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BREAKING NEWS: Bastian Schweinsteiger named German Footballer of the Year 2013

Bastian Schweinsteiger

FC Bayern Munich and Germany superstar Bastian Schweinsteiger has won the German “Footballer of the Year 2013” award ahead of his teammates Franck Ribéry and Thomas Müller.

Schweinsteiger was able to win 92 of the 527 votes to leave Ribéry (87 votes) and Müller (85 votes) behind him in the voting. “I’m a little bit astonished. There were times when I had to face questioning reports about me,” Schweinsteiger told to Kicker magazine in a first statement.

“It is also an award for the team,” the star midfielder added to honour the stake of his FC Bayern Munich teammates to this achivement.

Former Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes was named the “Coach of the Year 2013” with 383 votes to his account. SC Freiburg coach Christian Streich (77 votes) and Borussia Dortmund’s Jürgen Klopp (19 votes) complete the Top 3.

Martina Müller won the “Women’s Footballer of the Year 2013” award ahead of Celia Okoyino da Mbabi and Lena Goeßling.

The award winners were determined as always by a poll of German football journalists from the Association of German Sports Journalists (Verband der Deutschen Sportjournalisten) and the publication Kicker. The title “Footballer of the Year” has been awarded in Germany since 1960.

FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR 2013 | TOP 10

#1 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | FC Bayern Munich | 92 Votes
#2 | Franck Ribery | FC Bayern Munich | 87 Votes
#3 | Thomas Müller | FC Bayern Munich | 85 Votes
#4 | Robert Lewandowski | Borussia Dortmund | 55 Votes
#5 | Philipp Lahm | FC Bayern Munich | 38 Votes
#6 | Stefan Kießling | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 35 Votes
#7 | Mario Götze | Borussia Dortmund | 19 Votes
#8 | Ilkay Gündogan | Borussia Dortmund | 18 Votes
#9 | Roman Weidenfeller | Borussia Dortmund | 16 Votes
#10 | Arjen Robben | FC Bayern Munich | 15 Votes

COACH OF THE YEAR 2013 | TOP 8

#1 | Jupp Heynckes | FC Bayern Munich | 383 Votes
#2 | Christian Streich | SC Freiburg | 77 Votes
#3 | Jürgen Klopp | Borussia Dortmund | 19 Votes
#4 | Markus Weinzierl | FC Augsburg | 13 Votes
#5 | Armin Veh | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 Votes
#5 | Markus Gisdol | 1899 Hoffenheim | 8 Votes
#5 | Torsten Lieberknecht | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 Votes
#8 | Ralf Kellermann | VfL Wolfsburg (Women’s) | 2 Votes

WOMEN’S FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR 2013 | TOP 10

#1 | Martina Müller | VfL Wolfsburg | 117 Votes
#2 | Celia Okoyino da Mbabi | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 70 Votes
#3 | Lena Goeßling | VfL Wolfsburg | 44 Votes
#4 | Conny Pohlers | VfL Wolfsburg | 43 Votes
#5 | Nadine Keßler | VfL Wolfsburg | 28 Votes
#6 | Alexandra Popp | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 Votes
#7 | Nadine Angerer | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 20 Votes
#8 | Dzsenifer Marozsan | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 13 Votes
#9 | Yuki Ogimi | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 8 Votes
#10 | Lena Lotzen | FC Bayern Munich | 7 Votes