Futsal Awards Explained

Futsal Awards
Sport:	Futsal
Awardedfor:	Annual best in international futsal
Sponsor:	Futsalplanet.com
Presenter:	Futsalplanet.com
First:	2000
Number:	23 (as of 2023)
Mostwins:	Men's Ricardinho (6 wins) Women's Amandinha (8 wins)

The UMBRO Futsal Awards are the annual awards to celebrate the best people in international futsal.^[1] They are presented since the year of 2000 by FutsalPlanet.^[2]

Best Player in the World

Male

Year	Winner	Club
2000	Manoel Tobias	Vasco da Gama
2001	Manoel Tobias ^(2)	Jaraguá
2002	Manoel Tobias ^(3)	FS Cartagena
2003	Adriano Foglia	Stabia
2004	Falcão	Jaraguá
2005	Javi Rodríguez	Playas de Castellón
2006	Falcão ^(2)	Jaraguá
2007	Vladislav Shayakhmetov	Viz-Sinara
2008	Schumacher	Inter FS
2009	Kike	ElPozo Murcia
2010	Ricardinho	Benfica
2011	Falcão ^(3)	Santos
2012	Falcão ^(4)	Intelli
2013	Sergio Lozano	Barcelona
2014	Ricardinho ^(2)	Inter FS
2015	Ricardinho ^(3)
2016	Ricardinho ^(4)
2017	Ricardinho ^(5)
2018	Ricardinho ^(6)
2019		Barcelona
2020	Ferrão ^(2)
2021	Ferrão ^(3)
2022	Pany Varela	Sporting CP
2023	Pito	Barcelona

Female

Year	Winner	Club
2007	Eva Manguán	Atlético Navalcarnero
2008	Cilene	Jaguaré
2009	Alina Gorobets	FK Belichanka-93
2010	Vanessa	Burela
2011	Vanessa ^(2)	UnoChapecó
2012	Vanessa ^(3)
2013	Lú	Lazio Calcio a 5
2014	Amandinha	Barateiro
2015	Amandinha ^(2)
2016	Amandinha ^(3)
2017	Amandinha ^(4)	Leoas da Serra
2018	Amandinha ^(5)
2019	Amandinha ^(6)
2020	Amandinha ^(7)
2021	Amandinha ^(8)	Torreblanca Melilla
2022	Peque	Alcorcón FSF
2023	Camila	Stein Cascavel

Best Goalkeeper in the World

Male

Year	Winner	Club
2003	Luis Amado	Inter FS
2004	Luis Amado ^(2)
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	Tiago	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
2008	Sergey Zuev	Sinara Yekaterinburg
2009	Santiago Elías	Pinocho
2010	Mostafa Nazari	Foolad Mahan
2011	Stefano Mammarella	Montesilvano
2012	Stefano Mammarella ^(2)
2013	Gustavo	Dinamo Moskva
2014	Stefano Mammarella ^(3)	Acqua e Sapone
2015	Leo Higuita	Kairat
2016	Leo Higuita ^(2)
2017	Paco Sedano	FC Barcelona
2018	Leo Higuita ^(3)	Kairat
2019	Leo Higuita ^(4)
2020	Leo Higuita ^(5)
2021	Guitta	Sporting CP
2022	Dídac Plana	Barcelona
2023	Willian	JEC/Krona Joinville

Female

Year	Winner	Club
2015	Belén de Uña	Atlético Navalcarnero
2016	Belén de Uña ^(2)	AD Alcorcón FSF
2017	Estela García	Atlético Navalcarnero
2018	Ana Catarina	Benfica
2019	Silvia Aguete	Poio Pescamar
2020	Ana Catarina ^(2)	Benfica
2021	Ana Catarina ^(3)
2022	Bianca	Stein Cascavel / Bitonto C5 Femminile
2023	Bianca	Bitonto C5 Femminile / Stein Cascavel

Best Young Player in the World

Male

Year	Winner	Club
2004	Fernandinho	Azkar Lugo
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	Jesús Herrero	Carnicer Torrejón
2008	Dmitri Prudnikov	Sinara Yekaterinburg
2009	Thiaguinho	Carlos Barbosa
2010	Jesús Aicardo	Lobelle de Santiago
2011	Sergio Lozano	Caja Segovia
2012	Álex Yepes	ElPozo Murcia
2013	Ferrão	Tyumen
2014	Adolfo Fernández	FS García
2015	Adolfo Fernández ^(2)
2016	Adolfo Fernández ^(3)
2017	Fernando Aguilera	ElPozo Murcia
2018	Fernando Aguilera ^(2)
2019	Leozinho	Magnus Futsal
2020	Leozinho ^(2)
2021	Zicky Té	Sporting CP
2022	Salar Aghapour	Mes Sungun FSC
2023	Lúcio Jr	Benfica

