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Mo Salah Named Footballer Of The Year With 48% Of FWA Vote

Mo Salah has been voted by the Football Writers' Association as the Footballer of the Year for the second time in his Liverpool career.

Robert Summerscales

Mo Salah Named Footballer Of The Year With 48% Of FWA Vote
Mo Salah Named Footballer Of The Year With 48% Of FWA Vote /

Mo Salah has been voted by the Football Writers' Association as the Footballer of the Year for the second time in his Liverpool career.

Salah, who also won the prize in 2017/18, is only the ninth player to earn the award more than once.

Tim Finney, Danny Blanchflower, Stanley Matthews, Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes, Gary Lineker and Cristiano Ronaldo also won two FWA Footballer of the Year awards.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is currently the only man who has won the prize on three occasions.

Salah won the latest award by a landslide, taking 48% of the vote. Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne came second, ahead of West Ham's Declan Rice in third.

News of Salah's victory comes as no surprise. 

He is currently the leading scorer in the Premier League with 22 goals this season. Salah has also provided 13 assists, which is more than any other player.

Mo Salah pictured in action for Liverpool against Villarreal in April 2022
Mo Salah has been named as the FWA Footballer of the Year for 2021/22 :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Darren Staples

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr was named as the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year on Friday.

Australia international Kerr received 40% of the vote to finish ahead of Arsenal star and previous winner Vivianne Miedema. Man City's Lauren Hemp came third.

FWA chair Carrie Brown said in a statement: "Both Mo and Sam have been outstanding this season, breaking records for both club and country.

"As well as their performances on the pitch, they are leaders and standard bearers of excellence at their clubs and respective leagues.

"The fact they have won by such convincing margins underlines just how impressive they have been this season which has been recognized by our members."

Sam Kerr pictured in action for Chelsea against Arsenal in their FA Cup semi-final in April 2022
Sam Kerr has been named as the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year :: IMAGO/Sports Press Photo

Salah and Kerr will receive their trophies from the FWA on May 5.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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