A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year
A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year | |
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Awarded for | The top young player in a given A-League Women season. |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Football Federation Australia |
First awarded | 2008 |
Currently held by | Ellie Carpenter |
Most awards | Ellie Carpenter (3) Steph Catley (2) |
The A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year is an annual association football award presented to a player in the Australian A-League Women.
The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. The award is given to a top-performing young player over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was shared by Elise Kellond-Knight of Brisbane Roar and Ellyse Perry of Canberra United.
Ellie Carpenter has won the award three times. Steph Catley won the award twice.
Winners[]
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Ellie Carpenter has won the award three consecutive times.
Player X | Name of the player and X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
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§ | Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season |
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Indicates multiple award winners in the same season |
Season | Player | Nationality | Club | Reference |
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2008–09 ![]() |
Elise Kellond-Knight | ![]() |
Sydney FC | [1] |
Ellyse Perry | ![]() |
Sydney FC | ||
2010–11 | Kyah Simon | ![]() |
Sydney FC§ | [2] |
2011–12 | Ashley Brown | ![]() |
Sydney FC | [3] |
2012–13 | Steph Catley | ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | [4] |
2013–14 | Steph Catley (2)' | ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | [5] |
2014 | Amy Harrison | ![]() |
Sydney FC | [6] |
2015–16 | Larissa Crummer | ![]() |
Melbourne City§ | [7] |
2016–17 | Remy Siemsen | ![]() |
Sydney FC | [8] |
2017–18 | Ellie Carpenter | ![]() |
Canberra United FC | [9] |
2018–19 | Ellie Carpenter (2) | ![]() |
Canberra United FC | [10] |
2019–20 | Ellie Carpenter (3) | ![]() |
Melbourne City | [11] |
See also[]
- List of sports awards honoring women
- W-League Golden Boot
- W-League records and statistics
- Julie Dolan Medal
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Triple treat at W-League Awards". Canberra United. December 8, 2009.
- ^ "Latest News". Sydney FC. August 2, 2017.
- ^ "Shipard named W-League Player of the Year". MyFootball. April 11, 2012.
- ^ "Marco Rojas wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. April 16, 2013.
- ^ "Broich wins second Johnny Warren Medal". www.abc.net.au. April 28, 2014.
- ^ "Hyundai A-League/Westfield W-League award winners". A-League. May 11, 2015.
- ^ "Glory star Castro wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. April 26, 2016.
- ^ Tom Lowrey (31 January 2017). "Canberra United 'disappointed' at W-League semi-final move away from home turf to play before men's fixture". ABC News. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ SMITHIES, T. O. M. (April 30, 2018). "Sydney FC superstar wins Johnny Warren Medal". dailytelegraph.
- ^ "Chris Ikonomidis and Ellie Carpenter take out NAB Young Footballer of the Year Awards". A-League. May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Ellie Carpenter claims record third Young Footballer of the Year Award". Matildas. July 23, 2020.
Categories:
- Australian soccer trophies and awards
- W-League (Australia) awards
- A-League Women lists
- Women's association football trophies and awards