A-League Men Goal of the Year

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The A-League Men Goal of the Season is an annual soccer award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding A-League Men season.

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The award was first given following the 2006–07 season and has been awarded under the Dolan Warren Awards since. The first recipient of the award was Newcastle Jets' Nick Carle for his goal at home against Adelaide United. The last recipient of the award was Melbourne Victory's Bruno Fornaroli for his goal away at Central Coast Mariners.

Winners

Key
BoldPlayer still active in the A-League Men
†Indicates player who also won the A-League Men Golden Boot award in the same season
§Denotes the club were A-League Men champions in the same season
Italics Home team
SeasonPlayerNationalityTeamScore [a] OpponentDateRef.
2006–07 Nick Carle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United 27 October 2006 [1]
2007–08 Brendon Santalab Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney FC 1–1 Adelaide United 28 December 2007 [1]
2008–09 Shane Smeltz †Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory 28 November 2008 [1]
2009–10 Archie Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne Victory 4–0 Gold Coast United 28 November 2009 [1]
2010–11 Erik Paartalu Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Brisbane Roar §2–0 Gold Coast United 12 February 2011 [1]
2011–12 Carlos Hernández Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners 10 February 2012 [1]
2012–13 Marcos Flores Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix 5 November 2012 [1]
2013–14 Orlando Engelaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Melbourne Heart 1–0 Central Coast Mariners 23 March 2014 [2]
2014–15 Tarek Elrich Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Adelaide United 3–0 Melbourne City 25 April 2015 [3]
2015–16 Roy O'Donovan Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Central Coast Mariners 2–4 Adelaide United 27 March 2016 [4]
2016–17 Tim Cahill Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory 15 October 2016 [5]
2017–18 Andrew Nabbout Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers 16 February 2018 [6]
2018–19 Éric Bauthéac Flag of France.svg France Brisbane Roar 1–0 Central Coast Mariners 22 February 2019 [7]
2019–20 Nikolai Topor-Stanley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Newcastle Jets 1–0 Perth Glory 29 February 2020 [8]
2020–21 Andy Keogh Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Perth Glory 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers 16 May 2021 [9]
2021–22 Ben Garuccio Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Western United §3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers 20 February 2022 [10]
2022–23 Giordano Colli Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United 30 October 2022 [11]
2023–24 Bruno Fornaroli Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners 3 December 2023 [12]
2024–25 Jordan Lauton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Western United 3–2 Perth Glory 3 January 2025 [13]

Awards won by nationality

CountryPlayersTotal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1212
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 22
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 11
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 11
Flag of France.svg  France 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11

Awards won by club

ClubPlayersTotal
Melbourne Victory 44
Newcastle Jets 33
Brisbane Roar 22
Melbourne Heart/City 22
Perth Glory 22
Western United 22
Adelaide United 11
Central Coast Mariners 11
Sydney FC 11
Wellington Phoenix 11

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pisani, Sacha. "Roll of Honour: Every Dolan Warren winner in Aussie football history". A-Leagues .
  2. ↑ "Thomas Broich wins A-League's Johnny Warren medal for a second time". ABC News . 28 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Three Reds take home Awards". A-Leagues . Adelaide United. 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dolan Warren Awards: Perth Glory's Diego Castro, Canberra United's Ashleigh Sykes players of the year". ABC News . 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dolan Warren Awards 2017 live: A-League and W-League Awards ceremony". Fox Sports . 1 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dolan Warren Awards 2018 live: A-League and W-League Awards ceremony". Fox Sports (Australia) . 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dolan Warren Awards 2019: All the winners as Roy Krishna clinches the Johnny Warren medal". goal.com. 13 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "The big winners from the Dolan Warren Awards 2020". A-Leagues . 2020.
  9. ↑ "Winners of the Dolan Warren Awards 2021". Football Australia . 23 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Comito, Matt (2022). "Dolan Warren Awards 2022: The complete list of winners". A-Leagues .
  11. ↑ Comito, Matt (2023). "Dolan Warren Awards RECAP: Craig Goodwin's emotional speech after claiming top gong". A-Leagues .
  12. ↑ "Every Isuzu UTE A-League award winner: Johnny Warren Medalist, Goal of the Year & more". A-Leagues . May 2024.
  13. ↑ "The complete honour roll: Full list of winners from Dolan Warren Awards 2025". A-Leagues . 27 May 2025.
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