Footballer of the Year in Latvia

Sports journalists have voted Footballer of the Year in Latvia since 1995 . The first title holder was Vitālijs Astafjevs from Skonto Riga . Andris Vaņins is the record holder with five titles .

Previous title holder

Astafjevs was the first title holder in 1995

Pahars received the award three times in a row

1995: Vitālijs Astafjevs , Skonto Riga 1996: Vitālijs Astafjevs, Skonto Riga 1997: Jurijs Ševļakovs , Skonto Riga 1998: Mihails Zemļinskis , Skonto Riga 1999: Marians Pahars , Dynamo Kiev 2000: Marians Pahars, Southampton FC 2001: Marians Pahars, Southampton FC 2002: Juris Laizāns , CSKA Moscow 2003: Māris Verpakovskis , Skonto Riga 2004: Māris Verpakovskis, Dynamo Kiev 2005: Igors Stepanovs , Grasshoppers Zurich 2006: Aleksandrs Koļinko , Rubin Kazan 2007: Vitālijs Astafjevs , Skonto Riga 2008: Andris Vaņins , FK Ventspils 2009: Kaspars Gorkšs , Queens Park Rangers 2010: Kaspars Gorkšs, Queens Park Rangers 2011: Aleksandrs Cauņa , CSKA Moscow 2012: Aleksandrs Cauņa, CSKA Moscow 2013: Andris Vaņins, FC Sion 2014: Aleksandrs Koļinko, Baltika Kaliningrad 2015: Andris Vaņins, FC Sion 2016: Andris Vaņins, FC Zurich 2017: Andris Vaņins, FC Zurich 2018: Dāvis Ikaunieks , Vysočina Jihlava

Web links

• Footballer of the Year Latvia