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Marcus Rashford is the most recent person to win the award.

The Football Writers' Association Tribute Award (often called the FWA Tribute Award, or simply the Tribute Award) is given by the Football Writers Association to an individual that the committee feels has made an outstanding contribution to the national game.[1][2]

The award was first given in 1983, and was won by Ron Greenwood.

All-time winners

Season Person Nationality
1982–83 Ron Greenwood  England
1983–84 Bob Paisley  England
1984–85 Trevor Brooking  England
1985–86 Pat Jennings  Northern Ireland
1986–87 Kenny Dalglish  Scotland
1987–88 Tom Finney  England
1988–89 Bobby Charlton  England
1989–90 Bobby Moore  England
1990–91 Peter Shilton  England
1991–92 Bobby Robson  England
1992–93 Brian Clough  England
1993–94 Denis Law  Scotland
1994–95 Stanley Matthews  England
1995–96 Alex Ferguson  Scotland
1996–97 Gary Lineker  England
1997–98 Geoff Hurst  England
1998–99 Jim Smith  England
1999–2000 George Best  Northern Ireland
2000–01 Alan Shearer  England
2001–02 Graham Taylor  England
2002–03 Tony Adams  England
2003–04 Jimmy Hill  England
2004–05 Arsène Wenger  France
2005–06 Bryan Robson  England
2006–07 Ryan Giggs  Wales
2007–08 David Beckham  England
2008–09 Harry Redknapp  England
2009–10 Frank Lampard  England
2010–11 Thierry Henry  France
2011–12 Gary Neville  England
Paul Scholes  England
2012–13 Steven Gerrard  England
2013–14 José Mourinho  Portugal
2014–15 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast
2015–16 Patrick Vieira  France
2016–17 Wayne Rooney  England
2017–18 Pelé  Brazil
2018–19 Gareth Southgate  England
2019–20 Vincent Kompany  Belgium
2020–21 Marcus Rashford  England

Winners by country

Country Number of wins
England England 26 (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020)
 Scotland 3 (1987, 1994, 1996)
 France 3 (2005, 2011, 2016)
 Northern Ireland 2 (1986, 2000)
 Wales 1 (2007)
 Portugal 1 (2014)
 Ivory Coast 1 (2015)
 Brazil 1 (2018)
 Belgium 1 (2020)

References

  1. ^ "Football Writers' Association: The FWA Tribute Award". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Previous Winners – Tribute | Football Writers' Association". footballwriters.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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