&sq=&lang=&file=File:Gheorghe_Hagi.JPG) Gheorghe Hagi won the award a record of seven times. | |
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Competition | All levels of Romanian and international football |
| Local name | Jucătorul român al anului / Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin (Romanian) |
| Country | Romania |
| Presented by | Gazeta Sporturilor |
| History | |
| First award | 1966 |
| Editions | 58 |
| First winner | Nicolae Dobrin |
| Most wins | Gheorghe Hagi
|
| Most recent | Radu Drăgușin |
| Website | Official website |
The Romanian Footballer of the Year (Romanian: Fotbalistul român al anului), also known as the Nicolae Dobrin Trophy (Romanian: Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin), is an annual association football award given by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper to the Romanian player adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. The current holder is Radu Drăgușin, who won the award for his performances in 2023 representing Genoa.[1]
It has been presented since 1966 and is currently named after Nicolae Dobrin, the first recipient of the award and one of Romania's most notable footballers.[2] Gheorghe Hagi, the joint leading goalscorer of the national team alongside Adrian Mutu, has received the trophy a record of seven times.
Other annual honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Foreign Player of the Year in Romania and the Romania Coach of the Year awards.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
winner_2023was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "MÂINE, EDIŢIE DE COLECȚIE a Gazetei Sporturilor! Află rezultatele celei mai prestigioase anchete din sportul românesc, Superlativele GSP" [TOMORROW, a SPECIAL EDITION of Gazeta Sporturilor! Find out the results of the most prestigious investigation in Romanian sports, the GSP Superlatives]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.