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A-League Men Goal of the Year

The A-League Men Goal of the Season is an annual soccer award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding A-League Men season.

The award was first given following the 2006–07 season and has been awarded under the Dolan Warren Awards since. The first recipient of the award was Newcastle Jets' Nick Carle for his goal at home against Adelaide United. The last recipient of the award was Melbourne Victory's Bruno Fornaroli for his goal away at Central Coast Mariners.

Winners

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Key
Bold Player still active in the A-League Men
† Indicates player who also won the A-League Men Golden Boot award in the same season
§ Denotes the club were A-League Men champions in the same season
Italics Home team
Season Player Nationality Team Score[a] Opponent Date Ref.
2006–07 Nick Carle   Australia Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United 27 October 2006 [1]
2007–08 Brendon Santalab   Australia Sydney FC 1–1 Adelaide United 28 December 2007 [1]
2008–09 Shane Smeltz †   New Zealand Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory 28 November 2008 [1]
2009–10 Archie Thompson   Australia Melbourne Victory 4–0 Gold Coast United 28 November 2009 [1]
2010–11 Erik Paartalu   Australia Brisbane Roar § 2–0 Gold Coast United 12 February 2011 [1]
2011–12 Carlos Hernández   Costa Rica Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners 10 February 2012 [1]
2012–13 Marcos Flores   Argentina Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix 5 November 2012 [1]
2013–14 Orlando Engelaar   Netherlands Melbourne Heart 1–0 Central Coast Mariners 23 March 2014 [2]
2014–15 Tarek Elrich   Australia Adelaide United 3–0 Melbourne City 25 April 2015 [3]
2015–16 Roy O'Donovan   Ireland Central Coast Mariners 2–4 Adelaide United 27 March 2016 [4]
2016–17 Tim Cahill   Australia Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory 15 October 2016 [5]
2017–18 Andrew Nabbout   Australia Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers 16 February 2018 [6]
2018–19 Éric Bauthéac   France Brisbane Roar 1–0 Central Coast Mariners 22 February 2019 [7]
2019–20 Nikolai Topor-Stanley   Australia Newcastle Jets 1–0 Perth Glory 29 February 2020 [8]
2020–21 Andy Keogh   Ireland Perth Glory 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers 16 May 2021 [9]
2021–22 Ben Garuccio   Australia Western United § 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers 20 February 2022 [10]
2022–23 Giordano Colli   Australia Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United 30 October 2022 [11]
2023–24 Bruno Fornaroli   Australia Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners 3 December 2023 [12]

Awards won by nationality

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Country Players Total
  Australia 11 11
  Ireland 2 2
  Argentina 1 1
  Costa Rica 1 1
  France 1 1
  Netherlands 1 1

Awards won by club

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Club Players Total
Melbourne Victory 4 4
Newcastle Jets 3 3
Brisbane Roar 2 2
Melbourne Heart/City 2 2
Perth Glory 2 2
Adelaide United 1 1
Central Coast Mariners 1 1
Sydney FC 1 1
Wellington Phoenix 1 1
Western United 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Pisani, Sacha. "Roll of Honour: Every Dolan Warren winner in Aussie football history". A-Leagues.
  2. ^ "Thomas Broich wins A-League's Johnny Warren medal for a second time". ABC News. 28 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Three Reds take home Awards". A-Leagues. Adelaide United. 2015.
  4. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards: Perth Glory's Diego Castro, Canberra United's Ashleigh Sykes players of the year". ABC News. 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards 2017 live: A-League and W-League Awards ceremony". Fox Sports. 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards 2018 live: A-League and W-League Awards ceremony". Fox Sports (Australia). 30 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards 2019: All the winners as Roy Krishna clinches the Johnny Warren medal". goal.com. 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "The big winners from the Dolan Warren Awards 2020". A-Leagues. 2020.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Dolan Warren Awards 2021". Football Australia. 23 June 2021.
  10. ^ Comito, Matt (2022). "Dolan Warren Awards 2022: The complete list of winners". A-Leagues.
  11. ^ Comito, Matt (2023). "Dolan Warren Awards RECAP: Craig Goodwin's emotional speech after claiming top gong". A-Leagues.
  12. ^ "Every Isuzu UTE A-League award winner: Johnny Warren Medalist, Goal of the Year & more". A-Leagues. May 2024.
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