Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1


Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1

The French Top Tier football, Ligue 1 has always been considered as one of the easiest of the strongest in Europe. Ligue 1 is a league which has seen many legends of the game including David Beckham and The Smiling Assassin Ronaldinho Gaucho.

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So, here is the list of Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1

5. Karim Benzema – 1

Karim Benzema among the Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1
Karim Benzema

A young Karim Benzema established his name in the Ligue 1 with Lyon and that too in the best possible manner by winning the Player Of The Year Award in 2007-08 season. And by doing so got signed by the legendary Florentino Perez in the famous transfer window of 2009.

In which he not only signed Benzema But also Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso which is till this date the greatest transfer window of the modern times. Karim Benzema is an undisputed leader after Cristiano left and took the responsibility like a legend should by showing the entire world what he is capable of doing.

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And who is at the moment one of the best players in the world.

4. Pauleta – 2

Pauleta among the Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1

The Portuguese Striker Pauleta has been a good striker in the French league. He has also played in La Liga and was a prolific striker during his prime. He won the Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1 for two consecutive seasons in 2001/02 and 2002/03.

The Portuguese Striker Pauleta was an inspirational figure for the french league team Bordeaux. He was also the ligue 1 top scorer 3 times which is quite a great achievement. He have also played for Paris Saint Germain during his time in the Ligue 1.

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3. Kylian Mbappe – 2

Kylian Mbappe among the Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1
Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe, the young sensation is a true champion and has already won many achievements at such a tender age. He won the prestigious World Cup at the age of 18 and has become the second ever teenager to have scored in a World Cup Final after the King himself Pele.

Mbappe is already a star and anybody who has a doubt regarding this, then he doesn’t know much about football apart from being a bandwagon follower. The current PSG striker has won the Player Of The Year Award on 2 occasions, that is in 2018/19 and 2020/21. 

Kylian has won many things in his career and now he is eyeing towards the best trophy at the club level which is UEFA Champions League and hopefully with the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Sergio Ramos this is his best shot at the silverware.

2. Eden Hazard – 2

Eden Hazard among the Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1

Eden Hazard is one of the finest talents from his generation. He started his career with the french side Lille with whom he established himself as one of the hottest young properties in the world. He won the Player Of The Year Award in 2010/11 and 2011/12 with Lille. 

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Although it is in the Premier League where the best version of him came out with the Chelsea FC. Where he came as an outsider and became a league legend in no time and when he finally left for completing his dream move to Real Madrid, he left as the best player of the league.

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1 . Zlatan Ibrahimovic- 3

Zlatan Ibrahimovic acing the list of Top 5 Players With Most Player Of The Year Award in Ligue 1

The Evergreen Zlatan Ibrahimovic clearly aces this list and that is because of his sheer quality in front of the goal. The Swedish Striker is a generational talent which is quite hard to repeat. At the age of 40 he is still going strong in one of the Top 5 Leagues Of Europe with AC Milan.

Zlatan won the Player Of The Year Award in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2015/16 for his contribution in taking PSG to newer heights by winning back to back Ligue 1 trophies. His footballing legacy is as good as his personality. And his never ending will to become the better version of himself, clearly differentiates him with all the other players.

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Conclusion 

Ligue 1 is considered as one of the most goal scoring leagues in the world. And these players have scored plenty of them during their time at the French top flight competition and made the entire ligue 1 better in general.