Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr have won the men’s and women’s PFA players’ player of the year awards.
The pair won the Golden Boot in 2021-22 as top scorer in the English Premier League and Women’s Super League respectively.
Manchester City’s Phil Foden, 22, won the young player of the year award for the second consecutive season.
Lauren Hemp, 21, who plays for City in the WSL, was named the young player of the season for a record-breaking fourth season in a row.
That makes the England international the most decorated PFA award winner ever across all categories.
Egypt’s Salah becomes the sixth male player to win two PFA player of the year awards, after Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Gareth Bale and last year’s winner Kevin de Bruyne.
Salah scored 24 English Premier League goals, level with Son Heung-min, as Liverpool missed out on the title by one point to City. He also provided 14 assists in the league – and won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.
A second @PFA Player of the Year award for @MoSalah ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/4kYPVxUKRV
โ Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 9, 2022
Salah, who also won in 2018, said:
I have my room with trophies in a cabinet and I made sure I had space for one more.
I always keep space and just try to imagine the trophies are going to come.
Chelsea’s Kerr is the first Australian to win the a senior player award after scoring 20 WSL goals and helping the Blues to the Double.
Congratulations to @samkerr1 scooping the @PFA Players’ Player of the Year award! ๐
Sam is also named in the WSL Team of the Year alongside @berger_ann, @guro_reiten and @Mdawg1bright!
Well done all!๐
โ Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) June 9, 2022
She said:
It’s a massive honour whenever you’re voted by your peers. I think that’s the highest honour as a player.
Foden – who helped City to the title – is the sixth player to win back-to-back young player awards after Ryan Giggs, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney, Dele Alli and Hemp, who has won four in a row.
Delighted to have won my second @PFA Young Player of the Year award! ๐
Huge thanks to all my team mates and coaches – onto next season! ๐ pic.twitter.com/MKkc8XJeXu
โ Phil Foden (@PhilFoden) June 9, 2022
Hemp, who won her first one as a 17-year-old in 2018, said:
It’s an honour to get this again. “I look to many of them [players] as role models so it’s an honour to be picked by them.
Former England managers Roy Hodgson and Hope Powell were given the PFA Merit Award for their outstanding contributions to football.
Six of the English Premier League team of the year came from Liverpool, with only three from champions City. Champions Chelsea provided four of the WSL team of the year.
The Teams of the Year:
English Premier League: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk (all Liverpool), Rudiger (Chelsea), Cancelo, De Bruyne (both Man City), Thiago (Liverpool), Silva (Man City), Mane (Liverpool), Ronaldo (Man Utd), Salah (Liverpool).
โฝ๏ธ The PFA Premier League Team of the Year!
๐ง๐ท @Alissonbecker
๐ต๐น Joรฃo Cancelo
๐ณ๐ฑ @VirgilvDijk
๐ฉ๐ช @ToniRuediger
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @TrentAA
๐ง๐ช @DeBruyneKev
๐ช๐ธ @Thiago6
๐ต๐น @BernardoCSilva
๐ช๐ฌ @MoSalah
๐ต๐น @Cristiano
๐ธ๐ณ Sadio Manรฉ#PFAawards | #TOTY pic.twitter.com/x1MPQBOHrFโ Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) June 9, 2022
England’s Women’s Super League: Berger (Chelsea), Batlle (Man Utd), Williamson (Arsenal), Bright (Chelsea), Greenwood (Man City), Little (Arsenal), Weir (Man City), Reiten (Chelsea), Hemp (Man City), Kerr (Chelsea), Miedema (Arsenal).
โฝ๏ธ The PFA WSL Team of the Year!
๐ฉ๐ช @berger_ann
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @AlexGreenwood
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @leahcwilliamson
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @Mdawg1bright
๐ช๐ธ @OnaBatlle
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Kim Little
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ @itscarolineweir
๐ณ๐ด @guro_reiten
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @lauren__hemp
๐ฆ๐บ @samkerr1
๐ณ๐ฑ @VivianneMiedema #PFAawards | #TOTY pic.twitter.com/6Hx8vVGQrpโ Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) June 9, 2022
