PFAM Player of the Month (Malaysia Premier League)

The PFAM Player of the Month (Malaysia Premier League} is an association football award that recognises the best Malaysian League player that played in Malaysia Premier League each month of the season.

The player nominated in the month will be selected by a panel comprising representatives from PFAM, asiana.my, 139associates and media practitioners.

"We received a proposal from the PFAM members itself and also the fans who ask for the award to be extended to the premier league," PFAM Chief Executive Officer,Izham Ismail said after launching the Award for the Premier League Player of the Month in 2016 at Subang.

Assessment will be made by the Nomination Committee PFAM Player of the Month Award - asiana.my comprising practitioners experienced sports media. Among the matters considered by the Nomination Committee is the player's performance during the month,the goal scored and assists. They are free to choose any player from the Premier League who they felt deserved to receive the award.Votes will be made through PFAM official website which is [www.pfam.my.] The voters can vote via desktop, laptop, smartphone, or tablet and can use all types of browsers. Anyone can vote for the candidates that was chosenfor the award. PFAM will include a list of nominations to the site for each month.^[1]

Organised by Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia, the Player of the Month award was introduced in July 2016, Ilija Spasojević is the first winner for this award.The most recent winner is DRB-Hicom F.C. player, Ivan Babić for September 2016.

Prize

For 2016, the winner will received a trophy contributed by All Sport Images and News Agency (asiana.my) and RM500 by 139associates.^[2]

Winners

Year	Month	Player	Team	Position	Ref
2016	July	Ilija Spasojević	Melaka United F.C.	FW	[3]
	August	Ilija Spasojević	Melaka United F.C.	FW	[4]
	September	Ivan Babić	DRB-Hicom F.C.	FW	[5]

Candidates

Year	Month	Candidate 1	Candidate 2	Candidate 3	Candidate 4	Candidate 5
2016	July	Mohd Zaquan Adha	Rafael de Jesus Bonfim	Gabriel Miguel Guerra	Yashir Pinto	Ilija Spasojevic
	August	Juan Manuel Cobelli	Paulo Rangel	R. Surendran	Ilija Spasojevic	Solehin Mamat
	September	Alex Smith	Matías Jadue	Dao Bakary	Mohd Afif Amiruddin	Ivan Babic

Multiple winners

The below table lists those who have won on more than one occasion.

Awards won by position

As of 14 October 2016

Awards won by nationality

As of 14 October 2016

Country	Wins
Montenegro	7000200000000000000♠2
Croatia	7000100000000000000♠1

Awards won by club

As of 14 October 2016

References