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Alan Hardaker Trophy

{{Short description|English association football award}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

File:Premier League Newcastle-Arsenal 2023-05-07 29 (cropped Dan Burn).jpg is the current holder of the award.]]

The Alan Hardaker Trophy is an annual association football award presented to the Man of the Match in the EFL Cup final (also currently known as the Carabao Cup). The trophy is named after Alan Hardaker, the EFL's former secretary who conceived the League Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0,,10794~1354852,00.html |title=Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners |access-date=6 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013843/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0%2C%2C10794~1354852%2C00.html |archive-date=21 April 2012 }} Football League, 26 February 2012{{cite news |title=The Alan Hardaker Trophy|url=https://www.efl.com/carabao-cup/about-the-carabao-cup/the-alan-hardaker-trophy|website=EFL.com |publisher=English Football League |access-date=27 February 2023 }}

The Alan Hardaker Trophy was first awarded in 1990, Des Walker was the inaugural recipient. Ben Foster, John Terry, Vincent Kompany and Virgil van Dijk have won the award on two occasions, the most wins by an individual. Ben Foster is the only player to have won the award with 2 different clubs; Manchester United and Birmingham City respectively. Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool have all received the award six times, more than any other club. English players have won the trophy eighteen times, which is a record; the only other nations with multiple wins are: the Netherlands with three recipients, and Scotland and Belgium with two recipients each.

Winners

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| image1 = Ben Foster cropped.jpg

| caption1 = Ben Foster

| image2 = Chelsea 1 lLiverpool 0 (2-1 agg) Capital One Cup semi final 2nd leg On our way to Wembley! (15768304584).jpg

| caption2 = John Terry

| image3 = Vincent Kompany - Parade 2014.jpg

| caption3 = Vincent Kompany

| image4 = Virgil van Dijk 2019.jpg

| caption4 = Virgil van Dijk

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;Key to score column

:{{colorbox|#cedff2|{{dagger}}|border=darkgray}} – Indicates the match was decided by a replay

:{{colorbox|#FBCEB1|*{{0|!}}|border=darkgray}} – Indicates the match went to penalty shoot-out

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|+Alan Hardaker Trophy winners

!Final

!Player

!Nationality

!Team

!Opponents

!Score

align=center|1990

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Des|Walker}}

|{{ENG}}

|Nottingham Forest

|Oldham Athletic

|align=center|1–0

align=center|1991

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Nigel|Pearson}}

|{{ENG}}

|Sheffield Wednesday

|Manchester United

|align=center|1–0

align=center|1992

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Brian|McClair}}

|{{SCO}}

|Manchester United

|Nottingham Forest

|align=center|1–0

align=center|1993

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Paul|Merson}}

|{{ENG}}

|Arsenal

|Sheffield Wednesday

|align=center|2–1

align=center|1994

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Kevin|Richardson|dab=footballer}}

|{{ENG}}

|Aston Villa

|Manchester United

|align=center|3–1

align=center|1995

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Steve|McManaman}}

|{{ENG}}

|Liverpool

|Bolton Wanderers

|align=center|2–1

align=center|1996

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Andy|Townsend}}

|{{IRL}}

|Aston Villa

|Leeds United

|align=center|3–0

align=center|1997

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Steve|Walsh|dab=footballer}}

|{{ENG}}

|Leicester City

|Middlesbrough

|align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"|{{Sort|1–1|{{0|{{dagger}} }}1–1 {{dagger}}}}

align=center|1998

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Dennis|Wise}}

|{{ENG}}

|Chelsea

|Middlesbrough

|align=center|2–0

align=center|1999

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Allan|Nielsen}}

|{{DEN}}

|Tottenham Hotspur

|Leicester City

|align=center|1–0

align=center|2000

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Matt|Elliott|dab=footballer}}

