The SJPF Player of the Month (often called Portuguese League Player of the Month) is an

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award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF (syndicate of professional football players). The award has been presented since the 2003–04 season and the recipient is based on individual scores assigned by the three national sports dailies, '' A Bola'', ''

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''. The first winner of the award was

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midfielder

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in September 2003.

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has won the award six times.

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became the first Portuguese to win the award in November 2003. The " Big Three" ( Benfica,

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and Sporting CP) have had the most winners. Prior to the

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season, the SJPF announced that the SJPF Primeira Liga Player of the Month award would be awarded to a player on a bimonthly status with one player receiving an award for two months of football that have been played. The awards would be awarded during the following periods: * August and September (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 1 to Gameweek 6) * October and November (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 7 to Gameweek 11) * December (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 12 to Gameweek 14) * January (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 15 to Gameweek 18) * February (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 19 to Gameweek 222) * March (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 23 to Gameweek 36) * April (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 27 to Gameweek 30)

Winners

;Key

Statistics

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

Multiple winners

Awards won by position

SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year

;2016 team Goalkeeper: Ederson (Benfica) Defenders:

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(Benfica),

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(Benfica),

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(Sporting CP),

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(Porto) Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto), Adrien Silva (Sporting CP), Pizzi (Benfica) Forwards:

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(Sporting CP),

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(Benfica), Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) ;2017 team Goalkeeper: Rui Patrício (Sporting CP) Defenders:

(Benfica), Felipe (Porto),

(Sporting CP),

(Porto) Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto),

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(Sporting CP), Pizzi (Benfica) Forwards:

(Sporting CP),

(Benfica), Yacine Brahimi (Porto)

Footnotes

References

External links

The official website of SJPF
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