The OneWorld Flight Centre-sponsored annual Fiji FA awards will take place on February 23 at the Fun Plaza Hotel in Nadi.
The list of nominees was released yesterday and Fiji FA CEO Bob Kumar says they received a very positive response again this year with many of the district associations keen to nominate their players and officials.
“All the nominations were received well before the deadline,” Kumar says.
“We appreciate One World Flight Centre’s support and kind gesture on sponsoring the awards night and helping recognise the hard work the players and the officials have done last year,”
The evening is expected to be a resounding success with nominees in everything from men’s and women’s footballer of the year to referee of the year and includes a fair play award too.
A total of 11 awards are up for grabs with the association keen to recognise the exploits of the players, coaches and teams, as well as the administrators working hard behind the scenes.
Fiji FA president Rajesh Patel says he is excited to see who will triumph at the awards and adds that no-one should be discouraged because they failed to be nominated.
“I urge the winners at this year’s awards not to stop just yet but to strive for further excellence to see football in Fiji reach greater heights,” Patel says.
“To the nominees who have missed out this year do not be saddened as this is not the end of the road and there are many more incentives along the way.”
Nominees for Fiji FA Annual Awards
Footballer of the Year – Men’s
Akuila Mateisuva (Labasa)
Kaliova Tivulu (Tailevu Naitasiri)
Nathan Kumar (Nasinu)
Samuela Vula (Suva)
Footballer of the Year – Women’s
Sofi Diyalowai (Labasa)
Laijipa Rasaku (Ba)
Junior Footballer of the Year
Robert Nair (Nasinu)
Coach of the Year
Tagi Vonolagi (Tailevu Naitasiri)
Gurjit Singh (Suva)
Team of the Year
Tailevu Naitasiri
Nasinu
Suva
Administrator of the Year – Premier Division
Sandeep Roy (Tailevu Naitasiri)
Praveen Singh (Nasinu)
Shaneel Goundar (Rakiraki)
Administrator of the Year – Super Premier
Mahend Prasad (Suva)
Fair Play Award
Madhwan Goundar (Tailevu Naitasiri)
Praneel Chand (Nasinu)
Waisake Navinigasau (Suva)
Best Media Personality of 2012
Raymond Stoddart (Nasinu)
Indra Singh (Suva) (FBC)
Baljeet Singh (Fiji Times)
Referee of the Year
Amitesh Behari (Nasinu)
Ravinesh Kumar (FFA Referees)
Popular Footballer of the Year
Zibraaz Sahib (Lautoka)
Remeuru Tekiata (Ba)
Sofi Diyalowai (Labasa Women)
Nathan Shivam (Suva)
Ilisoni Logaivau (Labasa)
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