Oceania Footballer of the Year

The Oceania Footballer of the Year award is presented each year to the best football (soccer) player from the Oceania region, as chosen by a panel of football journalists. The award was dominated by Australian players until that nation became part of the Asian Football Confederation, and is now similarly dominated by New Zealand players. New Zealand's Wynton Rufer is tied with Harry Kewell for the most titles with three awards each, whilst New Caledonia's Christian Karembeu, New Zealand's Shane Smeltz and Ryan Nelsen and Australia's Robbie Slater have each won the award twice.

Winners
Year Player Team
1988 Frank Farina Club Brugge
1989 Wynton Rufer Grasshopper
1990 Wynton Rufer Werder Bremen
1991 Robbie Slater Lens
1992 Wynton Rufer Werder Bremen
1993 Robbie Slater Lens
1994 Aurelio Vidmar Standard Liège
1995 Christian Karembeu[1] Sampdoria
1996 Paul Okon Lazio
1997 Mark Bosnich Aston Villa
1998 Christian Karembeu[1] Real Madrid
1999 Harry Kewell Leeds United
2000 Mark Viduka Leeds United
2001 Harry Kewell Leeds United
2002 Brett Emerton Feyenoord
2003 Harry Kewell Liverpool
2004 Tim Cahill Everton
2005 Marama Vahirua Nice
2006 Ryan Nelsen Blackburn Rovers
2007 Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix
2008 Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix
2009 Ivan Vicelich Auckland City
2010 Ryan Nelsen Blackburn Rovers
2011 Bertrand Kaï Hienghène Sport
2012 Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
2015 Ryan Thomas PEC Zwolle

Winners by Country
Tally Country
12 Australia
10 New Zealand
3 New Caledonia
1 Tahiti

Other Oceania Awards

Wynton Rufer was voted as the Oceania Footballer of the Century.

Mark Bosnich was voted Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century.

References
  1. Karembeu was born in New Caledonia, although he represented France at international level
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