A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year | |
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Awarded for | The top young player in a given A-League Women season. |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Football Federation Australia |
First awarded | 2008 |
Currently held by | Daniela Galic |
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.
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.
Player X | Name of the player and X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
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§ | Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season |
† | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season |
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