Armenian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best professional Armenian football player. The winner is elected by Football Federation of Armenia members, referees, inspectors, coaches, captains and presidents of the Armenian Premier League clubs, as well as the journalists and media. On the same occasion, an award is also given for Armenian Coach of the Year.
History The same year the Football Federation of Armenia was founded, an award for the best Armenian football player began being annually given. The first award was given to former Armenia national football team captain Sargis Hovsepyan in 1992. Hovsepyan, who became the first player to win the award three times, is currently second to Henrikh Mkhitaryan who has won the award twelve times (including seven times in a row from 2011 to 2017). Arthur Petrosyan and Armen Shahgeldyan have both won the award twice. Edgar Manucharyan became the youngest player to win the award in 2004 at the age of 16. Hovsepyan became the oldest player to win the award in 2008 at the age of 36.
List of recipients
YearPlayerClubRef 1992 Pyunik Yerevan 1993 Ararat Yerevan 1994 Homenetmen 1995 (2) Pyunik Yerevan 1996 Shirak 1997 Shirak 1998 Tsement Ararat 1999 FC Yerevan 2000 (2) Young Boys 2001 Pyunik Yerevan 2002 Pyunik Yerevan 2003 Metalurh Donetsk 2004 Pyunik Yerevan 2005 Banants Yerevan 2006 (2) Mika Yerevan 2007 Pyunik Yerevan 2008 (3) Pyunik Yerevan 2009 Pyunik Yerevan 2010 Pyunik Yerevan 2011 (2) Shakhtar Donetsk 2012 (3) Shakhtar Donetsk 2013 (4) Borussia Dortmund 2014 (5) Borussia Dortmund 2015 (6) Borussia Dortmund 2016 (7) Manchester United 2017 (8) Manchester United 2018 Aktobe 2019 (9) Roma 2020 (10) Roma 2021 Cádiz 2022 Krasnodar 2023 (11) Inter Milan 2024 (12) Inter Milan 2025 (2) Krasnodar
Number of awards per player PlayerNumberYears Henrikh Mkhitaryan 12 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Sargis Hovsepyan 3 1992, 1995, 2008 Eduard Spertsyan 2 2022, 2025 Arthur Petrosyan 2 1996, 2000 Armen Shahgeldyan 2 1993, 2006 Harutyun Vardanyan 1 1997 Arthur Voskanyan 1 1998 Harutyun Abrahamyan 1 1999 Vardan Minasyan 1 2001 Arman Karamyan 1 2002 Ara Hakobyan 1 2003 Edgar Manucharyan 1 2004 Aram Hakobyan 1 2005 Levon Pachajyan 1 2007 Karlen Mkrtchyan 1 2010 Marcos Pizzelli 1 2018 Varazdat Haroyan 1 2021
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