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	Sampdoria
1996	Paul Okon	Lazio
1997	Mark Bosnich	Aston Villa
1998	Christian Karembeu	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.

External links

• Oceania Player of the Year – RSSSF