- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Croatia
- CSSR
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- GDR
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
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- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
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- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
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- Moldova
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- Netherlands
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- Portugal
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- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
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- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- USA
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- Wales
- Yugoslavia
Player of the year .:. Japan
| Year | Player |
| 2012 | Hisato Satō |
| 2011 | Leandro Domingues |
| 2010 | Seigo Narazaki |
| 2009 | Mitsuo Ogasawara |
| 2008 | Marquinhos |
| 2007 | Robson Ponte |
| 2006 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka |
| 2005 | Araújo |
| 2004 | Yuji Nakazawa |
| 2003 | Emerson |
| 2002 | Naohiro Takahara |
| 2001 | Toshiya Fujita |
| 2000 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
| 1999 | Alex |
| 1998 | Masashi Nakayama |
| 1997 | Dunga |
| 1996 | Jorginho |
| 1995 | Dragan Stojković |
| 1994 | Pereira |
| 1993 | Kazuyoshi Miura |
