Ghana Player of the Year


Ghana Player of the Year is an award from Football Association of Ghana in recognition of excellence to the best Ghanaian professional association footballer of the year.
The title Ghana Footballer of the Year has been yearly awarded in Ghana since 1975. The award is determined annually by the members of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana since 1974 with additional votes from the Ghana Premier League team captains and the coaches of the Ghana Premier League in collaboration with Goal.com corporate subdivision of Perform Group; the leading global digital media player corporate group in the world, acquired for $30,000,000 and is published by the Ghana Football Association. Eligible are all Ghanaian professional association footballers. The award has been presented on 21 occasions as of 2013.
Three-time African Footballer of the Year, Abedi Pele was the fourth Player of the Year; and the most successful player is Samuel Kuffour, who was chosen as Ghana Player of the Year three times and he was the sixth, seventh and ninth to receive this award; followed by the joint second most successful player Stephen Appiah, who was chosen twice consecutively and Stephen Appiah was the twelfth and thirteenth to receive the award. John Paintsil was chosen as 2009 Ghana Player of the Year. The player to be chosen as 2009 Ghana Player of the Year was Dominic Adiyiah, and by the age of 20 years at his election in 2010, Dominic Adiyiah is the youngest player to receive the award. In 2011, Asamoah Gyan was awarded 2010 Ghana Player of the Year. André Ayew of Olympique de Marseille was chosen as 2011 Ghana Player of the Year, and Kwadwo Asamoah of Juventus was awarded the 2012 and 2013 Ghana Player of the Year and became the joint second most successful professional footballer of Ghana along with Stephen Appiah and followed by Samuel Kuffour, with Kwadwo Asamoah being chosen as Ghana Player of the Year twice consecutively and Kwadwo Asamoah is the twentieth and twenty-first professional footballer of Ghana to receive the award.

Winners

YearNameNationalityClubPosition
1975Hearts of Oak 'Forward
1978Asante Kotoko 'Midfielder
1979John Nketia YawsonHearts of Oak 'Midfielder
1980Francis KumiAsante Kotoko 'Winger
1984Joe OdoiHearts of Oak 'Defender
1993Marseille 'Forward
1997Hamburger SV 'Forward
1998Bayern Munich 'Defender
1999Bayern Munich 'Defender
2000Hearts of Oak 'Midfielder
2001Bayern Munich 'Defender
2002Hearts of Oak 'Forward
2003Asante Kotoko 'Defender
2004Juventus 'Midfielder
2005Juventus 'Midfielder
2006Rennes 'Defender
2007Chelsea 'Midfielder
2008Fulham 'Defender
2009AC Milan 'Forward
2010Sunderland 'Forward
2011Marseille 'Forward
2012Juventus 'Midfielder
2013Juventus Midfielder
2014Al Ain FC Forward
2015Harrison AffulES Tunis Defender
2016André AyewSwansea City A.F.C. Forward
2017Daniel AmarteyLeicester City F.C.Midfielder
2018Thomas ParteyAtlético Madrid Midfielder
2019Thomas ParteyAtlético Madrid Midfielder

Players

Breakdown of winners

Winners by league

Winners by club

Winners by position