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The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP Awards, were presented annually by the
Liga de Fútbol Profesional
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People
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(LFP) to the best players and coach in
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
, the first division of
association football
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in Spain. Established in the
2008–09 season, they were the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition. La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—were chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall was determined via statistical analysis.
Since the La Liga Awards' creation,
Barcelona
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players have won 32 honours in the six main categories, almost triple the number of any other club. Barcelona's forward
Lionel Messi
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has been named La Liga's best player for six times and La Liga's best forward for seven times, both all-time records. Across all positions, the other outstanding individuals are Barcelona midfielder
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta Luján (; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and is the captain of J1 League club Vissel Kobe. Considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time, Iniesta has spent most of his ...
with five wins, Barcelona coach
Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...
with four wins,
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
defender
Sergio Ramos
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with four wins, and goalkeepers
Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and
Víctor Valdés
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of Barcelona with two wins each.
The majority of the awards were discontinued after the
2015–16 season.
Main categories
Winners
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Wins by individual
Wins by club
Additional categories
Other La Liga honours
The following awards were presented once:
Player of the season
Best African player
Team of the season
Player and manager of the month
See also
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Don Balón Award
From 1976 until 2010, the Spanish sports magazine ''Don Balón'' conferred the Don Balón Award (''Premio Don Balón'') to the best Spanish player, the best foreign player, the best referee and the breakthrough player in La Liga. These awards cease ...
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Miguel Muñoz Trophy
The Miguel Muñoz Trophy ( es, Trofeo Miguel Muñoz) is a football award for team managers in Spanish football, established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 2006, in memory of the legendary Real Madrid manager Miguel Muñoz.
The award is based ...
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Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano
The Alfredo Di Stéfano Trophy ( es, Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano) is an annual association football award presented by Spanish sports newspaper ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' to the best footballer of La Liga. The award is named after former Real M ...
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Trofeo Aldo Rovira
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Trofeo EFE Trofeo EFE is an annual football award given by the EFE news agency since the 1990–91 season to the best Latin-American player in Spanish football. Recipients are selected based on assessments from the agency's sports editors.
The inaugural wi ...
*
Ricardo Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ic ...
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Pichichi Trophy
In Spanish football, the Trofeo Pichichi is awarded by the sports newspaper '' Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the ...
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Zarra Trophy
The Zarra Trophy is a trophy awarded annually by the Spanish sports daily '' Marca'' to the Spanish domestic player with the highest goal total in La Liga. It is named after the former Athletic Bilbao striker Telmo Zarra.
It was awarded for the ...
References
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La Liga trophies and awards
Spanish football trophies and awards
2009 establishments in Spain
Awards established in 2009
Annual events in Spain