|{{SCO}}

|Leicester City

|Tranmere Rovers

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2001

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Robbie|Fowler}}

|{{ENG}}

|Liverpool

|Birmingham City

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|1–1|{{0|* }}1–1 *}}

align=center|2002

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Brad|Friedel}}

|{{USA}}

|Blackburn Rovers

|Tottenham Hotspur

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2003

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Jerzy|Dudek}}

|{{POL}}

|Liverpool

|Manchester United

|align=center|2–0

align=center|2004

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Boudewijn|Zenden}}

|{{NED}}

|Middlesbrough

|Bolton Wanderers

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2005

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|John|Terry}}

|{{ENG}}

|Chelsea

|Liverpool

|align=center|3–2

align=center|2006

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Wayne|Rooney}}

|{{ENG}}

|Manchester United

|Wigan Athletic

|align=center|4–0

align=center|2007

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Didier|Drogba}}

|{{CIV}}

|Chelsea

|Arsenal

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2008

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Jonathan|Woodgate}}

|{{ENG}}

|Tottenham Hotspur

|Chelsea

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2009

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Ben|Foster|dab=footballer}}

|{{ENG}}

|Manchester United

|Tottenham Hotspur

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|0–0|{{0|* }}0–0 *}}

align=center|2010

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Antonio|Valencia}}

|{{ECU}}

|Manchester United

|Aston Villa

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2011

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Ben|Foster|dab=footballer}} {{small|(2)}}

|{{ENG}}

|Birmingham City

|Arsenal

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2012

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Stewart|Downing}}

|{{ENG}}

|Liverpool

|Cardiff City

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|2–2|{{0|* }}2–2 *}}

align=center|2013

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Nathan|Dyer}}

|{{ENG}}

|Swansea City

|Bradford City

|align=center|5–0

align=center|2014

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Samir|Nasri}}

|{{FRA}}

|Manchester City

|Sunderland

|align=center|3–1

align=center|2015

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|John|Terry}} {{small|(2)}}

|{{ENG}}

|Chelsea

|Tottenham Hotspur

|align=center|2–0

align=center|2016

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Vincent|Kompany}}

|{{BEL}}

|Manchester City

|Liverpool

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|1–1|{{0|* }}1–1 *}}

align=center|2017

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Zlatan|Ibrahimović}}

|{{SWE}}

|Manchester United

|Southampton

|align=center|3–2

align=center|2018

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Vincent|Kompany}} {{small|(2)}}

|{{BEL}}

|Manchester City

|Arsenal

|align=center|3–0

align=center|2019

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Bernardo|Silva}}

|{{POR}}

|Manchester City

|Chelsea

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|0–0|{{0|* }}0–0 *}}

align=center|2020

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Phil|Foden}}

|{{ENG}}

|Manchester City

|Aston Villa

|align=center|2–1

align=center|2021

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Riyad|Mahrez}}

|{{ALG}}

|Manchester City

|Tottenham Hotspur

|align=center|1–0

align=center|2022

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Virgil|van Dijk}}

|{{NED}}

|Liverpool

|Chelsea

|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|{{Sort|0–0|{{0|* }}0–0 *}}

align=center|2023

!scope="row"|{{Sortname

Casemiro}}

|{{BRA}}

|Manchester United

|Newcastle United

|align=center|2–0

align=center|2024

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Virgil|van Dijk}} {{small|(2)}}

|{{NED}}

|Liverpool

|Chelsea

|align=center|1–0

align=center|2025

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Dan|Burn}}

|{{ENG}}

|Newcastle United

|Liverpool

|align=center|2–1

Awards won by nationality

class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse:collapse"
Country

!Win(s)

!Year(s)

{{flagcountry|England}}

|align="center"|{{nts|18}}

|1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2025

{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}

|align="center"|{{nts|3}}

|2004, 2022, 2024

{{flagcountry|Scotland}}

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

|1992, 2000

{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

|2016, 2018

{{flagcountry|Ireland}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|1996

{{flagcountry|Denmark}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|1999

{{flagcountry|United States}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2002

{{flagcountry|Poland}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2003

{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2007

{{flagcountry|Ecuador}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2010

{{flagcountry|France}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2014

{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2017

{{flagcountry|Portugal}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2019

{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2021

{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2023

Awards won by club

class="wikitable sortable"
Club

!Win(s)

!Year(s)

Manchester City

|align="center"|{{nts|6}}

|2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Manchester United

|align="center"|{{nts|6}}

|1992, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2023

Liverpool

| align="center" |{{nts|6}}

|1995, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2022, 2024

Chelsea

|align="center"|{{nts|4}}

|1998, 2005, 2007, 2015

Aston Villa

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

|1994, 1996

Leicester City

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

|1997, 2000

Tottenham Hotspur

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

|1999, 2008

Nottingham Forest

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|1990

Sheffield Wednesday

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|1991

Arsenal

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|1993

Blackburn Rovers

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2002

Middlesbrough

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2004

Birmingham City

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2011

Swansea City

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2013

Newcastle United

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

|2025

References

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