FPAI Indian Player of the Year

The FPAI Indian Player of the Year is an annual award given to an Indian player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in Indian football. The award has been presented since the 2009–10 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the Football Players' Association of India. The first awardee was Sunil Chhetri. Since 2022, the woman counterpart of the awarded is also presented with Anju Tamang being the first awardee of it.

FPAI Indian Player of the Year
SportAssociation football
CompetitionAll levels of Indian football
CountryIndia
Presented byFPAI
History
First award2009–10 (Men's)
2021–22 (Women's)
First winnerSunil Chhetri (Men's)
Anju Tamang (Women's)
Most winsSunil Chhetri (3)
Most recentMen's: Lallianzuala Chhangte (2023)
Women's: Grace Dangmei (2023)

Winners
FPAI Indian Player of the Year (Men's)
YearPlayerClub(s)Ref
2009–10Sunil ChhetriDempo[1]
2009–10Mohammed RafiMahindra United[2]
2010–11Mehtab HussainEast Bengal[3]
2011–12Syed Rahim NabiMohun Bagan[4]
2012–13Lenny RodriguesChurchill Brothers[5]
2013–14Balwant SinghChurchill Brothers[6]
2014–15Eugeneson LyngdohBengaluru[7]
2015–16Jeje LalpekhluaMohun Bagan, Chennaiyin[8]
2016–17Anas EdathodikaMohun Bagan, Delhi Dynamos[9]
2017–18Sunil Chhetri (2)Bengaluru[10]
2019–20 Sunil Chhetri (3) Bengaluru [11]
2020–21 Arindam Bhattacharya ATK Mohun Bagan [11]
2021–22 Liston Colaco ATK Mohun Bagan [12]
2022–23 Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City [13]
FPAI Indian Player of the Year (Women's)
YearPlayerClub(s)Ref
2021–22 Anju Tamang Gokulam Kerala [12]
2022–23 Grace Dangmei Gokulam Kerala [13]

See also

References
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