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PFA Merit Award

The Professional Footballers' Association Merit Award (often called the PFA Merit Award, or simply the Merit Award) is an award given by the Professional Footballers' Association (the PFA) for meritorious service to football.

The award was first given in 1974, and was won (jointly) by Bobby Charlton and Cliff Lloyd. The first woman to win the award was Steph Houghton in 2019. In 2022, the award was separated into two: women's and men's.

The most recent winners of the award are Sir Gareth Southgate and Emma Hayes.

List of winners

1970s

YearWinner(s)Note
1974ENG Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, OBEFirst winners of the award
ENG Cliff Lloyd
1975SCO Denis Law CBEFirst winner of the award from outside England
1976ENG George Eastham OBE
1977ENG Jack Taylor OBE
1978SCO Bill Shankly OBE
1979ENG Sir Tom Finney OBE

1980s

YearWinner(s)Notes
1980SCO Sir Matt Busby OBE
1981ENG John Trollope MBE
1982ENG Joe Mercer OBE
1983ENG Bob Paisley OBE
1984ENG Bill Nicholson OBE
1985ENG Ron Greenwood CBE
1986ENG England World Cup squad 1966
1987ENG Sir Stanley Matthews CBE
1988ENG Billy Bonds MBE
1989ENG Nat Lofthouse OBE

1990s

YearWinner(s)Notes
1990ENG Peter Shilton OBE
1991SCO Tommy Hutchison
1992ENG Brian Clough OBE
1993ENG Manchester United European Cup squad 1968IRE Shay Brennan and IRE Tony Dunne
Joint first winner of the award from outside Great Britain
Joint first winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom
POR EusébioJoint first winner of the award from outside Great Britain
Joint first winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom
1994NIR Billy Bingham MBE
1995SCO Gordon Strachan OBE
1996BRA PeléFirst winner of the award from outside Europe
1997ENG Peter Beardsley MBE
1998ENG Steve Ogrizovic
1999ENG Tony Ford MBE

2000s

YearWinner(s)Notes
2000ENG Gary Mabbutt MBE
2001ENG Jimmy Hill OBE
2002IRE Niall Quinn
2003ENG Sir Bobby Robson CBE
2004ITA Dario Gradi MBE
2005TRI Shaka Hislop CM
2006NIR George Best
2007SCO Sir Alex Ferguson CBE
2008ENG Jimmy Armfield OBE
2009ENG John McDermott

2010s

YearWinner(s)Notes
2010SAF Lucas Radebe
2011width"315px"ENG Howard Webb
2012width"315px"SCO Graham Alexander
2013width"315px"Manchester United Class of '92
2014width"315px"ENG Donald Bell VC
2015width"315px"ENG Steven Gerrard MBE
ENG Frank Lampard OBE
2016width"315px"WAL Ryan Giggs OBE
2017width"315px"ENG David Beckham OBE
2018ENG Cyrille Regis MBE
2019ENG Steph Houghton MBEFirst female to receive award.

2020s

YearWinner(s)Notes
2020ENG Marcus Rashford MBE
2021ENG Gordon Taylor OBE
2022ENG Roy Hodgson CBE
ENG Hope Powell OBEFirst time men's and women's PFA Merit awards were separated
2023ENG Ian Wright OBE
ENG Jill Scott MBE
2024ENG Dean Lewington
ENG Fara Williams MBE
2025ENG Sir Gareth Southgate OBE
ENG Emma Hayes OBE

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country

CountryNumber of wins
****39
7
2
1

References

References

  1. [http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/meritroll.html PFA Merit Award 1974-2007] {{webarchive. link. (15 December 2007)
  2. (26 April 2015). "Gerrard & Lampard share PFA Merit Award". Goal.com.
  3. Sports, PA. "Ryan Giggs wins PFA Merit award".
  4. "PFA Merit Award winner Cyrille Regis".
  5. "PFA Merit Award winner Steph Houghton".
  6. (8 September 2020). "Rashford wins PFA Award". Manchester United.
  7. (6 June 2021). "Gordon Taylor receives PFA merit award for his services to football". Sports Mole.
  8. (9 June 2021). "Roy Hodgson wins PFA Merit Award". PFA.
  9. (9 June 2021). "Hope Powell wins PFA Merit Award". PFA.
  10. (29 August 2023). "Rachel Daly and Erling Haaland win PFA player of the year awards".
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