Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States
Introduction '''Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States''' (also known as the '''"Star award"''') was an annual award given by Sport-Express daily to the Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States player of the season from 2004 to 2013.The title is awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper.
Winners YearPlacePlayerClub1st place2nd place3rd place4th place5th placeTotal 2004  1   '''Andriy Shevchenko'''   Milan  45  -  -  -  -  '''225''' 2   Dmitri Sychev   Lokomotiv Moscow  -  8  13  6  3  86 3   Alexey Smertin   Chelsea  -  15  4  3  3  81 4   Māris Verpakovskis   Dynamo Kyiv  -  9  5  9  5  74 5   Andriy Voronin   1.FC Köln /  Bayer Leverkusen  -  5  2  3  2  34 2005  1   '''Andriy Shevchenko'''   Milan  39  6  -  -  -  '''219''' 2   Andrey Arshavin   Zenit Saint Petersburg  2  13  8  4  5  99 3   Igor Akinfeev   CSKA Moscow  2  8  8  5  5  81 4   Shota Arveladze   Rangers /  AZ  -  3  9  7  4  57 5   Alexander Hleb   VfB Stuttgart /  Arsenal  -  4  6  10  2  56 2006  1   '''Igor Akinfeev'''   CSKA Moscow  14  11  5  3  6  '''141''' 2   Alexander Hleb   Arsenal  11  9  11  5  2  136 3   Andriy Shevchenko   Milan /  Chelsea  7  13  8  4  2  121 4   Andrey Arshavin   Zenit Saint Petersburg  7  2  6  8  8  85 5   Shota Arveladze   AZ  1  3  5  7  12  58 2007  1   '''Andrey Arshavin'''   Zenit Saint Petersburg  14  10  6  6  4  '''144''' 2   Aleksandr Kerzhakov   Sevilla  9  11  4  3  3  110 3   Alexander Hleb   Arsenal  9  7  7  5  3  107 4   Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   Shakhtar Donetsk /  Zenit Saint Petersburg  2  7  8  4  6  76 5   Roman Pavlyuchenko   Spartak Moscow  4  4  6  7  1  69 2008  1   '''Andrey Arshavin'''   Zenit Saint Petersburg  32  9  3  1  -  '''207''' 2   Yuri Zhirkov   CSKA Moscow  6  10  12  5  1  117 3   Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   Zenit Saint Petersburg  3  16  3  4  6  102 4   Roman Pavlyuchenko   Spartak Moscow /  Tottenham Hotspur  -  5  8  6  3  59 5   Igor Akinfeev   CSKA Moscow  1  3  6  5  2  47 2009  1   '''Andrey Arshavin'''   Arsenal  31  11  1  1  -  '''204''' 2   Igor Akinfeev   CSKA Moscow  6  14  7  8  5  128 3   Andriy Pyatov   Shakhtar Donetsk  -  4  11  3  1  56 4   Dmytro Chyhrynskyi   Shakhtar Donetsk /  Barcelona  1  3  5  5  4  46 5   Sergey Ryzhikov   Rubin Kazan  2  3  5  2  2  43  2010  1   '''Alexander Kerzhakov'''   Zenit Saint Petersburg  13  11  6  6  2 '''141'''2 Andrey Arshavin Arsenal1384481253 Roman Pavlyuchenko Tottenham Hotspur F.C.1078931234 Oleksandr Aliyev Lokomotiv Moscow47432685 Igor Akinfeev CSKA Moscow2833259 2011  1   '''Andriy Voronin'''   Dynamo Moscow  23  6  10  2  2  '''175'''2 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit Saint Petersburg9115711193 Vyacheslav Malafeev Zenit Saint Petersburg383293634 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Bayern Munich -6764615 Alan Dzagoev CSKA Moscow -234833 2012  1   '''Henrikh Mkhitaryan'''   Shakhtar Donetsk  22  8  8  3  -  '''296''' 2   Aleksandr Kerzhakov   Zenit Saint Petersburg  3 8 7 5 6 2633 Igor Akinfeev CSKA Moscow548171304 Igor Denisov Zenit Saint Petersburg145551115 Aleksandr Kokorin Dynamo Moscow42343103 2013  1   '''Henrikh Mkhitaryan'''   Borussia Dortmund  –
Wins by player  Name Wins Winning years Andrey Arshavin 2007, 2008, 2009 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2012, 2013 Andriy Shevchenko 2004, 2005 Igor Akinfeev 2006 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 2010 Andriy Voronin 2011
See also * Soviet Footballer of the Year* Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express) - "Sport Express" daily sports newspaper version. * Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol) - "Futbol" weekly magazine version.
References *  Official page *  Sport-Express