After a week of voting, the result is clear: Umut ‘Umut’ Gültekin is the eFootballer of the Year 2021 presented by Veganz. It is already the second award for the eSportsman from RB Leipzig.
He has done it again! Umut Gültekin is the first back-to-back eFootballer of the year! Voted by the jury and you, the community, the likeable Hamburg native has once again secured the title.
More than 15,000 participants took part in our community voting, and the result is clear: ‘Umut’ received more than 50 percent of the votes.
“We have noticed your performance “
Last year in particular was not easy for eFootballers: hardly any tournaments and a cancelled World Cup left fewer opportunities to excel.
Nicole Lange, Product Manager eSports at the, commented accordingly:
“The award eFootballer of the Year’ is just the right sign to show the eSport players, especially in pandemic times when an incredible amount of events and eFootball competitions are cancelled: We have noticed your achievements and we also care about them. Der takes this responsibility very seriously and we will continue to treat eFootball objectively and with the necessary firstness, just as we do in traditional football.”
For his part, Erhan ‘Dr Erhano’ Kayman, our eSports expert and part of the jury congratulates:
“Umut has consistently played at the very highest level throughout the season in both national and international competitions and accordingly absolutely deserves the title of eFootballer of the Year 2021. Great praise and congratulations to Umut. ”
Once again, top performances from ‘Umut in 2021
After already being awarded the best eFootballer of the Year in 2020, Gültekin continued his success story in 2021. Once again, the 19-year-old won a title and helped his team to excellent results.
RB Leipzig (RBLZ), for example, dominated their division in the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), but was eliminated in the championship semi-finals by FC St. Pauli. However, that did not stop the eFootballer of the Year from securing the championship title in the individual competition.
“I am already very satisfied with my year in 2021,” ‘Umut’ told us accordingly at the Eligella Cup in Hamburg.
Although the 19-year-old was not able to achieve any major international successes, he was still the second best German behind Denis ‘Denis’ Müller in the rankings on PlayStation.
In FIFA 22, he was able to quickly build on his impressive form from the first half of the year. With 17 wins from singles and doubles, Gültekin is once again the measure of all things in the 2021/2022 season of the bevestor VBL Club Championship after 13 match days.
And things also seem to be getting off to a promising start internationally. In December 2021, ‘Umut’ has already punched his ticket to the eChampions League in the Qualifier – unbeaten, of course.
Veganz – as this year’s sponsor of the award – also congratulates ‘Umut’ on his title:
“We all need entertaining moments and exciting experiences in our lives. The eFootball offers this experience, which is rounded off in a particularly delicious way with sustainable snacks from Veganz.
We warmly congratulate the winner and are pleased to be able to contribute to a sustainable and entertaining future through the Presenting. ”
What happens next?
On the 28th of January, we will be giving ‘Umut’ his award live in the stream on Twitch. Joining us will be our two experts Jan ‘Gamingalm’ Bergmann and Erhan ‘Dr. Erhano’ Kayman as well as Nicole Lange. The countdown will start at 18:15 and the eFootballer of the Year presented by Veganz will be awarded at 18:30.
Umut’ may also prove his skills in a show match: He has to play against a player from the community, which Veganz has previously determined in a competition.
The election of the eFootballer of the Year consists of two rounds: First, a jury of experts selected the five nominees, which you could vote on for a week.
The results of the voting at a glance
Umut ‘RBLZ_Umut’ Gültekin (RB Leipzig) 53.28% (7972 votes)
Mustafa ‘xMusti19’ Cankal (FC St. Pauli) 17.85% (2671 votes)
Dylan ‘DullenMIKE’ Neuhausen (NEO) 16.07% (2405 votes)
Ali ‘PredatorFIFA’ Oskoui Rad (SV Werder Bremen) 8.22% (1230 votes)
Denis ‘Denis’ Müller (1. FC Köln) 4.58% (685 votes)
Total votes: 15.066
