Liverpool defender Virgil Van Djik has been named the winner of
the 2019 Men’s PFA Player of the Year award.
The 46th annual
PFA Awards which was staged at the Grosvenor House Hotel saw Van Dijk succeed
his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah, who won for the 2017-18 season.
The Dutch
defender beat the likes of Sergio Aguero, Eden Hazard, Sadio Mane, Bernardo
Silva and Raheem Sterling to the award.
He becomes the first defender to win the award after John Terry
scooped it in 2005 and the sixth defender to win in the history of the award.
Raheem Sterling
won the Men’s Young Player of the Year 2019
Arsenal forward
Miedema, 22, beat Steph Houghton, Nikita Parris, Keira Walsh, Erin Cuthbert and
Ji So-Yun to the Women’s Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the
Year award.
Miedema, who
helped Arsenal clinch their first Women’s Super League title since 2012 earlier
on Sunday, follows Chelsea and England striker Fran Kirby.
Miedema is the
top scorer in the WSL this season, netting 22 goals and providing 10 assists in
her 19 appearances.
In all
competitions this season, the prolific striker has scored 39 goals in 46
appearances
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