Between 1986 and 2002 there were two elections, one by CNID (club of journalists) open to any player of Portuguese nationality, the other, of the newspaper 'Record', to all players in the Portuguese league. The 1970 award was by the Diário Popular; since 2006 the LPFP awards the title.
Year winners Diário Popular 1970 EUSÉBIO (Benfica) CNID 1971 NENÉ (Benfica) 1972 TONI (Benfica) 1973 EUSÉBIO (Benfica) 1974 HUMBERTO COELHO (Benfica) 1975 JOÃO ALVES (Benfica) 1976 CHALANA (Benfica) 1977 BENTO (Benfica) 1978 António OLIVEIRA (FC Porto) 1979 José COSTA (FC Porto) 1980 JORDÃO (Sporting) 1981 António OLIVEIRA (FC Porto) 1982 António OLIVEIRA (FC Porto) 1983 Fernando GOMES (FC Porto) 1984 CHALANA (Benfica) Record Election 1985 CARLOS MANUEL (Benfica) 1986 Paulo FUTRE (FC Porto) Paulo FUTRE (FC Porto) 1987 Paulo FUTRE (FC Porto/Atlético Madrid) Paulo FUTRE (FC Porto) 1988 RUI BARROS (FC Porto/Juventus) RUI BARROS (FC Porto) 1989 VITOR BAÍA (FC Porto) RICARDO (Bra) (Benfica) 1990 DOMINGOS (FC Porto) Jorge CADETE (Sporting) 1991 VITOR BAÍA (FC Porto) DOMINGOS (FC Porto) 1992 JOÃO PINTO (Benfica) VITOR BAÍA (FC Porto) 1993 JOÃO PINTO (Benfica) FERNANDO COUTO (FC Porto) 1994 JOÃO PINTO (Benfica) JOÃO PINTO (Benfica) 1995 Luís FIGO (Sporting/Barcelona) Luís FIGO (Sporting) 1996 Luís FIGO (Barcelona) VITOR BAÍA (FC Porto) 1997 Luís FIGO (Barcelona) Mário JARDEL (Bra) (FC Porto) 1998 Luís FIGO (Barcelona) SÉRGIO CONCEIÇÃO (FC Porto) 1999 Luís FIGO (Barcelona) Mário JARDEL (Bra) (FC Porto) 2000 Luís FIGO (Real Madrid) Beto ACOSTA (Arg) (Sporting) 2001 PETIT (Boavista FC) PETIT (Boavista FC) 2002 Mario JARDEL (Sporting) Mário JARDEL (Bra) (Sporting) 2003 Ricardo CARVALHO (FC Porto) 2004 DECO (FC Porto) 2005 Ricardo QUARESMA (FC Porto) LPFP 2006 Ricardo QUARESMA (FC Porto) 2007 SIMAO Sabrosa (Benfica) 2008 LISANDRO Lopez (FC Porto) 2009 Bruno ALVES (FC Porto) 2010 David LUIZ (Benfica) 2011 HULK (FC Porto) 2012 HULK (FC Porto) 2013 Nemanja MATIC (Benfica) 2014 Enzo PEREZ (Benfica) 2015 JONAS (Benfica) 2016 JONAS (Benfica) 2017 PIZZI (Benfica) 2018 Bruno FERNANDES (Sporting) 2019 Bruno FERNANDES (Sporting) 2020 Jesús CORONA (FC Porto) 2021 Sebastián COATES (Sporting) 2022 Darwin NÚÑEZ (Benfica) 2023 OTÁVIO (FC Porto)
6 Luís FIGO
3 JOÃO PINTO, António OLIVEIRA
2 CHALANA, EUSÉBIO, Paulo FUTRE, VITOR BAÍA, Ricardo QUARESMA, HULK, JONAS,
Bruno FERNANDES
1 BENTO, CARLOS MANUEL, José COSTA, DOMINGOS, Fernando GOMES, HUMBERTO COELHO,
JOÃO ALVES, JORDÃO, NENÉ, RUI BARROS, TONI, PETI, Mario JARDEL, Ricardo CARVALHO,
DECO, SIMAO Sabrosa, LISANDRO Lopez, Bruno ALVES, David LUIZ, Nemanja MATIC,
Enzo PEREZ, PIZZI, Jesús CORONA, Sebastián COATES, Darwin NÚÑEZ, OTÁVIO
NB: election by newspaper 'Record'. 1986 Artur Jorge 1987 Artur Jorge 1988 Carlos Queirós 1989 Carlos Queirós 1990 Artur Jorge 1991 Carlos Queirós 1992 Manuel José 1993 Manuel José 1994 Toni 1995 Bobby Robson (England) 1996 Mário Reis 1997 Carlos Brito 1998 Mário Palma 1999 Augusto Inácio and Humberto Coelho 2000 Jaime Pacheco
Awarded by newspaper 'A Bola'. MVP Portuguese League. 1991 Eusébio (career award) 1992 Vitor Baía (FC Porto) 1993 João Pinto (Benfica) 1994 Luís Figo (Sporting) 1995 Domingos (FC Porto) 1996 João Pinto (Benfica) 1997 Mário Jardel (Brazil-FC Porto) 1998 Mário Jardel (Brazil-FC Porto) 1999 not awarded 2000 Jorge Costa (FC Porto) 2001 Sanchez (Boavista) 2002 Jardel (Sporting) 2003 Deco (FC Porto) 2004 Rossato (Nacional) 2005 Simão (Benfica) 2006 Petit (Benfica) 2007 Quaresma (FC Porto)
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