Female (Pietra and Damaris Award)

Best Club Coach in the World

Male

Year	Winner	Club
2004	Jesús Candelas	Inter FS
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	Fernando Ferretti	Jaraguá
2008	Jesús Candelas ^(2)	Inter FS
2009	Paulo Mussalem	Carlos Barbosa
2010	Fernando Ferretti ^(2)	Jaraguá
2011	Fulvio Colini	Montesilvano
2012	Marc Carmona	Barcelona
2013	Tino Pérez	Dinamo Moskva
2014	Jesús Velasco Tejada	Inter FS
2015	Jesús Velasco Tejada ^(2)
2016	Jesús Velasco Tejada ^(3)
2017	Jesús Velasco Tejada ^(4)
2018	Jesús Velasco Tejada ^(5)
2019	Andreu Plaza	Barcelona
2020	Andreu Plaza ^(2)
2021	Nuno Dias	Sporting CP
2022	Cassiano Clein	Cascavel
2023	Antonio Vadillo	Palma

Female

Year	Winner	Club
2020	Cristiane de Souza	Taboão da Serra
2021	Julio Delgado González	Burela FS
2022	Massimiliano Neri	Falconara
2023	Márcio Coelho	Stein Cascavel

Best National Team Coach in the World

Male (Dimitri Nicolaou Award)

Year	Winner	National Team
2003	Javier Lozano	Spain
2004	Javier Lozano ^(2)
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	José Venancio López	Spain
2008	Paulo César de Oliveira	Brazil
2009	Hossein Shams	Iran
2010	José Venancio López ^(2)	Spain
2011	Marcos Sorato	Brazil
2012	José Venancio López ^(3)	Spain
2013	Ney Pereira	Brazil
2014	Roberto Menichelli	Italy
2015	José Venancio López ^(4)	Spain
2016	Diego Giustozzi	Argentina
2017	José Venancio López ^(5)	Spain
2018	Jorge Braz	Portugal
2019	Jorge Braz ^(2)
2020	Jorge Braz ^(3)
2021	Jorge Braz ^(4)
2022	Jorge Braz ^(5)
2023	Hicham Dguig	Morocco

Female

Year	Winner	Club
2021	Clàudia Pons	Spain
2022	Clàudia Pons	Spain
2023	Wilson Sabóia	Brazil

Best National Team in the World

Male

Year	Winner
2003	Italy
2004	Spain
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	Brazil
2008	Brazil ^(2)
2009	Iran
2010	Spain ^(2)
2011	Brazil ^(3)
2012	Brazil ^(4)
2013	Brazil ^(5)
2014	Brazil ^(6)
2015	Spain ^(3)
2016	Argentina
2017	Brazil ^(7)
2018	Portugal
2019	Brazil ^(8)
2020	Brazil ^(9)
2021	Portugal ^(2)
2022	Portugal ^(3)
2023	Morocco

Female

Year	Winner
2021	Spain
2022	Spain
2023	Brazil

Best Club in the World

Male

Year	Winner
2004	Inter FS
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	Club Pinocho
2008	Jaraguá
2009	Carlos Barbosa
2010	Jaraguá ^(2)
2011	Montesilvano
2012	Barcelona
2013	Intelli
2014	Barcelona ^(2)
2015	Inter FS ^(2)
2016	Inter FS ^(3)
2017	Inter FS ^(4)
2018	Inter FS ^(5)
2019	Barcelona ^(3)
2020	Barcelona ^(4)
2021	Sporting CP
2022	Barcelona ^(5)
2023	Palma

Female

Year	Winner
align=center	2020	Burela FS
align=center	2021	Burela FS ^(2)
align=center	2022	Falconara
align=center	2023

Best Referee of the World

Year	Winner
2004	Pedro Galán Nieto
2005	Not assigned
2006
2007	António Cardoso
2008	Karoly Torok
2009	Michel Jean Bonnaud
2010	Danijel Janosevic
2011	Vadim Baratov
2012	Fernando Lumbreras
2013	Fernando Lumbreras ^(2)
2014	Alessandro Malfer
2015	Alessandro Malfer ^(2)
2016	Fernando Lumbreras ^(3)
2017	Saša Tomić
2018	Nikola Jelić
2019	Cordero Gallardo
2020	Nikola Jelić ^(2)
2021	Cordero Gallardo ^(2)
2022	Nikola Jelić ^(3)
2023	Daniel Fernando Rodriguez Bordon

Notes and references

• UMBRO Futsal Awards on futsalplanet.com
• 2014 voting results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nominees. awards.futsalplanet.com. 2019-02-17.
2. Web site: FutsalPlanet.com. www.futsalplanet.com. 2019-02-17.