2009 J.LEAGUE AWARDS(7 Dec. 2009)
The celebrations continued for Kashima Antlers captain Mitsuo Ogasawara who led his team to a record third consecutive J. League championship on Saturday and became the J. League's 2009 Player of the Year at the gala J. League Awards ceremony on Monday evening. Kashima manager Oswaldo Oliveira was again named Manager of the Year for his third time in three seasons and Jubilo Iwata's Ryoichi Maeda became the first Japanese player to win the Top Scorer award since 2002. Kazuma Watanabe of Yokohama F-Marinos took the prize for the best new player.