Sport | Gaelic football |
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Competition | All-Ireland Senior Championship |
Country | Ireland |
Presented by | GAA and GPA |
History | |
First award | 1997 |
Editions | 28 |
First winner | Mike Frank Russell |
Most recent | Oisín Conaty |
The GAA & GPA All Stars Young Footballer of the Year (often called the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year, or simply Young Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given at the end of the Championship season to a young footballer aged 21 years or younger who is adjudged to have been the best in Gaelic football.
County | Number of wins | Winning years |
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Mayo | 7 | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 |
Kerry | 5 | 1997, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 |
Galway | 3 | 1998, 2000, 2022 |
Tyrone | 2 | 2001, 2003 |
Armagh | 3 | 2002, 2005, 2024 |
Cork | 2 | 1999, 2010 |
Donegal | 2 | 2009, 2014 |
Dublin | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
Fermanagh | 1 | 2004 |
Derry | 1 | 2023 |
Province | Number of wins | Winning years |
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Connacht | 10 | 1998, 2000, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Ulster | 9 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2023, 2024 |
Munster | 7 | 1997, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2019 |
Leinster | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
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