Sportske Novosti award

See also: Sportske novosti awards

Sportske Novosti award is an annual football award established in 2001 by the Croatian daily sports newspaper Sportske novosti. It is awarded to the highest polling football player. The newspaper polls top coaches and players for the occasion.

Winners

Year	Player	Club	Coaches and players polled
2001	Raúl	Real Madrid	?
2002	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid	?
2003	Pavel Nedvěd	Juventus	?
2004	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	?
2005	Frank Lampard[1]	Chelsea	?
2006	Thierry Henry[2]	Arsenal	Fabio Capello, Felix Magath, Carlo Ancelotti, Lothar Matthäus, Guus Hiddink Srečko Katanec, Roberto Mancini, Marco van Basten, Didier Deschamps, Slaven Bilić[3]
2007	Kaká[4][5]	Milan	Zico, Safet Sušić, Herbert Prohaska, Emilio Butragueño, Andreas Brehme Franco Baresi, Zbigniew Boniek, Marcel Desailly, Robert Prosinečki, Kenny Dalglish[6]

References

1. "Frank Lampard igrač godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2005-12-16. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
2. "Henry wins 2006 Sportske Novosti award". Arsenal.com. 2007-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
3. "Henry nogometaš godine u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2006-12-17. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
4. "Kaka named Player of the Year for 2007 by SN". Goal.com. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
5. "Boban premia Kakà Calciatore dell' anno per un giornale croato" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-02-26.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Kaka najbolji igrač Europe u izboru Sportskih Novosti" (in Croatian). HRT. 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-25.