PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year
{{short description|Annual English women's football (soccer) award}}
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The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Players' 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsPFAPlyr.html|title=England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=14 March 2008|date=19 June 2007}} The award has been presented since the 2012–13 season{{cite news |last1=Riach |first1=James |title=Tottenham's Gareth Bale wins PFA player of year award for second time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/28/tottenham-gareth-bale-pfa-player-of-year |access-date=26 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=29 April 2013}} 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 Khadija Shaw who won the award on 20 August 2024. The first winner of the award was Arsenal midfielder Kim Little in 2013.{{cite web|title=PFA Awards: Arsenal's Kim Little named Women's Player of Year|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/22333698|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 May 2014|date=3 May 2013}}
Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 March 2008|date=23 April 2006}} A shortlist of nominees is published in April and the winner of the award, along with the winners of the PFA's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in London a few days later.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article1660489.ece|title=United trio lead nominations for PFA award|work=The Times|access-date=14 March 2008|date=16 April 2007 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Winners
The women's award has been presented since 2013 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 FWA Women's Footballer of the Year (FWA),{{Cite web|url=http://footballwriters.co.uk/news/fran-kirby-is-fwa-womens-footballer-of-the-year/|title=Fran Kirby is FWA Women's Footballer of the Year {{!}} Football Writers' Association|website=footballwriters.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=1 May 2018}} PFA Fans' Women's Player of the Year award (FPY),{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html|title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners|publisher=The Professional Footballers' Association|access-date=14 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080220145853/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html |archive-date = 20 February 2008}} and the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287799.stm|title=Too much too young?|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 March 2008|date=20 April 2001|author=Frank Keogh}}
File:Kim little.jpg was the first player to win the Player of the Year in 2013.]]
Breakdown of winners
=By country=
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Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
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{{flagicon|ENG}} England | {{center|7}} | 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23 |
{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland | {{center|1}} | 2012–13 |
{{flagicon|KOR}} South Korea | {{center|1}} | 2014–15 |
{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands | {{center|1}} | 2018–19 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia | {{center|1}} | 2021–22 |
{{flagicon|JAM}} Jamaica | {{Center|1}} | 2023–24 |
=By club=
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/pfa-awards}}
{{PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year}}
{{English football awards}}
{{National Women's Footballer of the Year}}
{{Women's football in England}}
Category:English women's football trophies and awards
Category:Awards established in 2013
Category:2013 establishments in England
Category:Annual events in England
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Category:Women's association football player of the year awards