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
YearPlayerTeam1988 Frank Farina Club Brugge1989 Wynton Rufer Grasshopper1990 Wynton Rufer Werder Bremen1991 Robbie Slater Lens1992 Wynton Rufer Werder Bremen1993 Robbie Slater Lens1994 Aurelio Vidmar Standard Liège1995 Christian KarembeuKarembeu was born in New Caledonia, although he represented France at international level Sampdoria1996 Paul Okon Lazio1997 Mark Bosnich Aston Villa1998 Christian KarembeuKarembeu was born in New Caledonia, although he represented France at international level Real Madrid1999 Harry Kewell Leeds United2000 Mark Viduka Leeds United2001 Harry Kewell Leeds United2002 Brett Emerton Feyenoord2003 Harry Kewell Liverpool2004 Tim Cahill Everton2005 Marama Vahirua Nice2006 Ryan Nelsen Blackburn Rovers2007 Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix2008 Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix2009 Ivan Vicelich Auckland City2010 Ryan Nelsen Blackburn Rovers2011 Bertrand Kaï Hienghène Sport2012 Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory2013 Trent Sainsbury Central Coast Mariners FC2015 Ryan Thomas PEC Zwolle
Winners by country TallyCountry13 Australia10 New Zealand3 New Caledonia1 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
External links Oceania Player of the Year – RSSSF