The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or in England simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English Football
The award has been presented since the 1947-48 season, when the inaugural winner was Blackpool winger Stanley Mathews
The winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Football Writer's Association(FWA) which comprises around 400 football journalists based throughout England
8 players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) who won the award in 2006-07 and 2007-08
Thierry Henry(Arsenal) has won the award on the most occasions, having won thrice in 4 seasons - 2002-03;2003-04 and 2005-06
The award has been presented on 69 occasions as of 2015, with 60 different winners
The award has been presented since the 1947-48 season, when the inaugural winner was Blackpool winger Stanley Mathews
The winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Football Writer's Association(FWA) which comprises around 400 football journalists based throughout England
8 players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) who won the award in 2006-07 and 2007-08
Thierry Henry(Arsenal) has won the award on the most occasions, having won thrice in 4 seasons - 2002-03;2003-04 and 2005-06
The award has been presented on 69 occasions as of 2015, with 60 different winners
WINNERS BY NATIONALITY
England - 31
Scotland - 8
Northern Ireland - 3
Holland - 3
Wales - 3
France - 3
Republic of Ireland - 2
Germany - 2
Italy - 1
Portugal - 1
Uruguay - 1
Belgium - 1
No comments:
Post a Comment