FWA Footballer of the Year
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The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or in England simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football.[1] The award has been presented since the 1947–48 season, when the inaugural winner was Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews. The latest winner of the award as of 2015–16, is Jamie Vardy of Leicester City. Eight players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Cristiano Ronaldo, who won his second award in the 2007–08 season. Thierry Henry has won the award on the most occasions, having won three times in four seasons.
The winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Football Writers' Association (FWA), which comprises around 400 football journalists based throughout England.[2] The award was instigated at the suggestion of Charles Buchan, a former professional footballer turned journalist and one of the Association's founders.[3]
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Winners[edit]
The award has been presented on 69 occasions as of 2015, with 60 different winners. On one occasion two players shared the award for a season.[4] The table also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English football, namely the Professional Footballers' Association's Players' Player of the Year award (PPY),[5][6][7] Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY),[8] the Young Player of the Year award (YPY),[6][7][9] and the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year award (FSF).[10]
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Breakdown of winners[edit]
By country[edit]
Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
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1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69‡, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010-11, 2015–16 |
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1964–65, 1968–69‡, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1990–91 |
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1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 |
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1957–58, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1972–73 |
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1980–81, 1997–98, 2011–12 |
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1983–84, 1984–85, 2012–13 |
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1955–56, 1994–95 |
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1948–49, 1999–00 |
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2006–07, 2007–08 |
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1996–97 |
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2013–14 |
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2014–15 |
‡ — two winners
Winners by club[edit]
See also[edit]
- PFA Players' Player of the Year
- SPFA Players' Player of the Year
- SFWA Footballer of the Year
- PFAI Players' Player of the Year
References[edit]
- ^ "England Player Honours – Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year". England Football Online. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "About the FWA". Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "FWA Footballer of the Year Award". Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "England – Players Awards". RSSSF. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Only here for the peers". BBC. 20 April 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ a b "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ a b "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ "PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners". The Professional Footballers' Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ Frank Keogh (20 April 2001). "Too much too young?". BBC. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)". Football Supporters’ Federation. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ First winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom.
- ^ First player to win the award twice.
- ^ First player to win the award with two different clubs.
- ^ Also won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1976 to become the first player to win both awards.
- ^ First player to win both PFA and FWA awards in the same season.
- ^ First player to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
- ^ "Lampard scoops award from writers". BBC. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ First player to win the award three times.
- ^ First player to win four awards in the same season.
- ^ "Steven Gerrard wins Footballer of the Year award". The Times. London. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ "Wayne Rooney nets writers' player of the year award". BBC. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "West Ham's Scott Parker wins Football Writers' award". BBC. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Arsenal's Robin van Persie named FWA Footballer of the Year". BBC. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "Bale named FWA Footballer of the Year". Football Writers’ Association. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Luis Suárez wins Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award". Guardian. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Eden Hazard wins Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award". SkySports. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Jamie Vardy named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 2015/16". SkySports. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.