Czech Footballer of the Year
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The Czech Footballer of the Year ({{langx|cs|Fotbalista roku}}) is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FA ČR). Eligibility extends to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player, coach and Czech First League personality of the year are also awarded. The award was first presented in 1965, as an award for the whole of Czechoslovakia. It was won by Ján Popluhár.{{cite book |last= Jeřábek|first=Luboš|title=Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu|year=2007|publisher=Grada Publishing|location=Prague|language=cs|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=52}}
Petr Čech won the award for an unprecedented sixth time in the 2012 ceremony, passing the previous record of five wins held by fellow goalkeeper Ivo Viktor.{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/anketa-fotbalista-roku-2012-cech-vyhral-poseste-fab-/fot_reprez.aspx?c=A130204_202619_fot_reprez_min|title=Fotbalovým králem je opět brankář. Čech vyhrál pošesté a má rekord|trans-title=Football king is again a goalkeeper. Čech won for the sixth time and has the record|language=cs|work=idnes.cz|publisher=Mladá fronta DNES|date=4 February 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}} Viktor had previously won the award more times than any other player, having won the award five times in the Czechoslovak era between 1968 and 1976.{{cite book |last1=Rohr|first1=Bernd|last2=Günter|first2=Simon|title=Fotbal - velký lexikon: osobnosti, kluby, názvosloví|year=2006|publisher=Grada Publishing|location=Prague|language=cs|isbn=80-247-1158-3|page=142}}
The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Golden Ball, awarded by sport journalists.
Winners
File:Petr Cech - Chelsea vs Bolton Wanderers (1).jpg, nine-time winner.]]
File:Rosicky.jpg won the award three times in his career.]]
File:Pavel Nedvěd.jpg won the award four times in his career.]]
The award has been made every year since the first award in 1965. In 1996 two players shared the award.
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!width=20%|Coach of the Year !width=20%|Talent of the Year !width=20%|Personality of the League | ||
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| 1993
|Dušan Uhrin (Sparta Prague) | - | | ||
| 1994
|Vlastimil Petržela (Slovan Liberec) |Richard Dostálek (1. FC Brno) |Jozef Chovanec (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 1995
|Dušan Uhrin (national team) |Jan Stejskal (Slavia Prague) | ||
| 1996
|Dušan Uhrin (national team) |Marek Zúbek (Brno) | ||
| 1997
|František Cipro (Slavia Prague) |Martin Lukeš (Baník Ostrava) |Sladjan Ašanin (Slavia Prague) | ||
| 1998
|Jozef Chovanec (national team) | ||
| 1999
|Jozef Chovanec (national team) |Tomáš Rosický (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2000
|Jozef Chovanec (national team) |Milan Baroš (Baník Ostrava) | ||
| 2001
|Karel Brückner (U-21 national team) |Petr Čech (Chmel Blšany/Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2002
|Karel Brückner (national team) |Tomáš Hübschman (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2003
|Karel Brückner (national team) |Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2004
|Karel Brückner (national team) |Tomáš Jun (Sparta Prague) |Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2005
|Karel Brückner (national team) |Martin Latka (Slavia Prague) |Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2006
|Vítězslav Lavička (Slovan Liberec) |Daniel Kolář (Sparta Prague) |Jaromír Blažek (Sparta Prague) | ||
| 2007
|Karel Brückner (national team) |Martin Fenin (Teplice/Eintracht Frankfurt) |Pavel Verbíř (Teplice) | ||
| 2008 | Karel Jarolím (Slavia Prague) | Tomáš Necid (Jablonec/Slavia Prague)
|Vladimír Šmicer (Slavia Prague) |
| 2009 | František Komňacký (Jablonec) | Adam Hloušek (Jablonec/Slavia Prague)
|Tomáš Řepka (Sparta Prague) |
| 2010 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Václav Kadlec (Sparta Prague)
|Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2011 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Ladislav Krejčí (Sparta Prague)
|Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2012 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Tomáš Kalas (Vitesse)
|Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2013 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Matěj Vydra (West Bromwich Albion)
| Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2014 | Pavel Vrba (national team) | Jan Baránek Jr. (Baník Ostrava)
| David Lafata (Sparta Prague) |
| 2015 | Pavel Vrba (national team) | Václav Černý (Ajax)
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| 2016 | Vítězslav Lavička (U-21 national team) | Patrik Schick (Sampdoria)
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| 2017 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Jakub Jankto (Udinese)
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| 2018 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | David Lischka (Jablonec)
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| 2019 | Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) | Adam Hložek (Sparta Prague)
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| 2020 | Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) | David Zima (Slavia Prague)
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| 2021 | Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) | Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)
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| 2022 | Michal Bílek (Viktoria Plzeň) | Michal Ševčík (Zbrojovka Brno)
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| 2023 | Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) | Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague)
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| 2024 | Miroslav Koubek (Viktoria Plzeň) | Antonín Kinský (Pardubice/Slavia Prague)
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References
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External links
- {{in lang|cs}} [http://nv.fotbal.cz/fotbalista-roku/historie/index.php Historie ankety Fotbalista roku] at ČMFS website
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