PFA Young Player of the Year
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The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called the PFA Young Player of the Year, or simply the Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football.[1] The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The first winner of the award was Ipswich Town defender Kevin Beattie. The current holder is Harry Kane, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2014–15 campaign for Tottenham Hotspur.
Although the award is open to players at all levels,[1] all winners to date have played in the highest division of the English football league system. As of 2015, only Ryan Giggs, Robbie Fowler and Wayne Rooney have won the award on more than one occasion. Only five players from outside the United Kingdom have won the trophy,[2] compared with nine winners of the main PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Although they have their own dedicated award, players aged 23 or under at the start of the season remain eligible to win the Players' Player of the Year award, and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season.
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.[3] The players themselves consider the award to be highly prestigious, because the winner is chosen by his fellow professionals.[4]
Winners
The award has been presented on 40 occasions as of 2013, with 37 different winners.[5][6][7] The table also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English football, namely the PFA Players' Player of the Year award (PPY),[6][7][8] the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA),[9] and the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY).[10]
Breakdown of winners
By country
Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
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England |
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1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 |
Wales |
|
1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2012–13 |
Scotland |
|
1976–77 |
France |
|
1998–99 |
Australia |
|
1999–2000 |
Portugal |
|
2006–07 |
Spain |
|
2007–08 |
Belgium |
|
2013–14 |
By club
Club | Number of wins | Winning years |
---|---|---|
Manchester United |
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1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 |
Arsenal |
|
1986–87, 1988–89, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2010–11 |
Liverpool |
|
1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01 |
Aston Villa |
|
1976–77, 1980–81, 2008–09, 2009–10 |
Newcastle United |
|
1987–88, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
|
1979–80, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 |
West Ham United |
|
1974–75, 1985–86 |
Southampton |
|
1981–82, 1989–90 |
Chelsea |
|
2003–04, 2013–14 |
Ipswich Town |
|
1973–74 |
Manchester City |
|
1975–76 |
Nottingham Forest |
|
1977–78 |
West Bromwich Albion |
|
1978–79 |
Luton Town |
|
1983–84 |
Leeds United |
|
1999–2000 |
References
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- ↑ Day is the only goalkeeper to have won the award.
- ↑ First non-English winner, also first player to win two awards in a single season.
- ↑ First winner of the award born outside the United Kingdom, although he went on to become an England international.
- ↑ First player to win the award twice, and first to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
- ↑ First winner of the award from mainland Europe.
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