Vietnamese Golden Ball Award 2018 officially launched

Midfielder Dinh Thanh Trung won the Vietnamese Golden Ball Award 2017. Photo: Vov.vn

This year’s award includes categories such as Man’s Golden, Silver and Bronze Ball, Woman’s Golden, Silver and Bronze Ball, Man’s Golden, Silver and Bronze Futsal, Best Foreign Player, Best Male Player (under 21), Best Female Player (under 21), and Favourite Player, voted by fans.

Voters for the award include football experts, teams’s head coaches, coaches and captains of V-League, women, futsal clubs and reputed sports journalists all around the nation.

The winner will be announced at the end of this year. 

Vietnamese Golden Ball Award, also referred to as Vietnamese Footballer of the Year, is an annual award for the best performances of Vietnamese footballers over the previous year.

It was first started in 1995 by Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper and was also recognised by Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) to belong to the national award system. 

The first winner was striker Le Huynh Duc. The current holder of the award, as selected in 2017, is Quang Nam Province’s midfielder Dinh Thanh Trung.

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