A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year

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A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year
Awarded forThe top young player in a given A-League Women season.
CountryAustralia
Presented by Football Federation Australia
First awarded2008
Currently held by Sarah Hunter
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.

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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

Ellie Carpenter has won the award three consecutive times. Ellie-carpenter-2017-algarve (cropped).jpg
Ellie Carpenter has won the award three consecutive times.
Key
Player XName of the player and X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates multiple award winners in the same season
Young Footballer of the Year winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubReference
2008–09 Dagger-14-plain.png Elise Kellond-Knight Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC [1]
Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC
2010–11 Kyah Simon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC § [2]
2011–12 Ashley Brown Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC [3]
2012–13 Steph Catley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne Victory [4]
2013–14 Steph Catley (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne Victory [5]
2014 Amy Harrison Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC [6]
2015–16 Larissa Crummer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne City § [7]
2016–17 Remy Siemsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC [8]
2017–18 Ellie Carpenter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Canberra United FC [9]
2018–19 Ellie Carpenter (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Canberra United FC [10]
2019–20 Ellie Carpenter (3)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne City [11]
2020–21 Kyra Cooney-Cross Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne Victory § [12]
2021–22 Holly McNamara Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne City [13]
2022–23 Sarah Hunter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney FC § [14]


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