PFA Women's Footballer of the Year

PFA Women's Footballer of the Year
	Sam Kerr has won the award five times.
Sport	Association football
Country	Australia
Presented by	PFA
History
First award	2009
Editions	11
First winner	Servet Uzunlar
Most wins	Sam Kerr (5 wins)
Most recent	Steph Catley
Website	Official 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 Steph Catley, who won the award on 30 September 2020.

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 five 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

The award has been presented on ten occasions as of 2020, 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
2015–16	Lydia Williams	Melbourne City
2016–17	Sam Kerr	Perth Glory	First player to win the award twice
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	Sam Kerr	Perth Glory	First player to win the award in four consecutive seasons
2020–21	Steph Catley	Melbourne City

Breakdown of winners

By country

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

References

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

External links

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