UNFP Player of the Month
The UNFP Player of the Month trophy is an award that recognises the best Ligue 1 player each month of the season. The winner is chosen by a combination of an online public vote, which contributes to 50% of the final tally, and the players of each Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs.[1]
A similar award goes to the best player in Ligue 2.
Ligue 1[]
Winners[]
- As of 20 January 2022[2]
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2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 |
GK | Goalkeeper |
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DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
Month | Year[nb 1] | Nationality | Player | Team | Position |
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August | 2003 | DR Congo | Shabani Nonda | Monaco | FW |
September | 2003 | France | Ludovic Giuly | Monaco | FW |
October | 2003 | Portugal | Pauleta | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
November | 2003 | France | Ludovic Giuly | Monaco | FW |
December | 2003 | France | Djibril Cissé | Auxerre | FW |
January | 2004 | Ivory Coast | Didier Drogba | Marseille | FW |
February | 2004 | Serbia and Montenegro | Danijel Ljuboja | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
March | 2004 | Romania | Viorel Moldovan | Nantes | FW |
April | 2004 | Argentina | Juan Pablo Sorín | Paris Saint-Germain | DF |
May | 2004 | Ivory Coast | Didier Drogba | Marseille | FW |
August | 2004 | France | Franck Ribéry | Metz | FW |
September | 2004 | France | Fabien Barthez | Marseille | GK |
October | 2004 | Ghana | Michael Essien | Lyon | MF |
November | 2004 | France | Camel Meriem | Bordeaux | MF |
December | 2004 | France | Frédéric Piquionne | Saint-Étienne | FW |
January | 2005 | France | Péguy Luyindula | Marseille | FW |
February | 2005 | Brazil | Juninho | Lyon | MF |
March | 2005 | Brazil | Juninho | Lyon | MF |
April | 2005 | Republic of the Congo | Matt Moussilou | Lille | FW |
May | 2005 | Senegal | Mamadou Niang | Strasbourg | FW |
August | 2005 | France | Jérôme Leroy | Lens | MF |
September | 2005 | France | Grégory Coupet | Lyon | GK |
October | 2005 | France | Franck Ribéry | Marseille | FW |
November | 2005 | France | Franck Ribéry | Marseille | FW |
December | 2005 | Senegal | Mamadou Niang | Marseille | FW |
January | 2006 | Japan | Daisuke Matsui | Le Mans | MF |
February | 2006 | Nigeria | John Utaka | Rennes | FW |
March | 2006 | France | Yoann Gourcuff | Rennes | MF |
April | 2006 | France | Franck Ribéry | Marseille | FW |
August | 2006 | France | Steve Savidan | Valenciennes | FW |
September | 2006 | France | Jérémie Janot | Saint-Étienne | GK |
October | 2006 | Brazil | Juninho | Lyon | MF |
November | 2006 | France | Florent Malouda | Lyon | MF |
December | 2006 | France | Frédéric Piquionne | Saint-Étienne | FW |
January | 2007 | France | Bafétimbi Gomis | Saint-Étienne | FW |
February | 2007 | Sweden | Johan Elmander | Toulouse | FW |
March | 2007 | France | Samir Nasri | Marseille | MF |
April | 2007 | France | Péguy Luyindula | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
August | 2007 | France | David Bellion | Bordeaux | FW |
September | 2007 | France | Jérôme Rothen | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
October | 2007 | France | Jérôme Leroy | Rennes | MF |
November | 2007 | France | Sébastien Puygrenier | Nancy | DF |
December | 2007 | Senegal | Mamadou Niang | Marseille | FW |
January | 2008 | France | Karim Benzema | Lyon | FW |
February | 2008 | France | Steve Mandanda | Marseille | GK |
March | 2008 | Ivory Coast | Kader Keïta | Lyon | FW |
April | 2008 | France | Karim Benzema | Lyon | FW |
August | 2008 | France | Steve Mandanda | Marseille | GK |
September | 2008 | France | André-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse | FW |
October | 2008 | France | Guillaume Hoarau | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
November | 2008 | France | Olivier Echouafni | Nice | MF |
December | 2008 | Benin | Stéphane Sessègnon | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
January | 2009 | France | Péguy Luyindula | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
February | 2009 | France | Guillaume Hoarau | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
March | 2009 | France | André-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse | FW |
April | 2009 | France | Yoann Gourcuff | Bordeaux | MF |
August | 2009 | Argentina | Lisandro López | Lyon | FW |
September | 2009 | France | Hugo Lloris | Lyon | GK |
October | 2009 | Poland | Ireneusz Jeleń | Auxerre | FW |
