Erling Haaland and Sam Kerr win Football Writers' Association awards

Sam Kerr won the Women's Footballer of the Year grant successful 2022

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and Chelsea's Sam Kerr person been named men's and women's footballer of the twelvemonth by the Football Writers' Association (FWA).

Of those, 35 person been successful the Premier League, breaking the league's grounds for astir goals successful a season.

Australia striker Kerr is the archetypal subordinate to triumph the Women's Footballer of the Year grant successful successive years.

She has scored 26 goals successful 34 nine appearances this season, including 10 successful the Women's Super League.

The 29-year-old polled doubly arsenic galore votes arsenic second-placed Rachel Daly of Aston Villa, who is the WSL's apical scorer with 20 goals.

Kerr's Chelsea team-mate Lauren James was third.

For the men's award, 22-year-old Haaland got 82% of the ballot with Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard completing the apical three.

Erling Haaland joined Manchester City successful the summertime of 2022

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