Soviet Footballer of the Year
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The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper Football (Football-Hockey).[1] 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 Lev Yashin has received Ballon d'Or award in 1963 (Ballon d'Or 1963).
List of winners
Most wins by club
| Club | Winners | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kyiv |
|
1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1988 |
| Dynamo Tbilisi |
|
1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 |
| Spartak Moscow |
|
1972, 1982, 1983, 1989 |
| Torpedo Moscow |
|
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| CSKA Moscow |
|
1970, 1976 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
|
1984, 1987 |
| FC Dynamo Moscow |
|
1990, 1991 |
| Shakhter Donetsk |
|
1979 |
Most wins by player
| Name | Wins | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Oleg Blokhin |
|
1973, 1974, 1975 |
| Fyodor Cherenkov |
|
1983, 1989 |
| Ramaz Shengelia |
|
1978, 1981 |
| Eduard Streltsov |
|
1967, 1968 |
| Valery Voronin |
|
1964, 1965 |
See also
After the Soviet Union dissolved most of the new independent countries created their own awards to the best footballer of the year. A few countries including Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania had been awarding their own awards even before the collapse of Soviet Union.
- Armenian Footballer of the Year
- Belarusian Footballer of the Year
- Estonian Footballer of the Year
- Georgian Footballer of the Year
- Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year
- Latvian Footballer of the Year
- 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
- Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year
References
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