LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year

The Portuguese League for Professional Football Primeira Liga Player of the Year (often called the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year, the Primeira Liga Player of the Year or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in Primeira Liga. Between 2006 and 2010 the winner was chosen only by a vote amongst the members of Sports National Press Club (CNID). Since 2011, thanks to new sponsorship agreements, all the awards related to football belong to Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) and are chosen by a vote amongst their associated.^[1][2][3]

Ricardo Quaresma was the first player to win the award.

The award has been presented officially since the 2005–06 season, when the inaugural winner was Ricardo Quaresma. That trophy was delivered during the celebration of Sports National Press Club (CNID) 40th anniversary.^[4][5] Since the 2011–12 season, the award ceremony takes place at Palácio do Freixo, in Porto, Portugal. All Primeira Liga draws are also performed during the same event.^[6][7] The first non-Portuguese to win the award was Lisandro López after the 2007–08 season. In 2012, Hulk became the first player to win the award twice, followed by Jonas in 2016 and Bruno Fernandes in 2019.

Winners

List of winners

Hulk became the first player to win the award two times.

Jonas became the second player to win the award twice.

This award has been presented on 18 occasions as of 2023, with 15 different winners. The table indicates the winners and their information, including country, club and position. Every winner was playing for one of the Big Three.

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Position	Sources	Notes
2005–06	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	Porto	Winger	[4][5]
2006–07	Simão Sabrosa	Portugal	Benfica	Winger	[8][9]
2007–08	Lisandro López	Argentina	Porto	Striker	[10][11]	[A]
2008–09	Bruno Alves	Portugal	Porto	Centre back	[12][13]
2009–10	David Luiz	Brazil	Benfica	Centre back	[14][15]
2010–11	Hulk	Brazil	Porto	Winger	[16][17]
2011–12	Hulk	Brazil	Porto	Winger	[18][19]	[B]
2012–13	Nemanja Matić	Serbia	Benfica	Midfielder	[20]	[C]
2013–14	Enzo Pérez	Argentina	Benfica	Midfielder	[21]
2014–15	Jonas	Brazil	Benfica	Striker	[22]
2015–16	Jonas	Brazil	Benfica	Striker
2016–17	Pizzi	Portugal	Benfica	Midfielder	[23]
2017–18	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	Sporting CP	Midfielder	[24]
2018–19	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	Sporting CP	Midfielder	[25]
2019–20	Jesús Corona	Mexico	Porto	Winger	[26]
2020–21	Sebastián Coates	Uruguay	Sporting CP	Centre back	[27]
2021–22	Darwin Núñez	Uruguay	Benfica	Striker	[28]
2022–23	Otávio	Portugal	Porto	Midfielder	[29]
2023–24	Viktor Gyökeres	Sweden	Sporting CP	Striker	[30]

Breakdown of winners

By country

Rank	Country	Number of wins	Winning years
1	Portugal	7	2006, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
2	Brazil	5	2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
3	Argentina	2	2008, 2014
	Uruguay		2021, 2022
5	Serbia	1	2013
	Mexico		2020
	Sweden		2024

By club

Rank	Club	Number of wins	Winning years
1	Benfica	8	2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
2	Porto	7	2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2020, 2023
3	Sporting CP	4	2018, 2019, 2021, 2024

Notes

A. ^ First non-Portuguese player to win the award.

B. ^ First player to win the award twice.

C. ^ First non-Portuguese European player to win the award.