Oceania Footballer of the Year

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The Oceania Footballer of the Year award was 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. After this, it was 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	Template:Flagicon Frank Farina	Template:Flagicon Club Brugge
1989	Template:Flagicon Wynton Rufer	Template:Flagicon Grasshopper
1990	Template:Flagicon Wynton Rufer	Template:Flagicon Werder Bremen
1991	Template:Flagicon Robbie Slater	Template:Flagicon Lens
1992	Template:Flagicon Wynton Rufer	Template:Flagicon Werder Bremen
1993	Template:Flagicon Robbie Slater	Template:Flagicon Lens
1994	Template:Flagicon Aurelio Vidmar	Template:Flagicon Standard Liège
1995	Template:Flagicon Christian Karembeu	Template:Flagicon Sampdoria
1996	Template:Flagicon Paul Okon	Template:Flagicon Lazio
1997	Template:Flagicon Mark Bosnich	Template:Flagicon Aston Villa
1998	Template:Flagicon Christian Karembeu	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
1999	Template:Flagicon Harry Kewell	Template:Flagicon Leeds United
2000	Template:Flagicon Mark Viduka	Template:Flagicon Leeds United
2001	Template:Flagicon Harry Kewell	Template:Flagicon Leeds United
2002	Template:Flagicon Brett Emerton	Template:Flagicon Feyenoord
2003	Template:Flagicon Harry Kewell	Template:Flagicon Liverpool
2004	Template:Flagicon Tim Cahill	Template:Flagicon Everton
2005	Template:Flagicon Marama Vahirua	Template:Flagicon Nice
2006	Template:Flagicon Ryan Nelsen	Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers
2007	Template:Flagicon Shane Smeltz	Template:Flagicon Wellington Phoenix
2008	Template:Flagicon Shane Smeltz	Template:Flagicon Wellington Phoenix
2009	Template:Flagicon Ivan Vicelich	Template:Flagicon Auckland City
2010	Template:Flagicon Ryan Nelsen	Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers
2011	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Kaï	Template:Flagicon Hienghène Sport
2012	Template:Flagicon Marco Rojas	Template:Flagicon Melbourne Victory
2015	Template:Flagicon Ryan Thomas	Template:Flagicon PEC Zwolle

Winners by country

Tally	Country
12	Template:Flagicon Australia
10	Template:Flagicon New Zealand
3	Template:Flagicon New Caledonia
1	Template:Flagicon 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