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Ghana Player of the Year

Annual award in Ghana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ghana Player of the Year
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The Ghana Player of the Year (or Ghanaian Footballer of the Year) is an annual award from Football Association of Ghana, govern in recognition of excellence to the best Ghanaian professional association footballer of the year.

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The title has been awarded yearly in Ghana since 1975. The award is determined annually by the members of the Sport Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), with additional votes from the Ghana Premier League team captains and coaches, in collaboration with Goal.com's corporate subdivision of Perform Group, and is published by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). All Ghanaian professional association footballers all eligible. The award has been presented on 28 occasions as of 2020.

The most successful player of the award is Samuel Kuffour, who was chosen as Ghana Player of the Year three times. Asamoah Gyan, André Ayew, Stephen Appiah, Kwadwo Asamoah and Thomas Partey have each won the award twice, the latter three all in consecutive years.

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Winners

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Abedi Pele was the winner of the award in 1993, and was also named African Footballer of the Year three times
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Samuel Kuffour has won the most awards, with three titles in 1998, 1999 and 2001
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John Mensah was the recipient of the award in 2006
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Michael Essien won the award in 2007
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John Paintsil was the recipient of the award in 2008
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André Ayew, winner of the award in 2011
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Asamoah Gyan won the award twice 2010 and 2013
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Thomas Partey of Atlético Madrid was the first winner that was playing in La Liga, earning two straight awards in 2018 and 2019
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