Arsenal Player of the Season Award

The Arsenal Player of the Season Award is an official award given by Arsenal Football Club to the best performing player from the club over the course of the season. The award is given based solely on the votes of Arsenal fans on Arsenal.com usually just before or after the last Premier League game of the season (start of May). The inaugural award was handed to Thierry Henry in 2006 and has been awarded in every season since.

Arsenal Player of the Year
The trophy is a replica of a cannon similar to those outside the Emirates Stadium
SportAssociation football
History
First award2006
Editions15 (as of 2020)
First winner Thierry Henry
Most wins Cesc Fàbregas
(3 times)
Most recent Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

The trophy resembles a replica of a cannon, referring to Arsenal's logo, and the statues of cannons outside the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home ground. The 2015–16 and 2016–17 awards were officially called the Vitality Arsenal Player of the Season Awards for sponsorship purposes.

The award has been given to ten different players over the course of fifteen seasons, with four players being awarded 'best player' on more than one occasion. Of these players, only Cesc Fàbregas has won the award three times, and is also the only player to have won the award in consecutive years. Only one English player (Jack Wilshere in 2010–11) has won the award, with four awards being handed to players from Spain, more than any other nation. Alexis Sánchez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are the only players from outside Europe to have won the award.

As of 2020, Jack Wilshere is the youngest player to have won the award at just 19 years and 5 months. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the oldest player to have won the award at 31 years and 1 month.

Winners
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the current holder of the Arsenal Player of the Season award.
Cesc Fàbregas has won a record three awards.

Players in bold are still playing for Arsenal.

Arsenal Best Player Award Winners
Season Winner Nationality Position Notes
2005–06[1] Thierry Henry  France FW Inaugural winner
2006–07[1] Cesc Fàbregas  Spain MF
2007–08[1] Cesc Fàbregas (2)  Spain MF First player to win twice
2008–09[1] Robin van Persie  Netherlands FW
2009–10[1] Cesc Fàbregas (3)  Spain MF First player to win three awards
2010–11[2] Jack Wilshere  England MF First English player to win the award
2011–12[3] Robin van Persie (2)  Netherlands FW
2012–13[4] Santi Cazorla  Spain MF
2013–14[5] Aaron Ramsey  Wales MF
2014–15[6] Alexis Sánchez  Chile FW First non-EU player to win award
2015–16[7] Mesut Özil  Germany MF
2016–17[8] Alexis Sánchez (2)  Chile FW
2017–18[9] Aaron Ramsey (2)  Wales MF Longest time between winning multiple awards
2018–19[10] Alexandre Lacazette  France FW
2019–20[11] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  Gabon FW

References
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