Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and clinching the Premier League title at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Arsenal’s Alessia Russo scores her side’s third goal during the women’s Champions League semifinals, second leg, soccer match between Olympique Lyonnais and Arsenal at OL Stadium in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Salah and Russo win soccer writers’ ‘Footballer of the Year’ awards in England
LONDON (AP) 鈥 Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was voted 鈥淔ootballer of the Year鈥 in England by soccer writers for a record-tying third time Friday, while Arsenal striker Alessia Russo won the women鈥檚 award.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and clinching the Premier League title at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
LONDON (AP) 鈥 Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was voted 鈥淔ootballer of the Year鈥 in England by soccer writers for a record-tying third time Friday, while Arsenal striker Alessia Russo won the women鈥檚 award.
Salah previously won the award, handed out by the Football Writers鈥 Association, in 2018 and 2022. Arsenal great Thierry Henry is the only other player to have captured it three times.
The FWA鈥檚 accolade is the oldest individual soccer award in the world. It was first awarded in 1948.
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The FWA said Salah won 90% of the votes cast by more than 900 members, making it the 鈥渂iggest winning margin this century.鈥 Teammate Virgil van Dijk was second and Newcastle striker Alexander Isak was third.
Salah has the most goals (28) and assists (18) in the Premier League this season and played a key role in for the second time in five years.
Russo finished ahead of Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw and Arsenal teammate Mariona Caldentey, with FWA chair John Cross saying Russo鈥檚 performances in the Women’s Champions League have helped her stand out.
Arsenal, which is second in the Women鈥檚 Super League, has after beating eight-time winner Lyon in the semifinals and will play Barcelona in the title match.
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