Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Gourcuff is a former winner of the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year award and , in December 2009 , was named the French Player of the Year for the 2009 calendar year .
Simplified: Gourcuff has won the UNFP Ligue Player of the Year award . He was named French Player of the Year by the magazine France Football in 2009 .