Ghana Player of the year

Ghana Player of the Year
Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG)
Location	Accra International Conference Centre
Country	Republic of Ghana
First awarded	1975

Ghana Player of the Year (or Ghanaian Footballer of the Year) is an award from Football Association of Ghana in recognition of excellence to the best Ghanaian professional association footballer of the year.

The title Ghana Footballer of the Year has been yearly awarded in Ghana since 1975. The award is determined annually by the members of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) since 1974 with additional votees from the Ghana Premier League team captains and the coaches of the Ghana Premier League in collaboration with Goal.com corporate subdivision of Perform Group; the leading global digital media player corporate group in the world, acquired for $30,000,000 (GH₵70.3 million and CN¥183.4 million) and is published by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Eligible are all Ghanaian professional association footballers. The award has been presented on 21 occasions as of 2013.