Erling Haaland Beats Arsenal Duo To Win FWA Footballer Of The Year Award With 82% Of Vote

Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has been named as the Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association.

Haaland has scored 51 times in his first 47 appearances for City, including a record-breaking 35 goals in 32 Premier League matches.

The FWA award was decided by a vote among journalists. Haaland won by a landslide after receiving 82 percent of the vote.

Arsenal players Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard came second and third respectively.

City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne was fourth in the vote, ahead of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford in fifth.

Haaland is the sixth City player to win the award since its inception in 1948, after Don Revie (1955), Bert Trautmann (1956), Tony Book (1969), Raheem Sterling (2019) and Ruben Dias (2021).

Erling Haaland is the 2022/23 FWA Footballer Of The Year

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Sam Kerr Named FWA Women's Footballer Of The Year Again

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr won the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year prize for the second season in a row.

Australian Kerr has scored 26 goals in 34 Chelsea appearances this season. Ten of those goals have come in the Women's Super League.

Kerr, who is the first ever woman to win the award in consecutive years, got twice as many votes as runner-up Rachel Daly of Aston Villa, while Chelsea's Lauren James finished third.

Sam Kerr pictured performing a backflip after scoring four goals for Chelsea in an 8-0 win over Vllaznia in the Women's Champions League in October 2022

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