Melbourne City FC Player of the Year

Melbourne City Player of the Year

Tolgay Arslan was the men's award winner for 2023–24.
Sport	Association football
Awarded for	being the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season
Presented by	Melbourne City FC
History
First award	2011;14 years ago (2011) (men's) 2016;9 years ago (2016) (women's)
Editions	15 (men's) / 10 (women's) (as of 2024)
First winner	Clint Bolton (men's) Aivi Luik (women's)
Most recent	Kai Trewin (men's) Taylor Otto (women's)

The Melbourne City Player of the Year award, more commonly known as the Scott Jamieson Medal ^[a] is an official award given by Melbourne City Football Club to the best performing player (men's and women's) from the club over the course of the season.

The inaugural men's award was handed to Clint Bolton in 2011, and the inaugural women's award was handed to Aivi Luik in 2015.

Tolgay Arslan is the most recent men's winner of the award, following the 2023–24 men's season and Taylor Otto is the most recent women's winner of the award, following the 2024–25 women's season.

Men's award recipients

Clint Bolton won the inaugural and back-to-back awards in 2010 and 2011.

Aaron Mooy became the second and only other player to win the award twice.

Bruno Fornaroli was the first foreigner to win the award.

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City

Men's award recipients

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Ref.
2010–11	Clint Bolton	Australia	Goalkeeper	[2]
2011–12	Clint Bolton (2)	Australia	Goalkeeper	[2]
2012–13	Richard Garcia	Australia	Forward	[3]
2013–14	David Williams	Australia	Forward	[4]
2014–15	Aaron Mooy	Australia	Midfielder	[5]
2015–16	Bruno Fornaroli	Uruguay	Forward	[6]
	Aaron Mooy (2)	Australia	Midfielder
2016–17	Neil Kilkenny	Australia	Midfielder	[7]
2017–18	Bart Schenkeveld	Netherlands	Defender	[8]
2018–19	Eugene Galekovic	Australia	Goalkeeper	[9]
2019–20	Jamie Maclaren	Australia	Forward	[10]
2020–21	Curtis Good	Australia	Defender	[11]
2021–22	Florin Berenguer	France	Midfielder	[12]
2022–23	Mathew Leckie	Australia	Forward	[13]
2023–24	Tolgay Arslan	Germany	Midfielder	[14]
2024–25	Kai Trewin	Australia	Defender	[15]

Multiple wins

Players with multiple wins

Rank	Winner	Total wins	Years won
1	Clint Bolton  (AUS)	2	2011, 2012
	Aaron Mooy  (AUS)		2015, 2016

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Wins
Australia	12
France	1
Germany	1
Netherlands	1
Uruguay	1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position

Position	Wins
Goalkeeper	3
Defender	3
Midfielder	5
Forward	5

Women's award recipients

Aivi Luik was the first recipient of the award.

Hannah Wilkinson won the award in 2022, as the club's top scorer in the season.

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City

Women's award recipients

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Ref.
2015–16	Aivi Luik	Australia	Midfielder	[6]
2016–17	Steph Catley	Australia	Defender	[16]
2017–18	Lauren Barnes	United States	Defender	[8]
2018–19	Yukari Kinga	Japan	Defender	[17]
2019–20	Ellie Carpenter	Australia	Defender	[18]
2020–21	Teagan Micah	Australia	Goalkeeper	[19]
2021–22	Holly McNamara	Australia	Forward	[20]
	Hannah Wilkinson	New Zealand	Forward
2022–23	Julia Grosso	United States	Defender	[13]
2023–24	Laura Hughes	Australia	Midfielder	[21]
2024–25	Taylor Otto	United States	Defender	[22]

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Wins
Australia	6
United States	3
Japan	1
New Zealand	1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position

Position	Wins
Goalkeeper	1
Defender	6
Midfielder	2
Forward	2

See also

• List of Melbourne City FC players
• List of Melbourne City FC (women) players

Notes

1. Name used for men's award. ^[1]

References

1. "Club Awards renamed to honour City legends". Melbourne City . 8 May 2024.
2. "Bolton reflects on Player of the Year award". Melbourne City . 23 April 2013.
3. "Garcia awarded Player of the Year". Melbourne City . 24 April 2013.
4. "Williams claims hat-trick of club awards". Melbourne City . 15 April 2014.
5. "Aaron Mooy claims hat trick of awards at Melbourne City FC awards night". Melbourne City . 12 May 2015.
6. "Fornaroli, Mooy and Luik receive top honours". Melbourne City . 9 April 2016.
7. Windley, Matt (29 April 2017). "Neil Kilkenny named Melbourne City's player of the year 2016-17 after stand out A-League season". Herald Sun .
8. "Player of the Year: Schenkeveld, Barnes and Cavallo win top accolades". Melbourne City . 16 April 2018.
9. "Galekovic and De Laet take top honours in Melbourne City FC Player of the Year awards". Melbourne City . 27 April 2019.
10. "Player of the Year: Jamie Maclaren takes out top accolades". Melbourne City . 1 September 2020.
11. "Player of the Year: Good crowned City's best". Melbourne City . 29 June 2021.
12. "Player of the Year: Florin Berenguer takes out top honours". Melbourne City . 2 June 2022.
13. "Player of the Year: Leckie and Grosso take out top honours". Melbourne City . 1 May 2023.
14. "Player of the Year: Tolgay Arslan awarded Scott Jamieson medal". Melbourne City . 14 May 2024.
15. @@MelbourneCity (2 June 2025). "What a first season in City blue it was 🤩 — 🥇 Kai Trewin is our 2024/25 Scott Jamieson Medalist!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. "Steph Catley receives top honour at Melbourne City's W-League end of season celebration". Melbourne City . 14 February 2017.
17. "Player of the Year: Kinga, Barnes and Spencer win top accolades". Melbourne City . 2 February 2019.
18. "Player of the Year: Carpenter, Stott, Barbieri and van Egmond win top accolades". Melbourne City . 25 March 2020.
19. "Player of the Year: Micah crowned City's best". Melbourne City . 26 March 2021.
20. "ALW Player of the Year: McNamara and Wilkinson share top honours". Melbourne City . 28 March 2022.
21. "Player of the Year: Hughes takes out top honours". Melbourne City . 9 May 2024.
22. @@MelbourneCity (2 June 2025). "She made her impact felt at both ends of the pitch this season 😍 — 🥇 Taylor Otto is our 2024/25 Women's Player of the Year!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.