AIFF Player of the Year Awards

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AIFF Player of the Year
CountryIndia
Presented byAll India Football Federation
First awarded1992
Current holderM: Sandesh Jhingan
(1st award)
W: Bala Devi
(3rd award)
Most awardsM: Sunil Chhetri
(6 times)
W: Bala Devi
(3 times)
Websitewww.the-aiff.com

The AIFF Player of the Year Awards are the annual football awards presented to the best footballers in India by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).[1] The AIFF first announced the award for men's player of the year in 1992; I. M. Vijayan was the inaugural winner. Sunil Chhetri has won the award a record six times, more than any other player.[2][3] No winner was announced in 1998 and 1999. It was re-introduced in 2000.[4]

The AIFF Women’s Player of the Year Award was introduced in 2001. Oinam Bembem Devi was its first recipient.[5] Between 2002 and 2012, no women's award was given out. In 2013, the award was re-introduced and Bembem Devi won it for the second time. Other than Bembem Devi, Bala Devi has also won the award twice, in 2015 and 2016.[6] Along with the men's and women's awards, the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year Award for men was introduced in 2013,[4] and a similar award for women was introduced in 2015.[7]

Until 2016, the men's awards were selected on the basis of voting by the coaches of the I-League clubs. Since 2017, coaches of both the I-League and the Indian Super League have voted to select the winner.[8][9] The women's awards are selected by the head coach of the women's national team in consultation with the AIFF Technical Director.[10][11]

List of AIFF Men's Player of the Year Award winners[edit]

I. M. Vijayan was the first player to receive the award in 1992. He was also the first player to win it consecutively in 1997 and 2000 (there was no award in 1998 and 1999). He has won the award three times.[4] Sunil Chhetri has received the award a record six times: in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, and most recently, 2018−19.[12] Jo Paul Ancheri and Bhaichung Bhutia have won the award twice.[1]

List of AIFF Women's Player of the Year winners[edit]

Oinam Bembem Devi was the first recipient of the award in 2001. Bembem Devi retained it in 2013, after the 2002-2012 halt ended.[4] Bala Devi has won the award a record three times: in 2014, 2015, 2021.[7][17]

List of AIFF Emerging Player of the Year winners[edit]

Year Player Ref.
Men Women
2013 Jeje Lalpekhlua Not awarded [4]
2014 Template:Sort name [17]
2015 Pritam Kotal Pyari Xaxa [7]
2016 Rowllin Borges Sanju Yadav [1]
2017 Anirudh Thapa Elangbam Panthoi Chanu [3]
2018−19 Sahal Abdul Samad Dangmei Grace [10]
2019−20 Anirudh Thapa Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi [11]
2020−21 Suresh Singh Wangjam Manisha Kalyan [18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "AIFF announce Sunil Chhetri as the Player of the Year". indiansuperleague.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sunil Chhetri wins 2017 AIFF Player of the Year award". The Times of India. Press Trust of India (PTI). 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Sunil Chhetri is 2013 AIFF Player of the Year". the-aiff.com. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Solomon, Joseph (8 March 2015). "19 years and counting – The legend of Oinam Bembem Devi". Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Women's football: Mary Kom an inspiration for Bala Devi". Sportstar. The Hindu. 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Eugenson Lyngdoh voted '2015 AIFF Player of the Year'". the-aiff.com. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "All India Football Federation Awards: Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi win Player of the Year Trophy". India Today. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Bala Devi get top All India Football Federation awards". India Today. Press Trust of India (PTI). 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Sunil Chhetri and Ashalata Devi bag top honours at AIFF Awards". Sportstar. The Hindu. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Gurpreet and Sanju declared winners of AIFF Player of the Year Awards". the-aiff.com. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "I draw inspiration from MC Mary Kom, say Sunil Chhetri". the-aiff.com. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  13. ↑ Alvares, Rohan (9 June 2017). "AIFF Awards: Jeje Lalpekhlua named best Indian player". The Times of India. Times Now Network (TNN). Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Chhetri wins 2017 AIFF player of the year award". Business Standard. Press Trust of India (PTI). 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sharma, Nitin (26 September 2020). "Chandigarh lad Sandhu adjudged men's football player of the year by AIFF". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Sandesh named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award". All India Football Federation. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Sunil Chhetri voted 2014 AIFF Player of the Year". the-aiff.com. 27 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Bala Devi, Manisha Kalyan named winners of annual AIFF Awards". the-aiff.com. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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