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{{short description|Annual association football awards}}
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The '''AIFF Player of the Year Awards''' are the annual [[association football|football]] awards presented to the best footballers in India by the [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF).<ref name="AIFF 2016"/> The AIFF first announced the award for men's player of the year in 1992; [[I. M. Vijayan]] was the inaugural winner. [[Sunil Chhetri]] has won the award a record six times, more than any other player.<ref name="ISL">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/features/aiff-announce-sunil-chhetri-as-the-player-of-the-year|title=AIFF announce Sunil Chhetri as the Player of the Year|website=indiansuperleague.com|accessdate=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709195044/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/features/aiff-announce-sunil-chhetri-as-the-player-of-the-year|archive-date=9 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sunil-chhetri-wins-2017-aiff-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/65092831.cms |title=Sunil Chhetri wins 2017 AIFF Player of the Year award |date=22 July 2018|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |accessdate=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104113141/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sunil-chhetri-wins-2017-aiff-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/65092831.cms |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> No winner was announced in 1998 and 1999. It was re-introduced in 2000.<ref name="AIFF 2013"/>

The AIFF Women’s Player of the Year Award was introduced in 2001. [[Oinam Bembem Devi]] was its first recipient.<ref name="Bembem Devi">{{cite news|last=Solomon|first=Joseph |title=19 years and counting – The legend of Oinam Bembem Devi|url=https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6275 |accessdate=4 December 2019 |date=8 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204201320/https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6275 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 2002 and 2012, no women's award was given out. In 2013, the award was re-introduced and Bembem Devi won it for the second time. Other than Bembem Devi, [[Bala Devi]] has also won the award twice, in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's football: Mary Kom an inspiration for Bala Devi |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/bala-devi-interview-mary-kom-indian-womens-football-rangers-fc-manipur/article30719287.ece |accessdate=11 July 2020 |work=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001141539/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/bala-devi-interview-mary-kom-indian-womens-football-rangers-fc-manipur/article30719287.ece |archive-date=1 October 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with the men's and women's awards, the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year Award for men was introduced in 2013,<ref name="AIFF 2013"/> and a similar award for women was introduced in 2015.<ref name="AIFF 2015"/>

Until 2016, the men's awards were selected on the basis of voting by the coaches of the [[I-League]] clubs. Since 2017, coaches of both the I-League and the [[Indian Super League]] have voted to select the winner.<ref name="Multi"/><ref name="EL1"/> The women's awards are selected by the head coach of the [[India women's national football team|women's national team]] in consultation with the AIFF Technical Director.<ref name="STR 2018−19"/><ref name="AIFF 2020"/>

