PFA Women's Footballer of the Year

The Professional Footballers Australia Women's Footballer of the Year (often called PFA Women's Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in Australian soccer. The award has been presented since the 2009–10 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, Professional Footballers Australia (PFA). The current holder is Steph Catley, who won the award on 30 September 2020.

PFA Women's Footballer of the Year
Sam Kerr has won the award five times.
SportAssociation football
CountryAustralia
Presented byPFA
History
First award2009
Editions11
First winnerAustralia Servet Uzunlar
Most winsAustralia Sam Kerr (5 wins)
Most recentAustralia Steph Catley
WebsiteOfficial website

The first winner of the award was Sydney FC goalkeeper Servet Uzunlar. As of 2020, Sam Kerr, Elise Kellond-Knight, and Lydia Williams have won the award on multiple occasions, and only Kerr has won the award in consecutive seasons. Kerr has won the award a record five times.

The award is open to players playing in the W-League and Australian players playing overseas. No non-Australian player has won the award as of 2020, though many of the players have played in other countries.

Winners

The award has been presented on ten occasions as of 2020, with six different winners.

Servet Uzunlar was the first player to win the Footballer of the Year award.
Year PlayerClubNotes
2009–10Australia Servet UzunlarAustralia Sydney FCFirst W-League player to win the award
2010–11Australia Elise Kellond-KnightAustralia Brisbane Roar
2011–12Australia Lydia WilliamsAustralia Canberra United
2012–13Australia Sam KerrAustralia Sydney FC
2013–14Australia Katrina GorryAustralia Brisbane Roar
2014–15Australia Elise Kellond-KnightAustralia Brisbane RoarFirst player to win the award twice
2015–16Australia Lydia WilliamsAustralia Melbourne City
2016–17Australia Sam KerrAustralia Perth Glory
2017–18Australia Sam KerrAustralia Perth GloryFirst player to win the award three times
First player to win the award in two consecutive seasons
2018–19Australia Sam KerrAustralia Perth GloryFirst player to win the award in three consecutive seasons
2019–20Australia Steph CatleyEngland Arsenal
2020–21Australia Ellie CarpenterFrance Olympique Lyonnais
2021–22Australia Sam KerrEngland Chelsea

Breakdown of winners

By country
CountryNumber of winsWinning years
Australia Australia
10
2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

See also

References
  • "Awards & Honours". Professional Footballers Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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