November | 2009 | France | Fabrice Abriel | Marseille | MF |
December | 2009 | France | Jérémie Janot | Saint-Étienne | GK |
January | 2010 | Morocco | Karim Aït-Fana | Montpellier | FW |
February | 2010 | France | Hatem Ben Arfa | Marseille | MF |
March | 2010 | Belgium | Eden Hazard | Lille | MF |
April | 2010 | Argentina | Lucho González | Marseille | MF |
September | 2010 | France | Dimitri Payet | Saint-Étienne | MF |
October | 2010 | France | Steeve Elana | Brest | GK |
November | 2010 | France | Clément Chantôme | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
December | 2010 | Brazil | Nenê | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
January | 2011 | France | Marvin Martin | Sochaux | MF |
February | 2011 | France | Mickaël Landreau | Lille | GK |
March | 2011 | Belgium | Eden Hazard | Lille | MF |
April | 2011 | France | Mamadou Sakho | Paris Saint-Germain | DF |
September | 2011 | Argentina | Javier Pastore | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
October | 2011 | Brazil | Nenê | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
November | 2011 | Morocco | Younès Belhanda | Montpellier | MF |
December | 2011 | Italy | Salvatore Sirigu | Paris Saint-Germain | GK |
January | 2012 | Serbia | Milan Biševac | Paris Saint-Germain | DF |
February | 2012 | Gabon | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Saint-Étienne | FW |
March | 2012 | Belgium | Eden Hazard | Lille | MF |
April | 2012 | Belgium | Eden Hazard | Lille | MF |
September | 2012 | Sweden | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
October | 2012 | Gabon | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Saint-Étienne | FW |
November | 2012 | France | Stéphane Ruffier | Saint-Étienne | GK |
December | 2012 | Argentina | Darío Cvitanich | Nice | FW |
January | 2013 | Italy | Salvatore Sirigu | Paris Saint-Germain | GK |
February | 2013 | Gabon | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Saint-Étienne | FW |
March | 2013 | Brazil | Thiago Silva | Paris Saint-Germain | DF |
April | 2013 | Ivory Coast | Salomon Kalou | Lille | FW |
September | 2013 | Italy | Marco Verratti | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
October | 2013 | Nigeria | Vincent Enyeama | Lille | GK |
November | 2013 | Nigeria | Vincent Enyeama | Lille | GK |
December | 2013 | Ivory Coast | Salomon Kalou | Lille | FW |
January | 2014 | Sweden | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
February | 2014 | Sweden | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
March | 2014 | Sweden | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
April | 2014 | Bulgaria | Dimitar Berbatov | Monaco | FW |
September | 2014 | France | André-Pierre Gignac | Marseille | FW |
October | 2014 | Brazil | Lucas Moura | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
November | 2014 | Argentina | Javier Pastore | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
December | 2014 | France | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | FW |
January | 2015 | France | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | FW |
February | 2015 | Argentina | Emiliano Sala | Caen | FW |
March | 2015 | Argentina | Javier Pastore | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
April | 2015 | Argentina | Javier Pastore | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
September | 2015 | France | Lassana Diarra | Marseille | MF |
October | 2015 | Belgium | Michy Batshuayi | Marseille | FW |
November | 2015 | Sweden | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
December | 2015 | Argentina | Ángel Di María | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
January | 2016 | France | Hatem Ben Arfa | Nice | MF |
February | 2016 | Belgium | Guillaume Gillet | Nantes | MF |
March | 2016 | France | Ousmane Dembélé | Rennes | FW |
April | 2016 | Morocco | Sofiane Boufal | Lille | MF |
August | 2016 | France | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | FW |
September | 2016 | Uruguay | Edinson Cavani | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
October | 2016 | Uruguay | Edinson Cavani | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
November | 2016 | France | Thomas Lemar | Monaco | MF |
December | 2016 | France | Maxime Lopez | Marseille | MF |
January | 2017 | Portugal | Bernardo Silva | Monaco | MF |
February | 2017 | Italy | Marco Verratti | Paris Saint-Germain | MF |
March | 2017 | France | Florian Thauvin | Marseille | FW |
April | 2017 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | FW |
August | 2017 | Colombia | Radamel Falcao | Monaco | FW |
