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

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

Breakdown of winners

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By country

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Country Number of wins Winning years
  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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