Phil Foden has achieved a remarkable individual accolade double by being named the 2024 Professional Football Association (PFA) Players’ Player of the Year, just three months after receiving the FWA Footballer of the Year award. This follows Manchester City’s fourth consecutive Premier League title.
At 24, Foden becomes the fourth Manchester City player in five years to be honored as the Player of the Year by his fellow professionals, joining Kevin De Bruyne (2020, 2021) and Erling Haaland (2023) in receiving this prestigious award.
Foden, who previously won the PFA Young Player of the Year award in 2021 and 2022, was presented with the Players’ Player of the Year trophy at the PFA Awards dinner in Manchester on Tuesday.
On the women’s side, Manchester City forward Khadija Shaw was named the Women’s Players’ Player of the Year after leading the Women’s Super League (WSL) scoring charts with 21 goals last season, finishing eight goals ahead of her closest competitors, Lauren James and Elisabeth Terland.
Like Foden, Shaw also secured the FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year award for the 2023-24 season.
Chelsea’s forward Cole Palmer was honored with the PFA Young Player of the Year award after an outstanding season, scoring 27 goals and providing 15 assists in all competitions during his first year at Stamford Bridge.
Palmer also broke into the England squad and capped off his season by scoring in the Euro 2024 Final against Spain in Berlin.
Grace Clinton, a Manchester United women’s team midfielder, was named the Women’s Young Player of the Year following a successful loan spell at Tottenham last season.