Foreign Player of the Year in Romania (Gazeta Sporturilor)

The Foreign Player of the Year in Romania (Romanian: Jucătorul străin al anului) is an association football award presented to players in Romania, which recognises the most outstanding foreign player in the country each calendar year. It was started in 2008 by Gazeta Sporturilor, a daily sports newspaper, and the winner is usually announced at the end of December.

Foreign Player of the Year in Romania

Sebastián Dubarbier was the first winner of the award.
Sport	Association football
Competition	All levels of Romanian football (generally Liga I)
Local name	Jucătorul străin al anului (Romanian)
Country	Romania
Presented by	Gazeta Sporturilor
History
First award	2008
Editions	16
First winner	Sebastián Dubarbier
Most wins	Harlem Gnohéré Wesley Eric de Oliveira (2)
Most recent	Risto Radunović
Website	Official website

Other annual honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Romanian Footballer of the Year and the Romania Coach of the Year awards.

Winners

Foreign Player of the Year in Romania winners

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club(s)	Ref.
2008	Sebastián Dubarbier	Argentina	CFR Cluj
2009	Pablo Brandán	Argentina	Unirea Urziceni
2010	Eric de Oliveira	Brazil	Gaz Metan Mediaș	[1]
2011	Wesley	Brazil	Vaslui
2012	Wesley	Brazil	Vaslui Al-Hilal	[2]
2013	Eric de Oliveira	Brazil	Gaz Metan Mediaș Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2014	Łukasz Szukała	Poland	Steaua București	[3]
2015	Fernando Varela	Cape Verde	Steaua București
2016	Fernando Boldrin	Brazil	Astra Giurgiu Steaua București
2017	Harlem Gnohéré	France	FCSB	[4]
2018	Harlem Gnohéré	France	FCSB	[5]
2019	Billel Omrani	France[note 1]	CFR Cluj	[6]
2020	Paulo Vinícius	Brazil	CFR Cluj	[7]
2021	Jefté Betancor	Spain	Voluntari Farul Constanța	[8]
2022	Andrea Compagno	Italy	FC U Craiova FCSB
2023	Marko Dugandžić	Croatia	Rapid București Al-Tai
2024	Risto Radunović	Montenegro	FCSB

Breakdown of winners

By number of wins

Player	Win(s)	Year(s)
Harlem Gnohéré	2	2017, 2018
Wesley	2	2011, 2012
Eric de Oliveira	2	2010, 2013
11 others	1	—

By country

Country	Win(s)	Year(s)
Brazil	6	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
France	3	2017, 2018, 2019
Argentina	2	2008, 2009
Cape Verde	1	2015
Croatia	1	2023
Italy	1	2022
Montenegro	1	2024
Poland	1	2014
Spain	1	2021

By club

Club	Win(s) (outright wins/shared titles)	Year(s) (* title was shared)
Steaua București / FCSB	7 (6/1)	2014, 2015, 2016*, 2017, 2018, 2022*, 2024
CFR Cluj	3 (3/0)	2008, 2019, 2020
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2 (1/1)	2010, 2013*
Vaslui	2 (1/1)	2011, 2012*
Unirea Urziceni	1 (1/0)	2009
Al-Hilal	1 (0/1)	2012*
Al-Tai	1 (0/1)	2023*
Astra Giurgiu	1 (0/1)	2016*
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1 (0/1)	2013*
Rapid București	1 (0/1)	2023*
Voluntari	1 (0/1)	2021*
Farul Constanța	1 (0/1)	2021*
FC U Craiova	1 (0/1)	2022*

See also

• Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year
• Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Coach of the Year
• Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards