Popp with Germany in 2023
Alexandra Popp won the award in 2023
CountryGermany
First awarded1996
Current holderAlexandra Popp (2023)
Most awardsBirgit Prinz (8)

The title Footballer of the Year (German: Fußballer des Jahres) has been awarded in Germany since 1960. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany.[1] In 1996, the title Women's Footballer of the Year (German: Fußballerin des Jahres) was awarded for the first time.[2] Both awards are determined by a poll of German football journalists from the Association of German Sports Journalists (Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten) and the publication kicker.[3]

The current titleholders are İlkay Gündoğan of FC Barcelona and Alexandra Popp of VfL Wolfsburg.[4][5] In 2004, Brazilian Aílton became the first foreign player to attain the honour.[6]

  1. ^ "Wahl zum Fußballer des Jahres – Jerome Boateng triumphiert". sportjournalist.de (in German). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Marozsans Vorgängerinnen: Die Fußballerinnen des Jahres seit 1996". kicker. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Fußballer des Jahres seit 1960: Die Siegerliste". kicker (in German). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference winner 2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference winner_f 2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Die Fußballer des Jahres seit 1960". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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