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Man City’s Foden, Shaw win FWA Footballer of the Year awards
Manchester City pair Phil Foden and Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw have won their respective Footballer Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year awards for the 2023/24 season.
It is the second time that two Man City players have won the men’s and women’s awards, with Raheem Sterling and Nikita Parris doing so in 2019.
Foden won 42 per cent of members votes and is the third Man City player in four years to win the men’s Footballer of the Year award after Ruben Dias in 2021 and Erling Haaland in 2023.
He finished ahead of Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice and Man City team-mate Rodri in second and third respectively. Martin Odegaard, Ollie Watkins and Cole Palmer made up the top six.
Foden, 23, has scored 16 Premier League goals this season, assisting a further seven. He also scored five Champions League goals with three assists, and two goals in the FA Cup.
Man City remain in the chase for a fifth successive Premier League title – currently a point behind Arsenal with a game in hand – and will face Manchester United in the FA Cup final on May 25.
Shaw has won the women’s Footballer of the Year award in what was a record number of votes in the category, with almost 80 per cent for the Man City striker and Chelsea’s Lauren James.
Sky sports
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