Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes, on Saturday, was named Premier League Player of the Season.
The Portugal midfielder also won the Football Writers’ Association men’s Player of the Year award this month, capping a campaign that delivered both goals and consistency.
Fernandes equalled the record for assists in a Premier League season when he registered his 20th assist against Nottingham Forest last weekend.
He also scored eight goals in 37 appearances, helping Manchester United secure third place and Champions League qualification.
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Fernandes created 132 chances across the campaign, more than any other player in the league. That figure placed him 43 ahead of Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai.
The United captain becomes the first player from the club to win the award since Nemanja Vidic in 2011.
The winner is decided through a combination of public votes and a panel of football experts.
Arsenal’s David Raya, Gabriel and Declan Rice, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo, Brentford’s Igor Thiago, and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White were also shortlisted.
The award recognises the standout performer across the league each season and has been awarded since 1994/95, when Alan Shearer won the first edition.
Five players have won it twice, while Fernandes is the current holder.
Here is the full list of Premier League Player of the Season winners:
1994/95 – Alan Shearer
1995/96 – Peter Schmeichel
1996/97 – Juninho
1997/98 – Michael Owen
1998/99 – Dwight Yorke
1999/00 – Kevin Phillips –
2000/01 – Patrick Vieira
2001/02 – Freddie Ljungberg
2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy
2003/04 – Thierry Henry
2004/05 – Frank Lampard
2005/06 – Thierry Henry
2006/07 – Cristiano Ronaldo
2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo
2008/09 – Nemanja Vidic
2009/10 – Wayne Rooney
2010/11 – Nemanja Vidic
2011/12 – Vincent Kompany
2012/13 – Gareth Bale
2013/14 – Luis Suarez
2014/15 – Eden Hazard
2015/16 Jamie Vardy
2016/17 – N’Golo Kante
2017/18 – Mohamed Salah
2018/19 – Virgil van Dijk
2019/20 – Kevin De Bruyne
2020/21 – Ruben Dias
2021/22 – Kevin De Bruyne
2022/23 – Erling Haaland
2023/24 – Phil Foden
2024/25 – Mohamed Salah
2025/26 – Bruno Fernandes
