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PFA Women's Footballer of the Year

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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 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 Sam Kerr, who won the award on 17 July 2023.

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 six 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

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The award has been presented on eleven occasions as of 2023, with six different winners.

Servet Uzunlar was the first player to win the Footballer of the Year award.
Year Player Club Notes
2009–10 Australia Servet Uzunlar Australia Sydney FC First W-League player to win the award
2010–11 Australia Elise Kellond-Knight Australia Brisbane Roar
2011–12 Australia Lydia Williams Australia Canberra United
2012–13 Australia Sam Kerr Australia Sydney FC
2013–14 Australia Katrina Gorry Australia Brisbane Roar
2014–15 Australia Elise Kellond-Knight Australia Brisbane Roar First player to win the award twice
2015–16 Australia Lydia Williams Australia Melbourne City
2016–17 Australia Sam Kerr Australia Perth Glory
2017–18 Australia Sam Kerr Australia Perth Glory First player to win the award three times
First player to win the award in two consecutive seasons
2018–19 Australia Sam Kerr Australia Perth Glory First player to win the award in three consecutive seasons
2019–20 Australia Steph Catley England Arsenal
2020–21 Australia Ellie Carpenter France Olympique Lyonnais
2021–22 Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea
2022 - 23 Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea

Breakdown of winners

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By country

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Country Number of wins Winning 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

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References

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