Algerian Footballer of the Year

The Algerian Footballer of the Year is an annual football award for the best Algerian player presented by El Heddaf-Le Buteur since 2001. The first winner of the award was Olympique de Marseille midfielder Djamel Belmadi. As of 2015, only Karim Ziani, Madjid Bougherra and Riyad Mahrez have won the award on two consecutive occasions . Of the five, only Karim Ziani won his awards playing for two different teams.

Faouzi Ghoulam won the award in 2017.

Saw the award call many of the stars of world football to deliver the prize to the winner they are Paolo Maldini, Franck Ribéry, Fabio Cannavaro, Emilio Butragueño, Johan Cruyff, Laurent Blanc, Harald Schumacher and Roberto Carlos.

Players of the year (2001–present)

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Season Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place
2018 Baghdad Bounedjah[1][2]
2017 Faouzi Ghoulam (225 Points, 24.25%)[3][4] Yacine Brahimi (173 Points, 19.03%) Sofiane Hanni (151 Points, 16.61%) Baghdad Bounedjah (138 Points, 15.18%) Abdelmoumene Djabou (81 Points, 8.61%)
2016 Riyad Mahrez[5]
2015 Riyad Mahrez[6] (29.51%) Yacine Brahimi (28.84%) Islam Slimani (17.38%) Faouzi Ghoulam (11.56%) Sofiane Feghouli (6.50%)
2014 Yacine Brahimi[7] Islam Slimani Sofiane Feghouli Abdelmoumene Djabou El Arbi Hillel Soudani
2013 Islam Slimani Saphir Taïder Sofiane Feghouli Yacine Brahimi Essaid Belkalem
2012 Sofiane Feghouli[8]
2011 Ryad Boudebouz (545 Points)[9] El Arbi Hillel Soudani (318 Points) Djamel Mesbah (306 Points)
2010 Madjid Bougherra (677 Points)[10] Abdelmoumene Djabou (322 Points) Rafik Halliche (317 Points) Karim Matmour (246 Points) Hassan Yebda (112 Points)
2009 Madjid Bougherra[11]
2008 Rafik Saïfi (444 Points)[12] Lamouri Djediat (432 Points) Antar Yahia (352 Points) Samir Zaoui (205 Points) Chérif Abdeslam (151 Points)
2007 Karim Ziani[13] Nadir Belhadj Lazhar Hadj Aïssa
2006 Karim Ziani (502 Points)[14] Noureddine Daham (399 Points) Hamza Yacef (340 Points)
2005 Billel Dziri[15]
2004 Moussa Saib (389 Points)[16] Billel Dziri (213 Points) Karim Ziani (191 Points) Hocine Achiou (171 Points) Antar Yahia (150 Points)
2003 Amar Ammour (616 Points)[17] Isâad Bourahli (108 Points) Brahim Hemdani (106 Points)
2002 Ali Benarbia (168 Points)[18] Amar Ammour (99 Points) Farouk Belkaïd (88 Points) Yazid Mansouri (77 Points) Yacine Bezzaz (68 Points)
2001 Djamel Belmadi[19]

Winners

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Player Wins Years winning
Karim Ziani
2
2006, 2007
Madjid Bougherra
2
2009, 2010
Riyad Mahrez
2
2015, 2016
Djamel Belmadi
1
2001
Ali Benarbia
1
2002
Amar Ammour
1
2003
Moussa Saib
1
2004
Billel Dziri
1
2005
Rafik Saïfi
1
2008
Ryad Boudebouz
1
2011
Sofiane Feghouli
1
2012
Islam Slimani
1
2013
Yacine Brahimi
1
2014
Faouzi Ghoulam
1
2017
Baghdad Bounedjah
1
2018

Winners by country

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R. Country Titles Years winning
1   France 5 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
2   England 3 2002, 2015, 2016
=   Algeria 3 2003, 2004, 2005
4   Scotland 2 2009, 2010
=   Portugal 2 2013, 2014
6   Spain 1 2012
=   Italy 1 2017
=   Qatar 1 2018

Winners by club

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R. Club Titles
1   USM Alger 2
=   Olympique de Marseille 2
=   Rangers 2
=   Leicester City 2
=   FC Sochaux 2

References

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  1. ^ "Baghdad Bounedjah élu joueur de l'année 2018". lebuteur.com. 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ballon d'Or Algérien 2018 : Baghdad Bounedjah Lauréat". AfricaFootUnited.com. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ Gianluca Monti (16 January 2018). "Ghoulam premiato col Pallone d'oro d'Algeria da Maldini: "È il mio idolo"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "الترتيب النهائي لجائزة أفضل لاعب جزائري عام 2017". elheddaf.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Mahrez, Ballon d'Or El Heddaf – Le Buteur 2016 (Vidéo)". lebuteur.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Riyad Mahrez Named Algerian Footballer of the Year". Leicester City Football Club. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. ^ Yacine Brahimi élu Ballon d’Or algérien !, www.footmercato.net, 22 décembre 2014.
  8. ^ "Feghouli :"Le Hollandais volant en guest star à la cérémonie du Ballon d'Or"". lebuteur.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  9. ^ "Boudebouz : "Un Ballon d'Or…Madjer… et Cannavaro, c'est le top"". lebuteur.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  10. ^ "10e Ballon d'Or Le Buteur-El Haddaf : Bougherra remet ça !". www.algerie360.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  11. ^ "Bougherra 9e Ballon d'Or algérien Le Buteur-El Heddaf". www.algerie360.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  12. ^ "Saïfi "Ballon d'Or" algérien". sport.fr. Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  13. ^ "Ziani Ballon d'Or algérien 2007". morefoot.com.
  14. ^ "Ballon d'or algérien de la saison 2005-2006 Karim Ziani : un sacre à valeur de confirmation". presse-dz.com/. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09.
  15. ^ "Ballon d'or de la saison 2004-2005 : Billel Dziri, un joueur accompli". fr.allafrica.com.
  16. ^ "Consécration de Moussa Saïb". www.djazairess.com.fr.
  17. ^ "Ammour remporte le ballon d'Or Algérien". www.djazairess.com.fr.
  18. ^ "Ali Bernabia, calife à Alger". www.afrik.com.
  19. ^ "De Belmadi à Bougherra, des champions en or". lebteur.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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