PFA Young Player of the Year

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This article is about the men's award. For the women's award, see PFA Young Women's Player of the Year.
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Harry Kane is the current holder of the award.

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]

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Ryan Giggs was the first player to win the award twice.
Robbie Fowler was the second two-time winner.
Steven Gerrard was the first player to win the Fans' Player of the Year award in the same season
File:Wayne Rooney 2.jpg
Wayne Rooney was the third player to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
Year Player Club Also won Notes
1973–74 England Kevin Beattie Ipswich Town
1974–75 England Mervyn Day West Ham United [11]
1975–76 England Peter Barnes Manchester City
1976–77 Scotland Andy Gray Aston Villa PPY [12]
1977–78 England Tony Woodcock Nottingham Forest
1978–79 England Cyrille Regis West Bromwich Albion [13]
1979–80 England Glenn Hoddle Tottenham Hotspur
1980–81 England Gary Shaw Aston Villa
1981–82 England Steve Moran Southampton
1982–83 Wales Ian Rush Liverpool
1983–84 England Paul Walsh Luton Town
1984–85 Wales Mark Hughes Manchester United
1985–86 England Tony Cottee West Ham United
1986–87 England Tony Adams Arsenal
1987–88 England Paul Gascoigne Newcastle United
1988–89 England Paul Merson Arsenal
1989–90 England Matthew Le Tissier Southampton
1990–91 England Lee Sharpe Manchester United
1991–92 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United
1992–93 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United [14]
1993–94 England Andy Cole Newcastle United
1994–95 England Robbie Fowler Liverpool
1995–96 England Robbie Fowler Liverpool
1996–97 England David Beckham Manchester United
1997–98 England Michael Owen Liverpool
1998–99 France Nicolas Anelka Arsenal [15]
1999–2000 Australia Harry Kewell Leeds United [16]
2000–01 England Steven Gerrard Liverpool FPY [17]
2001–02 Wales Craig Bellamy Newcastle United [18]
2002–03 England Jermaine Jenas Newcastle United [19]
2003–04 England Scott Parker Charlton Athletic
Chelsea		 [20]
2004–05 England Wayne Rooney Manchester United [4]
2005–06 England Wayne Rooney Manchester United FPY [6]
2006–07 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United PPY, FWA, FPY [21]
2007–08 Spain Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal [22]
2008–09 England Ashley Young Aston Villa [23]
2009–10 England James Milner Aston Villa [24]
2010–11 England Jack Wilshere Arsenal [25]
2011–12 England Kyle Walker Tottenham Hotspur [26]
2012–13 Wales Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur PPY, FWA
2013–14 Belgium Eden Hazard Chelsea [27]
2014–15 England Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur [28]

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country Number of wins Winning years
England England
30
 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 Wales
6
 1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2012–13
Scotland Scotland
1
 1976–77
France France
1
 1998–99
Australia Australia
1
 1999–2000
Portugal Portugal
1
 2006–07
Spain Spain
1
 2007–08
Belgium Belgium
1
 2013–14

By club

Club Number of wins Winning years
Manchester United
8
 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Arsenal
5
 1986–87, 1988–89, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2010–11
Liverpool
5
 1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01
Aston Villa
4
 1976–77, 1980–81, 2008–09, 2009–10
Newcastle United
4
 1987–88, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03
Tottenham Hotspur
4
 1979–80, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
West Ham United
2
 1974–75, 1985–86
Southampton
2
 1981–82, 1989–90
Chelsea
2
 2003–04, 2013–14
Ipswich Town
1
 1973–74
Manchester City
1
 1975–76
Nottingham Forest
1
 1977–78
West Bromwich Albion
1
 1978–79
Luton Town
1
 1983–84
Leeds United
1
 1999–2000

References

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  11. ↑ Day is the only goalkeeper to have won the award.
  12. ↑ First non-English winner, also first player to win two awards in a single season.
  13. ↑ First winner of the award born outside the United Kingdom, although he went on to become an England international.
  14. ↑ First player to win the award twice, and first to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
  15. ↑ First winner of the award from mainland Europe.
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  21. ↑ First player to win four awards in a single season.
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