September | 2017 | France | Steve Mandanda | Marseille | GK |
October | 2017 | France | Nabil Fekir | Lyon | FW |
November | 2017 | France | Florian Thauvin | Marseille | FW |
December | 2017 | Brazil | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
January | 2018 | France | Florian Thauvin | Marseille | FW |
February | 2018 | France | Mathieu Debuchy | Saint-Étienne | DF |
March | 2018 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
April | 2018 | Netherlands | Memphis Depay | Lyon | FW |
August | 2018 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
September | 2018 | Ivory Coast | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | FW |
October | 2018 | Argentina | Emiliano Sala | Nantes | FW |
November | 2018 | Tunisia | Wahbi Khazri | Saint-Étienne | FW |
December | 2018 | France | Kenny Lala | Strasbourg | DF |
January | 2019 | Ivory Coast | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | FW |
February | 2019 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
March | 2019 | Italy | Mario Balotelli | Marseille | FW |
April | 2019 | France | Jonathan Bamba | Lille | FW |
August | 2019 | France | Eduardo Camavinga | Rennes | MF |
September | 2019 | Nigeria | Victor Osimhen | Lille | FW |
October | 2019 | Brazil | Thiago Silva | Paris Saint-Germain | DF |
November | 2019 | France | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | Lyon | MF |
December | 2019 | France | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco | FW |
January | 2020 | Brazil | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
September | 2020 | Senegal | Ibrahima Niane | Metz | FW |
October | 2020 | France | Jonathan Bamba | Lille | FW |
November | 2020 | Algeria | Andy Delort | Montpellier | FW |
December | 2020 | Turkey | Yusuf Yazıcı | Lille | MF |
January | 2021 | Algeria | Farid Boulaya | Metz | MF |
February | 2021 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
March | 2021 | Costa Rica | Keylor Navas | Paris Saint-Germain | GK |
April | 2021 | Turkey | Burak Yılmaz | Lille | FW |
August | 2021 | France | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | FW |
September | 2021 | Ivory Coast | Seko Fofana | Lens | MF |
October | 2021 | Brazil | Lucas Paquetá | Lyon | MF |
November | 2021 | France | Gaëtan Laborde | Rennes | FW |
December | 2021 | France | Téji Savanier | Montpellier | MF |
Multiple winners[]
The below table lists those who have won on more than one occasion.
- As of 20 January 2022
Indicates current Ligue 1 player | |
Italics | Indicates players still playing professional football |
Rank | Player | Wins |
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1st | Kylian Mbappé | 6 |
2nd | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 5 |
3rd | Eden Hazard | 4 |
Javier Pastore | ||
Franck Ribéry | ||
6th | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 3 |
André-Pierre Gignac | ||
Juninho | ||
Alexandre Lacazette | ||
Peguy Luyindula | ||
Steve Mandanda | ||
Mamadou Niang | ||
Florian Thauvin | ||
14th | Jonathan Bamba | 2 |
Hatem Ben Arfa | ||
Karim Benzema | ||
Edinson Cavani | ||
Didier Drogba | ||
Vincent Enyeama | ||
Ludovic Giuly | ||
Yoann Gourcuff | ||
Guillaume Hoarau | ||
Jérémie Janot | ||
Salomon Kalou | ||
Jérôme Leroy | ||
Nenê | ||
Neymar | ||
Nicolas Pépé | ||
Frédéric Piquionne | ||
Emiliano Sala | ||
Thiago Silva | ||
Salvatore Sirigu | ||
Marco Verratti |
Awards won by nationality[]
- As of 20 January 2022
Country | Wins |
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France | 76 |
Argentina | 11 |
Brazil | |
Ivory Coast | 8 |
Belgium | 6 |
Sweden | |
Italy | 5 |
Nigeria | 4 |
Senegal | |
Gabon | 3 |
Morocco | |
Algeria | 2 |
Portugal | |
Turkey | |
Serbia[nb 2] | |
Uruguay | |
Benin | 1 |
Bulgaria | |
Colombia | |
Costa Rica | |
DR Congo | |
Congo | |
Ghana | |
Japan | |
Netherlands | |
Poland | |
Romania | |
Tunisia |
Awards won by club[]
- As of 20 January 2022
Club | Wins |
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Paris Saint-Germain | 41 |
Marseille | 24 |
Lyon | 18 |
Lille | 17 |
Saint-Étienne | 14 |
Monaco | 9 |
Rennes | 6 |
Montpellier | 4 |
Bordeaux | 3 |
Metz | |
Nantes | |
Nice | |
Toulouse | |
Auxerre | 2 |
Lens | |
Strasbourg | |
Brest | 2 |
Caen | |
Le Mans | |
Nancy | |
Sochaux | |
Valenciennes |
Footnotes[]
- ^ Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.
- ^ Danijel Ljuboja played for Serbia and Montenegro when he was rewarded in 2004, which was renamed as Serbia in 2006.
References[]
Categories:
- Association football Player of the Month awards
- Footballers in France