Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year

The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award is set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997–98 season.

Voting mechanism

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The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.

List of winners

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Players in bold are still at the club.

Season Player Position Nationality Caps Notes
1995 David Williams Goalkeeper   England Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1998 Jon Hallworth Forward   England Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999 Kevin Nugent Forward   England
2000 Andy Legg Midfielder/Defender   Wales 5
2001 Andy Legg Midfielder   Wales 6 Second Award
2002 Graham Kavanagh Midfielder   Republic of Ireland 8
2003 Robert Earnshaw Forward   Wales 11
2004 Tony Vidmar Defender   Australia 76
2005 Chris Barker Defender   England
2006 Jason Koumas Midfielder   Wales 24
2007 Michael Chopra Forward   England
2008 Roger Johnson Defender   England
2009 Roger Johnson Defender   England Second Award
2010 Peter Whittingham Midfielder   England
2011 Kevin McNaughton Defender   Scotland 4
2012 Peter Whittingham Midfielder   England Second Award
2013 Mark Hudson Defender   England
2014 David Marshall Goalkeeper   Scotland 11
2015 Bruno Ecuele Manga Defender   Gabon 41 Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2016 Matthew Connolly Defender   England
2017 Aron Gunnarsson Midfielder   Iceland 70
2018 Sean Morrison Defender   England
2019 Neil Etheridge Goalkeeper   Philippines 62
2020 Lee Tomlin Midfielder   England
2021 Kieffer Moore Forward   Wales 18 Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2022 Cody Drameh Defender   England Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2023 Perry Ng Defender   England
2024 Perry Ng Defender   England Second Award


Summary of wins by nationality

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Nationality Number of winners
  England 16
  Wales 5
  Scotland 2
  Australia 1
  Gabon 1
  Iceland 1
  Philippines 1
  Republic of Ireland 1

Young Player of the Year

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Players in bold are still at the club.

Season Player Position Nationality Caps Notes
1998 Christian Roberts Midfielder   Wales Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999 Robert Earnshaw Forward   Wales
2000 Robert Earnshaw Forward   Wales Second Award
2001 Robert Earnshaw Forward   Wales Third Award
2002 Danny Gabbidon Defender   Wales 1
2003 James Collins Defender   Wales
2004 James Collins Defender   Wales 2 Second Award
2005 Joe Ledley Midfielder   Wales
2006 Joe Ledley Midfielder   Wales 1 Second Award
2007 Chris Gunter Defender   Wales 1
2008 Aaron Ramsey Midfielder   Wales
2009 Ross McCormack Forward   Scotland 3
2010 No Presentations took place
2011 Tom Heaton Goalkeeper   England
2012 Joe Mason Forward   Ireland Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2014 Declan John Defender   Wales 2
2015 Joe Ralls Midfielder   England
2016 Joe Ralls Midfielder   England Second Award
2017 Kenneth Zohore Forward   Denmark
2018 Callum Paterson Defender   Scotland 7
2019 Callum Paterson Defender   Scotland 11 Second Award
2020 No Presentations took place
2021
2022 Cody Drameh Defender   England Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2023 Jaden Philogene Winger   England Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2024 Rubin Colwill Forward   Wales 9

Footnotes

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  • Caps are correct to when the player won the award.
  • During the 2009–10 season, no presentations took place, but Peter Whittingham was handed the 2010 Player of the Year the following year.

References

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