The Prva HNL Player of the Year award () is an annual association football award given by the Croatian web portal Tportal.hr. It is awarded to the best football player who plays in the Prva HNL (or "1. HNL"), Croatian top flight. The winner is chosen by captains of all Prva HNL clubs.
The award was established in 2003. Eduardo and Sammir hold the record for most wins with two awards. The current award holder is Dani Olmo of GNK Dinamo Zagreb.
Another similar award is the Yellow Shirt Award which is based on aggregate player ratings in matches throughout the season as judged by the country's only sports daily Sportske novosti.
Winners YearPlayer (Wins)Club(s) 2003 Niko Kranjčar (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2004 Tomislav Erceg (1)Rijeka 2005 Eduardo (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2006 Eduardo (2)Dinamo Zagreb 2007 Luka Modrić (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2008 Mario Mandžukić (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2009 Ermin Zec (1)Šibenik 2010 Sammir (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2011 Ivan Santini (1)Zadar 2012 Sammir (2)Dinamo Zagreb 2013 Leon Benko (1)Rijeka 2014 Andrej Kramarić (1)Rijeka 2015 Marin Tomasov (1)Rijeka 2016 Franko Andrijašević (1)Rijeka 2017 El Arabi Hillel Soudani (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2018 Dani Olmo (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2019 Bruno Petković (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2020 Arijan Ademi (1)Dinamo Zagreb 2021 Marko Livaja (1)Hajduk Split 2022 Marko Livaja (2)Hajduk Split 2023 Bruno Petković (2)Dinamo Zagreb 2024 Marko Livaja (3)Hajduk Split 2025 Toni Fruk (1)Rijeka
See also Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award, for the HNL footballer of the year, given by the Croatian sport newspaper Sportske novosti, chosen by sport journalists. Croatian Footballer of the Year, given by the Croatian newspaper Večernji list, chosen by sport journalists. Football Oscar, given by the Croatian union Football syndicate, chosen by players and managers of league clubs.
References
External links Complete list of winners 2003–2014