Harry Kewell Medal

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Harry Kewell Medal
History
Mathew Ryan has won the award three times.
Sport	Association football
Country	Australia
Presented by	PFA
First award	2009
Editions	14
First winner	Nikita Rukavytsya
Most wins	Mathew Ryan (3 wins)
Most recent	Alex Paulsen
Website	Official website

The PFA Harry Kewell Medal is an annual award given for outstanding performance by an under-23 player playing in the A-League or overseas-based Australian. The award has been presented since 2008–09, and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, Professional Footballers Australia (PFA). It is named after former Australian star Harry Kewell, who represented Australia between 1996 and 2012, and was noted for his achievements from a young age.^[1] The first winner of the award was Perth Glory winger Nikita Rukavytsya. The most recent winner is Jordan Bos.

As of 2020, only Mathew Ryan has won the award on more than one occasion. Three players from outside of Australia, Marco Rojas, Liberato Cacace and Alex Paulsen (all from New Zealand), have won the award. Although they have their own dedicated award, players aged 23 or under at the start of the season remain eligible to win the PFA Men's Footballer of the Year award, and on one occasion the same player has won both awards for a season.

Winners

The award has been presented on 13 occasions as of 2020, with 11 different winners.

Year	Player	Club	Notes
2008–09	Nikita Rukavytsya	Perth Glory
2009–10	Mitch Langerak	Melbourne Victory	First goalkeeper to win the award
2010–11	Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory
2011–12	Mathew Ryan	Central Coast Mariners
2012–13	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory	First winner from outside Australia
2013–14	Mathew Ryan	Club Brugge	First player to win the award twice First player to win the award playing for a non-A-League club
2014–15	Mathew Ryan	Club Brugge	First player to win the award three times First player to win the award in consecutive seasons
2015–16	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar
2016–17	Alex Gersbach	Rosenborg BK
2017–18	Daniel Arzani	Melbourne City
2018–19	Chris Ikonomidis	Perth Glory
2019–20	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix
2020–21	Connor Metcalfe	Melbourne City
2021–22	Denis Genreau	Toulouse
2022–23	Jordan Bos	Melbourne City
2023–24	Alex Paulsen	Wellington Phoenix

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
Australia	14	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 2022–23
New Zealand	3	2012–13, 2019–20, 2023–24

By club

Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Melbourne City	3	2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23
Melbourne Victory	3	2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
Club Brugge	2	2013–14, 2014–15
Perth Glory	2	2008–09, 2018–19
Wellington Phoenix	2	2019–20, 2023–24
Brisbane Roar	1	2015–16
Central Coast Mariners	1	2011–12
Rosenborg	1	2016–17
Toulouse	1	2021–22

References

^ Lynch, Michael (12 October 2013). "Kewell sets Heart racing". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

"Awards & Honours". Professional Footballers Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

External links

v t e Harry Kewell Medal
2009: Rukavytsya 2010: Langerak 2011: Kruse 2012: Ryan 2013: Rojas 2014: Ryan 2015: Ryan 2016: Maclaren 2017: Gersbach 2018: Arzani 2019: Ikonomidis 2020: Cacace 2021: Metcalfe 2022: Genreau 2023: Bos 2024: Paulsen

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