RFS leader Ikaunieks was recognized as the best in this survey for the second year in a row.
This year, the 29-year-old Kuldižnik stood out with nine goals in 14 games of the European club tournament, helping RFS reach the main tournament of the UEFA Europa League. He scored 16 goals and seven assists in the Premier League, while in the RFS he won the championship title.
All 51 survey participants included Ikaunieka in their top six, 45 of them giving first place to the RFS football player. Five first places went to the football player Andrejas Ciganiks of “Luzern” (previously – Lodz “Widzew”), and one – to the captain of the Latvian national team and the player of Zurich “Grasshoppers” Krister Tober.
Roberts Savalnieks, Roberts Uldriķis, Dario Shits, Lukas Vapne, Marko Regža, Alvis Jaunzems, Dmitrijs Zelenkovs, Renars Varslavāns, Antonijs Chernomordys, Eduard Daškėvičs, Dāvis Ikaunieks, Krišjānis Zviedris, Daniels Balodis, Raivis Andris Jurkovskis were also included in the top six at least once. , Aleksej Savelyevs, Emils Birka, Roberts Ozols and Vladislavs Gutkovsky.
The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) plans to announce the best football player of the year in January at the laureate’s evening.