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.
![]() Tolgay Arslan was the most recent men's award winner. | |
Sport | Association football |
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Awarded for | being the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season |
Presented by | Melbourne City FC |
History | |
First award | 2011 2016 (women's) | (men's)
Editions | 14 (men's) / 9 (women's) (as of 2024) |
First winner | ![]() ![]() |
Most recent | ![]() ![]() |
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.
Tolgay Arslan is the most recent men's winner of the award, following the 2023–24 men's season and Laura Hughes is the most recent women's winner of the award, following the 2023–24 women's season.
Men's award recipients
editPlayers in bold are still playing for Melbourne City
Season | Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
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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] |
2023–24 | Tolgay Arslan | Germany | Midfielder | [14] |
Multiple wins
editRank | Winner | Total wins | Years won |
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1 | Clint Bolton (AUS) | 2 | 2011, 2012 |
Aaron Mooy (AUS) | 2015, 2016 |
Wins by nationality
editNationality | Wins |
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Australia | 11 |
France | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Wins by playing position
editPosition | Wins |
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Goalkeeper | 3 |
Defender | 2 |
Midfielder | 5 |
Forward | 5 |
Women's award recipients
editPlayers in bold are still playing for Melbourne City
Season | Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
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2015–16 | Aivi Luik | Australia | Midfielder | [6] |
2016–17 | Steph Catley | Australia | Defender | [15] |
2017–18 | Lauren Barnes | United States | Defender | [8] |
2018–19 | Yukari Kinga | Japan | Defender | [16] |
2019–20 | Ellie Carpenter | Australia | Defender | [17] |
2020–21 | Teagan Micah | Australia | Goalkeeper | [18] |
2021–22 | Holly McNamara | Australia | Forward | [19] |
Hannah Wilkinson | New Zealand | Forward | ||
2022–23 | Julia Grosso | United States | Defender | [13] |
2023–24 | Laura Hughes | Australia | Midfielder | [20] |
Wins by nationality
editNationality | Wins |
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Australia | 6 |
United States | 2 |
Japan | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Wins by playing position
editPosition | Wins |
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Goalkeeper | 1 |
Defender | 5 |
Midfielder | 2 |
Forward | 2 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Club Awards renamed to honour City legends". Melbourne City. 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Bolton reflects on Player of the Year award". Melbourne City. 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Garcia awarded Player of the Year". Melbourne City. 24 April 2013.
- ^ "Williams claims hat-trick of club awards". Melbourne City. 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Aaron Mooy claims hat trick of awards at Melbourne City FC awards night". Melbourne City. 12 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Fornaroli, Mooy and Luik receive top honours". Melbourne City. 9 April 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Player of the Year: Schenkeveld, Barnes and Cavallo win top accolades". Melbourne City. 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Galekovic and De Laet take top honours in Melbourne City FC Player of the Year awards". Melbourne City. 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Jamie Maclaren takes out top accolades". Melbourne City. 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Good crowned City's best". Melbourne City. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Florin Berenguer takes out top honours". Melbourne City. 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Player of the Year: Leckie and Grosso take out top honours". Melbourne City. 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Tolgay Arslan awarded Scott Jamieson medal". Melbourne City. 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Steph Catley receives top honour at Melbourne City's W-League end of season celebration". Melbourne City. 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Kinga, Barnes and Spencer win top accolades". Melbourne City. 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Carpenter, Stott, Barbieri and van Egmond win top accolades". Melbourne City. 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Micah crowned City's best". Melbourne City. 26 March 2021.
- ^ "ALW Player of the Year: McNamara and Wilkinson share top honours". Melbourne City. 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Player of the Year: Hughes takes out top honours". Melbourne City. 9 May 2024.