Aitana Bonmatí, Olga Carmona and Sam Kerr Make 2022/23 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Nominees Cut

The three candidates for the 2022/23 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award are Aitana Bonmat, Olga Carmona, and Sam Kerr.

Along with the UEFA Women’s Coach of the Year, UEFA Men’s Player of the Year, and UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year, the winner will be announced on Thursday, August 31 in Monaco, during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony.

The UEFA technical observers compiled an initial list of candidates based on their play for their respective clubs and/or countries during the 2022–2023 season.

A jury consisting of the head coaches of clubs competing in the group stage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League and the head coaches of the women’s national teams of UEFA’s member associations voted on the top three finalists. The European Sports Media (ESM) also sent a group of journalists to serve as jurors.

Both coaches and reporters were given a shortlist of players and asked to pick their best three from that group using a five-point, three-point, and one-point scale. The combined votes of the coaches and the media determine the winner. The coaches could not select members of their own team.

The rest of the players who received votes include:

• Mary Earps (England & Manchester United) – 55 points (4th)

• Salma Paralluelo (Spain & Barcelona) – 48 points (5th)

• Alexandra Popp (Germany & Wolfsburg) – 48 points (5th)

• Keira Walsh (England & Barcelona) – 24 points (7th)

• Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway & Barcelona) – 11 points (8th)

• Rachel Daly (England & Aston Villa) – 8 points (9th)

• Ewa Pajor (Poland & Wolfsburg) – 5 points (10th)

• Kadidiatou Diani (France & Paris Saint-Germain, now at Lyon) – 4 points (11th)

Below is a list of previous winners of the award from 2013 till date:

• 2022: Alexia Putellas (Spain/Barcelona)

• 2021: Alexia Putellas (Spain/Barcelona)

• 2020: Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg)

• 2019: Lucy Bronze (England/Lyon)

• 2018: Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg)

• 2017: Lieke Martens (Netherlands/Linköping)

• 2016: Ada Hegerberg (Norway/Lyon)

• 2015: Célia Šašić (Germany/Frankfurt)

• 2014: Nadine Kessler (Germany/Wolfsburg)

• 2013: Nadine Angerer (Germany/Frankfurt)