PFA Young Player of the Year

PFA Young Player of the Year

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 under the age of 23 who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football.cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsPFAYngPlyr.html|title=England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Young Players of the Year|publisher=England Football Online|accessdate=2008-03-15|date=2007-06-19] . 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 Cesc Fàbregas of Arsenal.

Although the award is open to players at all levels, all winners to date have played in the highest division of the English football league system. As of 2008, 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, [The total of five includes Cyrille Regis, who was born in French Guiana but represented England at international level.] compared with nine winners of the main PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Although they have their own dedicated award, players under the age of 23 remain eligible to win the Players' Player of the Year award, and on two 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. [cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article1660489.ece|title=United trio lead nominations for PFA award|work=The Times|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2007-04-16] The players themselves consider the award to be highly prestigious, due to the fact that the winner is chosen by his fellow professionals. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4478367.stm|title=Rooney secures young player prize |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-17|date=2005-04-24] [cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030428/ai_n12693741|title=Football: Henry is PFA's player of the year |work=The Independent|accessdate=2008-03-26|date=2003-04-28|author=Neil Silver]

Winners

The award has been presented on 35 occasions as of 2008, with 32 different winners. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287799.stm|title=Too much too young?|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-17|date=2001-04-20|author=Frank Keogh] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2006-04-23] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm|title=Ronaldo secures PFA awards double |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2007-04-22] 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), [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287470.stm|title=Only here for the peers|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2001-04-20] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2006-04-23] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm|title=Ronaldo secures PFA awards double |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-03-14|date=2007-04-22] the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA), [cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/engpoy.html|title=England – Players Awards|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=2008-03-18|date=2007-10-04] and the PFA Fans' 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|accessdate=2008-03-14]

ee also

*SPFA Young Player of the Year
*SFWA Young Player of the Year
*PFAI Young Player of the Year

References

External links

* [http://www.givemefootball.com/ The official website of the Professional Footballers' Association]


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