== List of AIFF Men's Player of the Year Award winners ==
[[I. M. Vijayan]] was the first player to receive the award in 1992. He was also the first player to win it consecutively in 1997 and 2000 (there was no award in 1998 and 1999). He has won the award three times.<ref name="AIFF 2013">{{cite web |title=Sunil Chhetri is 2013 AIFF Player of the Year |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5394|date=20 December 2013 |website=the-aiff.com |accessdate=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228232231/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5394 |archive-date=28 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sunil Chhetri]] has received the award a record six times: in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, and most recently, 2018−19.<ref>{{cite web |title=I draw inspiration from MC Mary Kom, say Sunil Chhetri|date=11 July 2019 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/i-draw-inspiration-from-mc-mary-kom-says-sunil-chhetri |website=the-aiff.com |accessdate=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505115117/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/i-draw-inspiration-from-mc-mary-kom-says-sunil-chhetri |archive-date=5 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jo Paul Ancheri]] and [[Bhaichung Bhutia]] have won the award twice.<ref name="AIFF 2016">{{cite web |title=Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7722 |website=the-aiff.com |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227132308/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7722 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{col-begin}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Winner by years
|-
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Player
! scope="col" class=unsortable |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope=row| 1992
| {{sort name|I. M.|Vijayan}}
| rowspan="23"| <ref name="Multi">{{cite news |title=All India Football Federation Awards: Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi win Player of the Year Trophy |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/all-india-football-federation-awards-sunil-chhetri-and-bala-devi-win-player-of-the-year-trophy-240310-2015-02-14 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926234124/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/all-india-football-federation-awards-sunil-chhetri-and-bala-devi-win-player-of-the-year-trophy-240310-2015-02-14 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 1993
| {{sort name|V. P. |Sathyan}}
|-
! scope=row| 1994
| {{sort name|Jo Paul |Ancheri}}
|-
! scope=row| 1995
| {{sort name|Bhaichung|Bhutia}}
|-
! scope=row| 1996
| {{sort name|Bruno |Coutinho}}
|-
! scope=row| 1997
| {{sort name|I. M.|Vijayan}}
|-
! scope=row| 1998
| rowspan="2"|''Not awarded''
|-
! scope=row| 1999
|-
! scope=row| 2000
| {{sort name|I. M.|Vijayan}}
|-
! scope=row| 2001
| {{sort name|Jo Paul |Ancheri}}
|-
! scope=row| 2002
| {{sort name|Deepak |Mondal}}
|-
! scope=row| 2003
| {{sort name|Tomba |Singh}}
|-
! scope=row| 2004
| {{sort name|Shanmugam |Venkatesh}}
|-
! scope=row| 2005
| {{sort name|Climax |Lawrence}}
|-
! scope=row| 2006
| {{sort name|Irungbam |Surkumar Singh}}
|-
! scope=row| 2007
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|-
! scope=row| 2008
| {{sort name|Bhaichung|Bhutia}}
|-
! scope=row| 2009
| {{sort name|Subrata|Pal}}
|-
! scope=row| 2010
| {{sort name|Gouramangi|Singh}}
|-
! scope=row| 2011
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|-
! scope=row| 2012
| {{sort name|Syed|Rahim Nabi}}
|-
! scope=row| 2013
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|-
! scope=row| 2014
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|-
! scope=row| 2015
| {{sort name|Eugeneson|Lyngdoh}}
|<ref name="EL1">{{cite news |title=Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Bala Devi get top All India Football Federation awards |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/eugeneson-lyngdoh-bala-devi-get-top-all-india-football-federation-awards-278303-2015-12-21 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.vn/NbZWO |archive-date=27 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2016
| {{sort name|Jeje|Lalpekhlua}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alvares |first1=Rohan |title=AIFF Awards: Jeje Lalpekhlua named best Indian player |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/aiff-awards-jeje-lalpekhlua-named-best-indian-player/articleshow/59065644.cms |accessdate=26 September 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=Times Now Network (TNN) |date=9 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.vn/li6fl |archive-date=27 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2017
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Chhetri wins 2017 AIFF player of the year award |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/chhetri-wins-2017-aiff-player-of-the-year-award-118072200506_1.html |accessdate=27 September 2020 |work=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.vn/sKc7P |archive-date=27 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2018–19
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|<ref name="STR 2018−19"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2019–20
| {{sort name|Gurpreet|Singh Sandhu}}
|<ref name="GK1">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Nitin |title=Chandigarh lad Sandhu adjudged men's football player of the year by AIFF |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-lad-sandhu-adjudged-mens-football-player-of-the-year-by-aiff-6616252/ |accessdate=27 September 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927202818/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-lad-sandhu-adjudged-mens-football-player-of-the-year-by-aiff-6616252/ |archive-date=27 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2020–21
| {{sort name|Sandesh|Jhingan}}
| <ref name="Mens2021">{{cite news |title=Sandesh named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/sandesh-named-aiff-mens-footballer-of-the-year-suresh-wins-emerging-player-award|accessdate=21 July 2021|work=[[All India Football Federation]]|date=21 July 2021|url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
{{col-3}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2 | Multiple winners
|-
! scope="col" |Wins
! scope="col" |Player
|-
! scope=row| 6
| {{sort name|Sunil|Chhetri}}
|-
! scope=row| 3
| {{sort name|I. M.|Vijayan}}
|-
! scope=row rowspan="2" |2
| {{sort name|Jo|Paul Ancheri}}
|-
| {{sort name|Bhaichung|Bhutia}}
|}
{{col-3}}
[[File:Sunil Chhetri.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of Sunil Chhetri in blue shirt. |[[Sunil Chhetri]] has been chosen as the AIFF Player of the Year six times, more than any other player.]]
[[File:I.M.Vijayan.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of I. M. Vijayan in a lighter mood during a football tournament in 2012.|[[I. M. Vijayan]], the first recipient of the award, was also the first player to win for a second time. He won the award three times.]]
[[File:Subrata Pal12.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portrait of Subrata Pal wearing a colourful shawl.|[[Subrata Pal]] was the first goalkeeper to win the award.<ref name="GK1"/>]]
{{col-end}}

