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This article is about the best young player award in the Australian premier women's association football league. For the equivalent award in the men's league of the same name, see A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year.

A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year
Awarded forThe top young player in a given A-League Women season.
CountryAustralia
Presented byFootball Federation Australia
First awarded2008
Currently held byDaniela Galic
Most awardsEllie Carpenter (3)
Steph Catley (2)

The A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year is an annual association football award presented to a player in the Australian A-League Women.

The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. The award is given to a top-performing young player over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was shared by Elise Kellond-Knight of Brisbane Roar and Ellyse Perry of Canberra United.

Ellie Carpenter has won the award three times. Steph Catley won the award twice.

Winners

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Ellie Carpenter has won the award three consecutive times.
Key
Player X Name of the player and X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§ Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season
† Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Young Footballer of the Year winners
Season Player Nationality Club Reference
2008–09 † Elise Kellond-Knight  Australia Sydney FC [1]
Ellyse Perry  Australia Sydney FC
2010–11 Kyah Simon  Australia Sydney FC§ [2]
2011–12 Ashley Brown  Australia Sydney FC [3]
2012–13 Steph Catley  Australia Melbourne Victory [4]
2013–14 Steph Catley (2)  Australia Melbourne Victory [5]
2014 Amy Harrison  Australia Sydney FC [6]
2015–16 Larissa Crummer  Australia Melbourne City§ [7]
2016–17 Remy Siemsen  Australia Sydney FC [8]
2017–18 Ellie Carpenter  Australia Canberra United FC [9]
2018–19 Ellie Carpenter (2)  Australia Canberra United FC [10]
2019–20 Ellie Carpenter (3)  Australia Melbourne City [11]
2020–21 Kyra Cooney-Cross  Australia Melbourne Victory§ [12]
2021–22 Holly McNamara  Australia Melbourne City [13]
2022–23 Sarah Hunter  Australia Sydney FC§ [14]
2023–24 Daniela Galic  Australia Melbourne City [15]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Triple treat at W-League Awards". Canberra United FC. 8 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Latest News". Sydney FC. 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Shipard named W-League Player of the Year". MyFootball. Football Federation Australia. 11 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Marco Rojas wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 16 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Broich wins second Johnny Warren Medal". ABC News. 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Hyundai A-League/Westfield W-League award winners". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 11 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Glory star Castro wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 26 April 2016.
  8. ^ Lowrey, Tom (31 January 2017). "Canberra United 'disappointed' at W-League semi-final move away from home turf to play before men's fixture". ABC News. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  9. ^ Smithies, Tom (30 April 2018). "Sydney FC superstar wins Johnny Warren Medal". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney.
  10. ^ "Chris Ikonomidis and Ellie Carpenter take out NAB Young Footballer of the Year Awards". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 13 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Ellie Carpenter claims record third Young Footballer of the Year Award". Matildas. Football Federation Australia. 23 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Dolan Warren Awards: Kyra Cooney-Cross named Young Footballer of the Year". Keep Up. Australian Professional Leagues. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. ^ Woods, Julia (27 May 2022). "Holly McNamara awarded the Young Footballer of the Year at the Dolan Warren Awards". MyFootball. Football Australia. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ Harrington, Anna (1 June 2023). "Craig Goodwin, Alex Chidiac win A-Leagues top honours". Yahoo! Sports.
  15. ^ Pisani, Sacha (3 May 2024). "Melbourne City sensation named Boost Young Footballer of the Year". A-Leagues.
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