Melbourne Victory FC Player of the Season

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Victory Medal
Adama Traore.jpg
Adama Traoré won the 2013–14 Victory Medal
Sport Association football
History
First award2006
Editions20 (as of 2025)
First winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat
Most wins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat
(3 times)
Most recent Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordi Valadon

The Melbourne Victory Player of the Season, also known as the Victory Medal, is an award presented to the Melbourne Victory coaching staff's player of the season.

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The first winner of the award was Kevin Muscat in 2006, who became the first player to win it twice in 2007. Since then, four other players have won the award more than once: Danny Allsopp (2007 and 2009), Archie Thompson (2008 and 2010), Leigh Broxham (2019 and 2020), and Damien Da Silva (2023 and 2024). Muscat won again in 2009 to become the first player to receive the award thrice.

Voting takes place on a 3-2-1 basis, as allocated by the Melbourne Victory coaching staff.

Other end-of-season awards given by Melbourne Victory include the Players' Player of the Year Award and the Goal of the Season Award. The prizes for all awards are given at an annual awards night, which is held near the end of the league season.

Winners

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne Victory

SeasonNameNationalityPositionNotesRef.
2005–06 Kevin Muscat Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defender [1]
2006–07 Danny Allsopp Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Forward [2]
Kevin Muscat Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defender First player to win the award on two occasions
2007–08 Archie Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Forward [3]
Rodrigo Vargas Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defender
2008–09 Danny Allsopp Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Forward [4]
Kevin Muscat Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defender First player to win the award on three occasions
2009–10 Archie Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Forward [5]
2010–11 Grant Brebner Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Midfielder First winner from outside Australia [6]
2011–12 Ante Covic Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Goalkeeper First goalkeeper to win the award [7]
2012–13 Mark Milligan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [8]
2013–14 Adama Traoré Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Defender First winner from Africa [9]
2014–15 Fahid Ben Khalfallah Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Forward [10]
2015–16 Matthieu Delpierre Flag of France.svg  France Defender [11]
2016–17 Carl Valeri Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [12]
2017–18 Leroy George Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Midfielder [13]
2018–19 Leigh Broxham Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [14]
2019–20 Leigh Broxham Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [15]
2020–21 Robbie Kruse Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [16]
2021–22 Jake Brimmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [17]
2022–23 Damien Da Silva Flag of France.svg  France Defender The winner who had played the least games for the club. [18]
2023–24 Damien Da Silva Flag of France.svg  France Defender [19]
2024–25 Jordi Valadon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Midfielder [20]

Statistics

Players with multiple wins

WinnerTotal winsYear(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat 32006, 2007, 2009
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Allsopp 22007, 2009
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Archie Thompson 22008, 2010
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Broxham 22019, 2020
Flag of France.svg Damien Da Silva 22023, 2024

Wins by playing position

PositionNumber of wins
Goalkeeper 1
Defender 8
Midfielder 9
Forward 5

Wins by nationality

NationalityNumber of winners
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16
Flag of France.svg  France 3
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1

References

  1. ↑ "Muscat picks up Victory medal". The World Game . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Triumphant skipper, striker share spoils of Victory medal". The Age . 24 February 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Michael (8 March 2008). "Roddy and Archie share honour". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Muscat, Allsopp tie for Victory Medal". ABC News . 7 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Medal consolation for Archie". A-League . 28 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Brebner claims Victory Medal". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Covic claims Victory medal". Melbourne Victory FC . 28 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Milligan beats Rojas to club honour". Melbourne Victory FC . 27 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Traore wins Victory Medal". The World Game . 14 May 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Nicholson, Larissa (22 May 2015). "Top Melbourne Victory award for Fahid Ben Khalfallah". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Lynch, Michael (14 May 2016). "Matthieu Delpierre takes out Victory Medal in final season with club". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Lynch, Michael (13 May 2017). "Melbourne Victory captain Carl Valeri awarded the Victory medal as club's best". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  13. ↑ McKay, Ben (13 May 2018). "Leroy Gorge claims Victory A-League medal". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Lynch, Michael (25 May 2019). "Broxham crowns career by winning Victory Medal". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Lynch, Michael and Bossi, Dominic (4 September 2020). "A-League wage talks grind on as Broxham wins Victory Medal". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 5 September 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "Recap: 2020/21 Victory Medal". Melbourne Victory FC . 16 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Jake Brimmer takes out Victory Medal". Melbourne Victory FC . 3 June 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "Da Silva and Goad receive top honours at Victory Medal". Melbourne Victory . 3 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Damien Da Silva and Kayla Morrison take out Victory Medal". Melbourne Victory . 29 April 2024.
  20. ↑ "Kayla Morrison and Jordi Valadon crowned 2025 Victory medallists". Melbourne Victory . 7 June 2025.
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