Mo Salah wins record third PFA Player of the Year award

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The Liverpool prima is the archetypal three-time victor of the yearly award, fixed to the champion subordinate successful English football, arsenic adjudged by the Professional Footballers’ Association.

Published On 20 Aug 2025

Liverpool guardant Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year connected Tuesday, with the Egyptian becoming the archetypal subordinate to triumph the grant 3 times.

Salah, who joined Liverpool successful 2017, was the Premier League’s apical scorer past season, with his 29 goals, on with 18 assists, playing a cardinal relation successful the nine winning the league title, finishing 10 points up of runners-up Arsenal.

The 33-year-old had already clinched the Premier League Player of the Season award, the Golden Boot for astir goals scored and the Playmaker grant for astir assists, making him the archetypal subordinate to triumph each 3 awards successful the aforesaid season.

Salah archetypal won the PFA grant successful 2018 aft his archetypal play astatine Liverpool, and again successful 2022, and this twelvemonth came retired connected apical of a six-man shortlist, voted for by PFA members from the 92 Premier League and Football League teams.

That shortlist included his Liverpool teammate Alexis Mac Allister, on with Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak, Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer.

Salah signed a two-year declaration hold with Liverpool successful April, ending months of speculation linking him with a determination to the Saudi Pro League.

Aston Villa and England midfielder Morgan Rogers was voted Young Player of the Year, aft the 23-year-old scored 8 league goals successful his 37 starts past play and netted 4 goals successful the Champions League including a hat-trick against Celtic.

Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey was named Women’s Player of the Year. The Spaniard scored 9 league goals successful her archetypal play with the club, on with 8 goals successful the Champions League wherever Arsenal bushed her erstwhile nine Barcelona to triumph the trophy.

Canadian 21-year-old guardant Olivia Smith, Liverpool’s starring scorer past play crossed each competitions with 9 goals, picked up the Young Player of the Year award.

Smith has since joined Arsenal for a reported interest of 1 cardinal pounds ($1.35m), making her the archetypal pistillate subordinate to interruption the seven-figure barrier.

Liverpool had 4 players from past season, including Salah, named successful the Premier League squad of the year, on with caller signing from Bournemouth, Milos Kerkez.

Premier League Team of the Year:

Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest); Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth), William Saliba (Arsenal), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal); Declan Rice (Arsenal), Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool); Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Alexander Isak (Newcastle United), Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest).