Lionel Messi & Barcelona Dominate LFP Player Awards

Barca claim seven out of nine player awards...

Lionel Messi, Barcelona (MARCA)
Lionel Messi grabbed two awards and Pep Guardiola was also honoured as Barcelona dominated the list of individual player awards for the 2008/09 season at the Professional Football League (LFP) awards ceremony held in Madrid on Monday night.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas claiming the award for best goalkeeper as Barca cllected all but two of the Primera Liga awards. Veteran Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Juan Valeron collected the Fair Play Award for the Primera Liga while newly promoted Tenerife dominated the awards for the Segunda Division.

The full list of awards was as follows:

PRIMERA DIVISION

Best Player: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Best Coach:
Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)

Best Goalkeeper:
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Best Defender:
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)

Best Midfielder:
Xavi (Barcelona)

Best Attacking Midfielder:
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

Best Striker:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Best Breakthrough Player: Sergi Busquets (Barcelona)

Fair Play Award:
Juan Carlos Valeron (Deportivo La Coruna)

SEGUNDA DIVISION


Best Player: Juan Francisco Martinez 'Nino' (Tenerife)

Best Coach:
Jose Luis Oltra (Tenerife)

Best Goalkeeper: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad)

Best Defender: Marc Betran (Tenerife)

Best Midfielder:
Abel Aguilar (Hercules, now Real Zaragoza)

Best Attacking Midfielder:
Alejandro Alfaro (Tenerife)

Best Striker: Juan Francisco Martinez 'Nino' (Tenerife)

Best Breakthrough Player:
Mohamed Diame (Rayo Vallecano, now Wigan Athletic)

Fair Play Award: Javier Farina (Hercules)

Paul Madden, Goal.com

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