Sport | Association football |
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Awarded for | being the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season |
Presented by | Melbourne City FC |
History | |
First award | 2011 2016 (women's) | (men's)
Editions | 13 (men's) / 8 (women's) (as of 2023) |
First winner | Clint Bolton (men's) Aivi Luik (women's) |
Most recent | Mathew Leckie (men's) Julia Grosso (women's) |
The Melbourne City Player of the Year award 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.
Mathew Leckie is the most recent men's winner of the award, following the 2022–23 men's season and Julia Grosso is the most recent women's winner of the award, following the 2022–23 women's season.
Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City
Season | Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
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2010–11 | Clint Bolton | Australia | Goalkeeper | [1] |
2011–12 | Clint Bolton (2) | Australia | Goalkeeper | [1] |
2012–13 | Richard Garcia | Australia | Forward | [2] |
2013–14 | David Williams | Australia | Forward | [3] |
2014–15 | Aaron Mooy | Australia | Midfielder | [4] |
2015–16 | Bruno Fornaroli | Uruguay | Forward | [5] |
Aaron Mooy (2) | Australia | Midfielder | ||
2016–17 | Neil Kilkenny | Australia | Midfielder | [6] |
2017–18 | Bart Schenkeveld | Netherlands | Defender | [7] |
2018–19 | Eugene Galekovic | Australia | Goalkeeper | [8] |
2019–20 | Jamie Maclaren | Australia | Forward | [9] |
2020–21 | Curtis Good | Australia | Defender | [10] |
2021–22 | Florin Berenguer | France | Midfielder | [11] |
2022–23 | Mathew Leckie | Australia | Forward | [12] |
Rank | Winner | Total wins | Years won |
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1 | Clint Bolton (AUS) | 2 | 2011, 2012 |
Aaron Mooy (AUS) | 2015, 2016 |
Nationality | Wins |
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Australia | 11 |
France | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Position | Wins |
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Goalkeeper | 3 |
Defender | 2 |
Midfielder | 4 |
Forward | 5 |
Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City
Season | Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
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2015–16 | Aivi Luik | Australia | Midfielder | [5] |
2016–17 | Steph Catley | Australia | Defender | [13] |
2017–18 | Lauren Barnes | United States | Defender | [7] |
2018–19 | Yukari Kinga | Japan | Defender | [14] |
2019–20 | Ellie Carpenter | Australia | Defender | [15] |
2020–21 | Teagan Micah | Australia | Goalkeeper | [16] |
2021–22 | Holly McNamara | Australia | Forward | [17] |
Hannah Wilkinson | New Zealand | Forward | ||
2022–23 | Julia Grosso | United States | Defender | [12] |
Nationality | Wins |
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Australia | 5 |
United States | 2 |
Japan | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Position | Wins |
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Goalkeeper | 1 |
Defender | 5 |
Midfielder | 1 |
Forward | 2 |
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