PONTIANAKGLOBE.COM -- Erling Haaland baru saja meraih penghargaan pemain terbaik dari Football Writers' Association (FWA) pada musim 2022/2023.
Namun ternyata, ada para pemain yang merumput di Liga Premier Inggris yang pernah meraih penghargaan serupa namun dengan perolehan yang lebih banyak.
Di antaranya ada sejumlah legenda Manchester United seperti Wayne Rooney dan Christiano Ronaldo.
Terdapat beberapa pemain yang berhasil meraih penghargaan Football Writers' Association (FWA) lebih dari sekali, di antaranya:
- Thierry Henry - 3 kali (2003, 2004, 2006)
- Wayne Rooney - 2 kali (2010, 2011)
- Cristiano Ronaldo - 2 kali (2007, 2008)
- Alan Shearer - 2 kali (1994, 1995)
- Dennis Bergkamp - 2 kali (1998, 2002)
- Gareth Bale - 2 kali (2013, 2019)
Beberapa pemain lainnya seperti Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, dan Eden Hazard juga telah meraih penghargaan ini sebanyak satu kali.
Berikut adalah beberapa nama pemain yang pernah meraih penghargaan FWA Footballer of the Year dari masa ke masa:
- 1947-1948: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
- 1948-1949: Johnny Carey (Manchester United)
- 1949-1950: Joe Mercer (Arsenal)
- 1950-1951: Harry Johnston (Blackpool)
- 1951-1952: Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- 1952-1953: Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
- 1953-1954: Tom Finney (Preston North End)
- 1954-1955: Don Revie (Manchester City)
- 1955-1956: Bert Trautmann (Manchester City)
- 1956-1957: Tom Finney (Preston North End)
- 1957-1958: Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1958-1959: Syd Owen (Luton Town)
- 1959-1960: Bill Slater (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- 1960-1961: Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1961-1962: Jimmy Adamson (Burnley)
- 1962-1963: Stanley Matthews (Stoke City)
- 1963-1964: Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
- 1964-1965: Bobby Collins (Leeds United)
- 1965-1966: Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
- 1966-1967: Jack Charlton (Leeds United)
- 1967-1968: George Best (Manchester United)
- 1968-1969: Dave Mackay (Derby County)
- 1969-1970: Billy Bremner (Leeds United)
- 1970-1971: Frank McLintock (Arsenal)
- 1971-1972: Gordon Banks (Stoke City)
- 1972-1973: Pat Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1973-1974: Ian Callaghan (Liverpool)
- 1974-1975: Alan Mullery (Fulham)
- 1975-1976: Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
- 1976-1977: Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool)
- 1977-1978: Kenny Burns (Nottingham Forest)
- 1978-1979: Liam Brady (Arsenal)
- 1979-1980: Terry McDermott (Liverpool)
- 1980-1981: Fransisco Munoz (Liverpool)
- 1981-1982: Steve Perryman (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1982-1983: Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
- 1983-1984: Ian Rush (Liverpool)
- 1984-1985: Neville Southall (Everton)
- 1985-1986: Gary Lineker (Everton)
- 1986-1987: Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1987-1988: John Barnes (Liverpool)
- 1988-1989: Steve Nicol (Liverpool)
- 1989-1990: David Platt (Aston Villa)
- 1990-1991: Gordon Strachan (Leeds United)
- 1991-1992: Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1992-1993: Chris Waddle (Sheffield Wednesday)
- 1993-1994: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers)
- 1994-1995: Jurgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1995-1996: Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
- 1996-1997: Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
- 1997-1998: Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
- 1998-1999: David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1999-2000: Roy Keane (Manchester United)
- 2000-2001: Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)
- 2001-2002: Robert Pires (Arsenal)
- 2002-2003: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- 2003-2004: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- 2004-2005: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
- 2005-2006: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- 2006-2007: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- 2007-2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- 2008-2009: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
- 2009-2010: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
- 2010-2011: Scott Parker (West Ham United)
- 2011-2012: Robin van Persie (Arsenal/Manchester United)
- 2012-2013: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 2013-2014: Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
- 2014-2015: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
- 2015-2016: Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
- 2016-2017: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
- 2017-2018: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- 2018-2019: Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
- 2019-2020: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
- 2020-2021: Ruben Dias (Manchester City) ***