The Foreign Player of the Year in Romania ( ro, Jucătorul străin al anului) is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ...

presented to players in Romania, which recognises the most outstanding foreign player in the country each calendar year. It was started in 2008 by ''

Gazeta Sporturilor ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' ( en, The Sports Gazette) is a daily Romanian newspaper, and the country's largest and most read sports-related publication. It is owned by Ringier Sportal S.R.L—a joint venture of Ringier Romania S.R.L. and the Bulgarian ...

'', a daily sports newspaper, and the winner is usually announced at the end of December. Other annual honours handed out by ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' include the

Romanian Footballer of the Year The Romanian Footballer of the Year ( ro, Fotbalistul român al anului), also known as the Nicolae Dobrin Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin), is an annual association football award given by the ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the Romanian ...

and the

Romania Coach of the Year The Romania Coach of the Year ( ro, Antrenorul anului în România) is an annual association football award given by the '' Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the head coach in Romania adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. Mircea L ...

awards.

Winners

Breakdown of winners

By number of wins

By country

By club

References

Notes Citations

External links

''Gazeta Sporturilor'' official website
{{Liga I Foreign Footballer of the Year Awards established in 2008 Romanian football trophies and awards Association football player non-biographical articles