Jefferson Farfan (PSV), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax), Kenneth Perez and Shota Arveladze (AZ) were firm favourites for a place in the top three but Kuyt, Cocu and De Cler finished as the three best players in the Dutch league.
Dirk Kuyt responded in typical style to the news: "This is the best inidividual award you can win but I rather win the Dutch league with Feyenoord."
The Feyenoord forward will receive his award at the Eredivisie gala in august.
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