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Melbourne City FC Player of the Year

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.

Melbourne City Player of the Year
Mathew Leckie was the most recent men's award winner.
SportAssociation football
Awarded forbeing the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season
Presented byMelbourne City FC
History
First award2011; 13 years ago (2011) (men's)
2016; 8 years ago (2016) (women's)
Editions13 (men's) / 8 (women's)
(as of 2023)
First winnerAustralia Clint Bolton (men's)
Australia Aivi Luik (women's)
Most recentAustralia Mathew Leckie (men's)
United States Julia Grosso (women's)

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.

Men's award recipients edit

 
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]

Multiple wins edit

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 edit

Wins by nationality
Nationality Wins
  Australia 11
  France 1
  Netherlands 1
  Uruguay 1

Wins by playing position edit

Wins by playing position
Position Wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 2
Midfielder 4
Forward 5

Women's award recipients edit

 
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 [14]
2017–18 Lauren Barnes   United States Defender [8]
2018–19 Yukari Kinga   Japan Defender [15]
2019–20 Ellie Carpenter   Australia Defender [16]
2020–21 Teagan Micah   Australia Goalkeeper [17]
2021–22 Holly McNamara   Australia Forward [18]
Hannah Wilkinson   New Zealand Forward
2022–23 Julia Grosso   United States Defender [13]

Wins by nationality edit

Wins by nationality
Nationality Wins
  Australia 5
  United States 2
  Japan 1
  New Zealand 1

Wins by playing position edit

Wins by playing position
Position Wins
Goalkeeper 1
Defender 5
Midfielder 1
Forward 2

See also edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Club Awards renamed to honour City legends". Melbourne City. 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LECKIE AND GROSSO TAKE OUT TOP HONOURS". Melbourne City. 1 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Steph Catley receives top honour at Melbourne City's W-League end of season celebration". Melbourne City. 14 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Player of the Year: Kinga, Barnes and Spencer win top accolades". Melbourne City. 2 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Player of the Year: Carpenter, Stott, Barbieri and van Egmond win top accolades". Melbourne City. 25 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Player of the Year: Micah crowned City's best". Melbourne City. 26 March 2021.
  18. ^ "ALW Player of the Year: McNamara and Wilkinson share top honours". Melbourne City. 28 March 2022.
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