The Adelaide United FC awards night is held annually and recognises the football club's best and fairest players as viewed by the club, the media, its coaches and its players.
Aurelio Vidmar Medal The most prestigious award and highest accolade to be bestowed upon a player. The award goes to a player who has consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played, represented the club in an exemplary way, portrayed a totally professional attitude to everything he did on and off the park and personifies the vision of the club.
Season Player 2003–04 Richie Alagich 2005–06 Carl Veart 2006–07 Jason Spagnuolo 2007–08 Cássio 2008–09 Eugene Galeković 2009–10 Eugene Galeković 2010–11 Cássio 2011–12 Zenon Caravella 2012–13 Dario Vidošić 2013–14 Isaías 2014–15 Sergio Cirio 2015–16 Craig Goodwin 2016–17 Isaías 2017–18 Isaías 2018–19 Isaías 2019–20 Riley McGree 2020–21 Ben Halloran 2021–22 Craig Goodwin 2022–23 Craig Goodwin 2023–24 Zach Clough 2024–25 Ethan Alagich 2025–26 Ryan White
Player’s Player (Men's) Voted by his team mates to be consistently the most valuable player on the park, set standards on and off the park that all players in the team aspire to and best exemplify their ideal type of player.
Season Player 2003–04 Richie Alagich 2005–06 Michael Valkanis 2006–07 Jason Spagnuolo 2007–08 Cássio 2008–09 Eugene Galeković 2009–10 Eugene Galeković 2010–11 Marcos Flores 2011–12 Eugene Galeković 2012–13 Eugene Galeković 2013–14 Marcelo Carrusca 2014–15 Tarek Elrich 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Paul Izzo 2020–21 Jordan Elsey 2021–22 Craig Goodwin 2022–23 Craig Goodwin 2023–24 Hiroshi Ibusuki 2024–25 Panagiotis Kikianis 2025–26 Ethan Alagich
Members' Player of the Year (Men's) Season Player 2020–21 Ryan Strain 2021–22 Craig Goodwin 2022–23 Louis D'Arrigo 2023–24 Hiroshi Ibusuki 2024–25 Archie Goodwin 2025–26 Ryan Kitto
Red Army Player of the Year (Men's) Season Player 2022–23 Ryan Kitto 2023–24 Nestory Irankunda 2024–25 Archie Goodwin 2025-26 Ethan Alagich
Rising Star (Men's) A young player voted by the coaches to have made a significant impact over the season, demonstrated the greatest growth in their development as a professional player and promises the greatest potential growth as a professional player.
Season Player 2003–04 Aaron Goulding 2005–06 Adam van Dommele 2006–07 Nathan Burns 2007–08 Bruce Djite 2008–09 Scott Jamieson 2009–10 Mathew Leckie 2010–11 Iain Ramsay 2011–12 Osama Malik 2012–13 Awer Mabil 2013–14 Jordan Elsey 2014–15 James Jeggo 2015–16 Stefan Mauk 2016–17 Riley McGree 2017–18 Nathan Konstandopoulos 2018–19 Ryan Strain 2019–20 Louis D'Arrigo 2020–21 Josh Cavallo 2021–22 Bernardo and Alexandar Popovic 2022–23 Nestory Irankunda and Ethan Alagich 2023–24 Giuseppe Bovalina 2024–25 Archie Goodwin 2025–26 Jonny Yull
Most Valuable Player (Youth Men's) The player who consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played and portrayed a totally professional attitude.
Season Player 2008–09 Michael Marrone 2009–10 Dane Milovanovic 2010–11 Allan Welsh 2011–12 Jordan Elsey 2012–13 Awer Mabil 2013–14 Dion Kirk 2014–15 Oliver Zafaridis 2015–16 Ruon Tongyik 2016–17 Daniel Margush 2017–18 Isaac Richards and Charlie Devereux 2018–19 Carlo Armiento and Louis D'Arrigo 2019–20 Lachlan Brook and Taras Gomulka 2020–21 Jonny Yull 2021–22 Ethan Alagich 2022–23 Luka Jovanovic 2023–24 Panagiotis Kikianis 2023–24 Harry Crawford & Ryan White
Dianne Alagich Medal – W-League The player who consistently made a significant and positive difference to the team’s performance during the games played and portrayed a totally professional attitude.
Season Player 2008–09 Dianne Alagich 2009–10 Racheal Quigley 2010–11 Ashleigh Gunning 2011–12 Abby Erceg 2012–13 Abby Erceg 2013–14 Jenna McCormick 2014 Kristy Moore 2015–16 Abby Dahlkemper 2016–17 Sofia Huerta 2017–18 Alyssa Mautz 2018–19 Amber Brooks 2019–20 Mallory Weber 2020–21 Maruschka Waldus 2021–22 Fiona Worts 2022–23 Dylan Holmes 2023–24 Nanako Sasaki 2023–24 Erin Healy 2025–26 Ella Tonkin
Rising Star - A-League Women Season Player 2018–19 Charli Grant 2019–20 Chelsie Dawber 2020–21 Matilda McNamara 2021–22 Nanako Sasaki 2022–23 Annalee Grove 2023–24 Ella Tonkin 2024–25 Zoe Tolland 2025–26 Ilona Melegh
Player’s Player - W-League Season Player 2019–20 Mallory Weber 2020–21 Maruschka Waldus 2021–22 Fiona Worts 2022–23 Maruschka Waldus 2023–24 Emily Hodgson 2024–25 Ella Tonkin 2025–26 Ella Tonkin
Members' Player of the Year -W-League Season Player 2020–21 Charlotte Grant 2021–22 Fiona Worts 2022–23 Annalee Grove 2023–24 Emily Hodgson 2024–25 Erin Healy 2025–26 Emily Condon
Red Army Player of the Year -W-League Season Player 2022–23 Annalee Grove 2023–24 Nanako Sasaki 2024–25 Claudia Jenkins 2025–26 Erin Healy
Remo Paris Club Person Awarded to the person who most epitomises the values and ideals of Adelaide United, on or off the pitch.
Season Player 2003–04 Michael Valkanis 2005–06 Matthew Kemp 2006–07 Robert Cornthwaite 2007–08 Shaun Ontong 2008–09 Fabian Barbiero 2009–10 Fabian Barbiero 2010–11 Adam Hughes 2011–12 Nigel Boogaard 2012–13 Bruce Djite 2013–14 Osama Malik 2014–15 Tarek Elrich 2015–16 Tarek Elrich 2016–17 Peter Blazincic 2017–18 Peter Duke 2018–19 Will Cutts 2019–20 Colin Varacalli 2020–21 Ivan Karlovic 2021–22 Fabrizio Petrone 2022–23 Ryan Kitto and Eleni Vosnakis2023–24 2024–25 Frankie Queale and Marius Zanin 2025–26 Dylan Holmes
References
External links Club website 2008/09 award winners 2009/10 award winners 2010/11 award winners 2011/12 award winners 2012/13 award winners 2013/14 award winners 2014/15 award winners 2015/16 award winners 2016/17 award winners 2017/18 award winners 2018/19 award winners 2019/20 award winners 2020/21 award winners 2021/22 award winners 2022/23 award winners