== List of AIFF Women's Player of the Year winners ==

[[Oinam Bembem Devi]] was the first recipient of the award in 2001. Bembem Devi retained it in 2013, after the 2002-2012 halt ended.<ref name="AIFF 2013"/> [[Bala Devi]] has won the award a record three times: in 2014, 2015, 2021.<ref name="AIFF 2015">{{cite web |title=Eugenson Lyngdoh voted '2015 AIFF Player of the Year'|date=20 December 2015 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6879 |website=the-aiff.com |accessdate=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026005737/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6879 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AIFF 2014">{{cite web |title=Sunil Chhetri voted 2014 AIFF Player of the Year|date=27 December 2014 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6107 |website=the-aiff.com |accessdate=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063222/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6107 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Winner by years
|-
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Player
! scope="col" class=unsortable |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope=row| 2001
| {{sortname|Oinam|Bembem Devi|Oinam Bembem Devi}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref name="Bembem Devi"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2002−2012
| ''Not awarded''
|-
! scope=row| 2013
| {{sortname|Oinam|Bembem Devi|Oinam Bembem Devi}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2013"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2014
| {{sortname|Bala|Devi|Bala Devi}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2014"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2015
| {{sortname|Bala|Devi|Bala Devi}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2015"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2016
| {{sortname|Sasmita|Malik}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2016"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2017
| {{sortname|Yumnam|Kamala Devi|Yumnam Kamala Devi}}
| <ref name="Times of India"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2018−19
| {{sortname|Loitongbam|Ashalata Devi|Loitongbam Ashalata Devi}}
| <ref name="STR 2018−19"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2019−20
| {{sortname|Sanju|Yadav}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2020">{{cite web |title=Gurpreet and Sanju declared winners of AIFF Player of the Year Awards |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/gurpreet-and-sanju-declared-winners-of-aiff-player-of-the-year-awards |website=the-aiff.com|date=25 September 2020 |accessdate=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925131427/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/gurpreet-and-sanju-declared-winners-of-aiff-player-of-the-year-awards |archive-date=25 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2020−21
| {{sortname|Bala|Devi|Bala Devi}}
| <ref name="AIFF Women 2021">{{cite web |title=Bala Devi, Manisha Kalyan named winners of annual AIFF Awards |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/bala-devi-manisha-kalyan-named-winners-of-annual-aiff-awards |website=the-aiff.com|date=20 July 2021 |accessdate=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720140333/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/bala-devi-manisha-kalyan-named-winners-of-annual-aiff-awards |archive-date=20 July 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
{{col-3}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2 | Multiple winners
|-
! scope="col" |Wins
! scope="col" |Player
|-
! scope=row rowspan="1"| 3
| {{sortname|Bala|Devi|Bala Devi}}
|-
! scope=row rowspan="1"| 2
| {{sortname|Oinam|Bembem Devi|Oinam Bembem Devi}}
|}
{{col-end}}

== List of AIFF Emerging Player of the Year winners ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=2|Year
! scope="col" colspan=2|Player
! scope="col" class=unsortable rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!Men
!Women
|-
! scope=row| 2013
| {{sortname|Jeje|Lalpekhlua}}
| rowspan="2"|''Not awarded''
| <ref name="AIFF 2013"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2014
| {{sort name|Sandesh|Jhingan}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2014"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2015
| {{sortname|Pritam|Kotal}}
| {{sortname|Pyari|Xaxa}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2015"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2016
| {{sortname|Rowllin|Borges}}
| {{sortname|Sanju|Yadav}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2016"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2017
| {{sortname|Anirudh|Thapa}}
| {{sortname|Elangbam|Panthoi Chanu}}
| <ref name="Times of India"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2018−19
| {{sortname|Sahal|Abdul Samad}}
| {{sortname|Dangmei|Grace}}
| <ref name="STR 2018−19">{{cite news |title=Sunil Chhetri and Ashalata Devi bag top honours at AIFF Awards |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-aiff-awards-sunil-chhetri-ashalata-devi-dangmei-grace-sahad-abdul-samad-jammu-and-kashmir-football/article28332935.ece |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505114227/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-aiff-awards-sunil-chhetri-ashalata-devi-dangmei-grace-sahad-abdul-samad-jammu-and-kashmir-football/article28332935.ece |archive-date=5 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| 2019−20
| {{sortname|Anirudh|Thapa}}
| {{sortname|Nongmaithem|Ratanbala Devi|Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi}}
| <ref name="AIFF 2020"/>
|-
! scope=row| 2020−21
| {{sortname|Suresh|Singh Wangjam}}
| {{sortname|Manisha|Kalyan|Manisha Kalyan}}
| <ref name="AIFF Women 2021"/>
|}

==See also==

* [[FPAI Indian Player of the Year]]
* [[All India Football Federation]]
* [[Football in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/ Official AIFF website].

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