PFA Women's Young Player of the Year explained
The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Young Player of the Year (commonly referred to as PFA Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in English women's football.[1] The award has been presented since the 2013–14 season[2] and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
The current holder is Grace Clinton.
Winners
The women's award has been presented since 2014 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. The table below also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English women's football, namely the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.[3]
Breakdown of winners
By country
Width=32% | Country! | Width=18% | Number of wins! | Width=50% class="unsortable" | Winning years |
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England | | 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 | |
By club
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: England Player Honours - Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year. England Football Online. 14 March 2008. 19 June 2007.
- Web site: New titles for women at PFA Awards Dinner in 2014. The FA. 24 July 2014. 13 March 2014.
- News: Too much too young?. BBC. 17 March 2008. 20 April 2001. Frank Keogh.
- Web site: 2014-04-27 . Women's PFA Young Player of the Year: Martha Harris . 2024-01-22 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 2015-04-27 . Williamson humbled by Young Player of the Year award . 2024-01-22 . The FA . en.
- Web site: Verschueren . Gianni . 2016-04-24 . PFA Winners 2016: Full Awards List, Voting Results and Twitter Reaction . 2024-01-22 . Bleacher Report . en.
- Web site: 2017-04-23 . Jess Carter wins PFA Young Player of the Year . https://web.archive.org/web/20231007142140/https://www.thepfa.com/news/2017/4/23/jess-carter-wins-pfa-young-player-of-the-year . 2023-10-07 . 2024-01-09 . The PFA . en . live.
- Web site: 2018-04-22 . Lauren Hemp crowned PFA Young Player of the Year . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060039/https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/hemp-crowned-pfa-young-player-of-the-year/ . 2018-06-22 . 2018-04-22 . Bristol City Football Club . en.
- Web site: 2019-04-28 . Georgia Stanway wins PFA Young Player of the Year . 2024-01-22 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 2020-09-08 . Hemp and Alexander-Arnold win PFA Young Player of the Year . 2024-01-22 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 2021-06-06 . Manchester City Score a Hattrick at the 2021 PFA Awards . 2024-01-22 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 2022-06-09 . Lauren Hemp named PFA Young Player of the Year . 2024-01-22 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 2023-08-29 . Lauren James PFA Young Player of the Year 2023 . 2023-08-29 . Professional Fooballers' Association . en.
- Web site: 20 August 2024 . Clark . Gill . Lionesses midfielder Grace Clinton fends off competition from Lauren James to win Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year following breakout campaign on loan at Tottenham . 20 August 2024 . . en.