Sportske Novosti award

Sportske Novosti award is an annual football award established in 2001 by the Croatian daily sports newspaper Sportske novosti. It is awarded to the highest polling football player. The newspaper polls top coaches and players for the occasion.

Winners edit

Year Player Club Coaches and players polled
2001   Raúl   Real Madrid ?
2002   Roberto Carlos   Real Madrid ?
2003   Pavel Nedvěd   Juventus ?
2004   Andriy Shevchenko   Milan ?
2005   Frank Lampard[1]   Chelsea ?
2006   Thierry Henry[2]   Arsenal Fabio Capello, Felix Magath, Carlo Ancelotti, Lothar Matthäus, Guus Hiddink
Srečko Katanec, Roberto Mancini, Marco van Basten, Didier Deschamps, Slaven Bilić[3]
2007   Kaká[4][5]   Milan Zico, Safet Sušić, Herbert Prohaska, Emilio Butragueño, Andreas Brehme
Franco Baresi, Zbigniew Boniek, Marcel Desailly, Robert Prosinečki, Kenny Dalglish[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Frank Lampard igrač godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2005-12-16. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. ^ "Henry wins 2006 Sportske Novosti award". Arsenal.com. 2007-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  3. ^ "Henry nogometaš godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2006-12-17. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  4. ^ "Kaka named Player of the Year for 2007 by SN". Goal.com. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  5. ^ "Boban premia Kakà Calciatore dell' anno per un giornale croato" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-02-26.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Kaka najbolji igrač Europe u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-25.