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The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his own top three player every year. Each place carried a point weight such as 1st place was worth 3 pts., 2nd - 2, and 3rd - 1. The idea for the award appeared right after
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has received
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award in
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. The honours were awarded along with several other prizes and awards at the end of the competition season. For
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s being not limited from the Soviet Footballer of the Year, also were awarded separate honours the "Best Goalkeeper of the Year". The best goal-scorer of the
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was awarded with the "Best Topscorer of the Year". Before becoming an official award before 1964, in 1950s
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and Komsomolskaya Pravda were conducting own polls to honour the best footballer of the country.


List of winners


Most wins by club


Most wins by player


See also

After the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
dissolved most of the new independent countries created their own awards to the best footballer of the year. A few countries including
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,
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
and Lithuania had been awarding their own awards even before the collapse of Soviet Union. * Armenian Footballer of the Year * Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year * Belarusian Footballer of the Year * Estonian Footballer of the Year * Georgian Footballer of the Year *
Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year The title Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year (''Қазақстанның ең үздік футболшысы'') has been awarded in Kazakhstan since 1992. The award is determined by a poll of Kazakhstani professional journalists, football coaches, ...
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Latvian Footballer of the Year Latvian Footballer of the Year is an association football award for Latvia. It is held by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2005, there has also been an award for the top female player. Winners Women * 2005: Sintija Grāviņa-Grēve * 20 ...
* Lithuanian Footballer of the Year * Moldovan Footballer of the Year * Footballer of the Year in Russia (''Futbol'') * Footballer of the Year in Russia (''Sport-Express'') *
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to ...
*
Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year The Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year ( uz, Yilning eng yaxshi futbolchisi or Йилнинг энг яхши футболчиси) is a yearly football award presented by the Uzbekistan Football Association The Uzbekistan Football Association ( uz ...
* Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soviet Footballer Of The Year Soviet football trophies and awards * Awards established in 1964 1964 establishments in the Soviet Union Awards disestablished in 1991 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Annual events in the Soviet Union Association football player non-biographical articles