The Ghana Player of the Year (or Ghanaian Footballer of the Year) is an annual award from Football Association of Ghana, govern in recognition of excellence to the best Ghanaian professional association footballer of the year.
The title has been awarded yearly in Ghana since 1975. The award is determined annually by the members of the Sport Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), with additional votes from the Ghana Premier League team captains and coaches, in collaboration with Goal.com's corporate subdivision of Perform Group, and is published by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). All Ghanaian professional association footballers all eligible. The award has been presented on 28 occasions as of 2020.
The most successful player of the award is Samuel Kuffour, who was chosen as Ghana Player of the Year three times. Asamoah Gyan, André Ayew, Stephen Appiah, Kwadwo Asamoah and Thomas Partey have each won the award twice, the latter three all in consecutive years.
Winners
Year Winner Club Position 1975 Hearts of Oak Forward 1978 Asante Kotoko Midfielder 1979 John Nketia Yawson Hearts of Oak Midfielder 1980 Francis Kumi Asante Kotoko Forward 1984 Joe Odoi Hearts of Oak Defender 1993 Marseille Forward 1997 Hamburger SV Forward 1998 Bayern Munich Defender 1999 Bayern Munich Defender 2000 Hearts of Oak Midfielder 2001 Bayern Munich Defender 2002 Hearts of Oak Forward 2003 Asante Kotoko Defender 2004 Juventus Midfielder 2005 Juventus Midfielder 2006 Rennes Defender 2007 Chelsea Midfielder 2008 Fulham Defender 2009 Milan Forward 2010 Sunderland Forward 2011 Marseille Forward 2012 Juventus Midfielder 2013 Al AinForward2014Harrison Afful Espérance de TunisDefender2015André Ayew Swansea CityForward2016Solomon Asante TP MazembeForward2017Thomas Partey Atlético MadridMidfielder2018Thomas Partey Atlético MadridMidfielder 2020Jordan Ayew Crystal PalaceForward Footballer of the Year (Home Based) Year Winner Club Position 2021 Hearts of Oak Forward2022 Hearts of OakForward Footballer of the Year (Foreign) Year Winner Club Position 2021 Ajax Midfielder2022 AjaxMidfielder
Breakdown of winners
Number of wins by player Rank Name Number of winsWinning years 1 31998, 1999, 2001222004, 200522010, 201322011, 201522017, 201861201211975Karim Abdul Razak11978John Nketia Yawson11979Francis Kumi11980Joe Odoi11984119931199712000120021200312006120071200812009120141201612020
Number of wins by league Rank League Number of wins Winning years 1 Ghana Premier League 8 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2003 2 Premier League 5 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 20203 Serie A 4 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012 Bundesliga 4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 5 Ligue 1 3 1993, 2006, 2011 6 La Liga 2 2017, 2018 7 Linafoot 1 2016 UAE Pro League 1 2013 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 2014
Number of wins by club Rank Club Number of wins Winning years 1 Hearts of Oak 5 1975, 1979, 1984, 2000, 2002 2 Juventus 4 2004, 2005, 2012, 20133 Asante Kotoko 3 1978, 1980, 2003 Bayern Munich 3 1998, 1999, 20015 Marseille 2 1993, 2011 Atlético Madrid 2 2018, 2019 7 Hamburger SV 1 1997 Rennes 1 2006 Chelsea 1 2007 Fulham 1 2008 Milan 1 2009 Sunderland 1 2010 Al Ain 1 2014 Espérance de Tunis 1 2015 Swansea City 1 2016 TP Mazembe 1 2017 Crystal Palace 1 2020
Number of wins by position Rank PositionNumber of wins 1 Forward 122 Midfielder 10 3 Defender 6 4 Goalkeeper 0
References
Notes
External links all Players of the Year at Worldfootball.net