A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year

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The A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year is an annual soccer award presented to the best goalkeeper in the A-League Men. The award is determined by a panel of experts. [1]

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The A-League was founded in 2005 to replace the semi-professional National Soccer League. [2] The number of teams in the league has ranged from eight to twelve and there are currently twelve clubs in the league. [3] The Goalkeeper of the Year award has been given out since the league's inaugural season.

Eugene Galekovic has won the award four times, the most times out of all keepers. Michael Theo is the next-most successful, with three awards.

Winners

Clint Bolton won the inaugural A-League Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2005. Clint Bolton-27.04.09.jpg
Clint Bolton won the inaugural A-League Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2005.
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Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§Denotes the club were A-League premiers in the same season
A-League Goalkeeper of the Year winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubClean sheets
2005–06 Clint Bolton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney FC 5
2006–07 Michael Theoklitos Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne Victory §10
2007–08 Michael Theoklitos (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Melbourne Victory 6
2008–09 Eugene Galekovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Adelaide United 10
2009–10 Eugene Galekovic (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Adelaide United 6
2010–11 Michael Theoklitos (3)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Brisbane Roar §12
2011–12 Mathew Ryan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Central Coast Mariners §8
2012–13 Ante Covic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Western Sydney Wanderers §11
2013–14 Eugene Galekovic (3)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Adelaide United 8
2014–15 Eugene Galekovic (4)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Adelaide United 7
2015–16 Thomas Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Melbourne City 4
2016–17 Danny Vukovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney FC §15
2017–18 Jamie Young Flag of England.svg England Brisbane Roar 5
2018–19 Filip Kurto Flag of Poland.svg Poland Wellington Phoenix 4
2019–20 Andrew Redmayne Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney FC §8
2020–21 Mark Birighitti Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Central Coast Mariners 8
Andrew Redmayne (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney FC 9
2021–22 Mark Birighitti (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Central Coast Mariners 9
2022–23 Lawrence Thomas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 10
2023–24 Alex Paulsen Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington Phoenix 11
2024–25 Alex Paulsen Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Auckland FC §12

Awards won by nationality

CountryTotal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1
Flag of England.svg  England 1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1

Awards won by club

ClubTotal
Adelaide United 4
Sydney FC 4
Central Coast Mariners 3
Brisbane Roar 2
Melbourne Victory 2
Wellington Phoenix 2
Western Sydney Wanderers 2
Auckland FC 1
Melbourne City 1

References

  1. ↑ "Awards - About". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Hill, Simon (8 April 2014). "Simon Says: 10 years on from last NSL game, the past and present are starting to share the future". Fox Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Our History". A-League . Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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