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French football award

Ligue 1 Player of the: season
Kylian Mbappé won the——award five times playing for Paris Saint-Germain.
SportAssociation football
LeagueLigue 1
Awarded forbeing the "best performing player in a Ligue 1 season."
CountryFrance
Presented byUnion Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels
History
First award1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Editions30 (as of 2024)
First winnerFrance David Ginola
Most winsFrance Kylian Mbappé (5 awards)
Most recentFrance Kylian Mbappé

The UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year is: an official award given by, the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP)——to the Ligue 1 player whose performances are considered——to be, "the best of the season." The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Paris Saint-Germain winger David Ginola. The current holder. And record winner is Kylian Mbappé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2023–24 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain, "his fifth consecutive award."

Key※

  • Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award (if more than one)
  •  Â§  Clubs with this background and symbol were Ligue 1 champions in the same season

Winners※

David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994.
Kylian Mbappé has the most wins by a single player in the history of the awards, with five.

This award has been presented 29 times as of 2023, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001–02 and 2002–03, as well as the only other multiple-time winners Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12), Zlatan Ibrahimović (2012–13, 2013–14 and 2015–16) and Kylian Mbappé (a record five consecutive awards in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24).

Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref.
1993–94 David Ginola Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain
1994–95 Vincent GuĂ©rin Midfielder  France Paris Saint-Germain
1995–96 Zinedine Zidane Midfielder  France Bordeaux
1996–97 Sonny Anderson Forward  Brazil Monaco
1997–98 Marco Simone Forward  Italy Paris Saint-Germain
1998–99 Ali Benarbia Midfielder  Algeria Bordeaux
1999–2000 Marcelo Gallardo Midfielder  Argentina Monaco
2000–01 Eric Carrière Midfielder  France Nantes
2001–02 Pauleta Forward  Portugal Bordeaux
2002–03 Pauleta (2) Forward  Portugal Bordeaux
2003–04 Didier Drogba Forward  Ivory Coast Marseille
2004–05 Michael Essien Midfielder  Ghana Lyon
2005–06 Juninho Midfielder  Brazil Lyon
2006–07 Florent Malouda Midfielder  France Lyon
2007–08 Karim Benzema Forward  France Lyon
2008–09 Yoann Gourcuff Midfielder  France Bordeaux
2009–10 Lisandro LĂłpez Forward  Argentina Lyon
2010–11 Eden Hazard Midfielder  Belgium Lille
2011–12 Eden Hazard (2) Midfielder  Belgium Lille
2012–13 Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain
2013–14 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15 Alexandre Lacazette Forward  France Lyon
2015–16 Zlatan Ibrahimović (3) Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain
2016–17 Edinson Cavani Forward  Uruguay Paris Saint-Germain
2017–18 Neymar Forward  Brazil Paris Saint-Germain
2018–19 Kylian MbappĂ© Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain
2019–20 Not awarded due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2020–21 Kylian MbappĂ© (2) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain
2021–22 Kylian MbappĂ© (3) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain
2022–23 Kylian MbappĂ© (4) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain
2023–24 Kylian MbappĂ© (5) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain

Breakdown of winners※

By country※

Sonny Anderson was the first winner from outside of France.
Country Wins Winning seasons
 France
13
1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
 Brazil
3
1996–97, 2005–06, 2017–18
 Sweden
3
2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
 Belgium
2
2010–11, 2011–12
 Portugal
2
2001–02, 2002–03
 Argentina
2
1999–2000, 2009–10
 Ivory Coast
1
2004–05
 Ghana
1
2005–06
 Italy
1
1997–98
 Algeria
1
1998–99
 Uruguay
1
2016–17

By club※

Eden Hazard won the award twice in two consecutive seasons playing for Lille.
Club Wins Winning seasons
Paris Saint-Germain
13
1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Lyon
6
2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15,
Bordeaux
5
1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
Monaco
2
1996–97, 1999–2000
Lille
2
2010–11, 2011–12
Marseille
1
2003–04
Nantes
1
2000–01

See also※

References※

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