Congratulations to Melbourne City attacker Holly McNamara who has received her second Austraffic PFA Player of the Month award of the season, after being voted by her peers as the winner for April.
In the final Player of the Month award of the A-League Women’s campaign of the season, McNamara received the most votes by her peers, beating out five other players for the award. McNamara joins Central Coast Mariners’ Isabel Gomez (November and March) as the second player to win the award twice this season, after being crowned the Player of the Month for February.
The City star bagged three goals in two matches to take her tally to 15 goals in 17 appearances this season and help Melbourne City secure back-to-back A-League Women Premierships. She is averaging an incredible 1.56 goals a game this campaign, taking her game to another level since returning from a season ending injury last season.
McNamara heads into the A-League Women finals campaign with goals in her last six appearances in all competitions, which also includes their Asian Women’s Champions League victory over Taichung Blue Whale in March. As a result of winning, McNamara will receive a specially designed ball from PFA partners at Park SCC. She will be able to choose to donate 10 balls to one of three charities – Football Empowerment, KitAid Australia and Football United.
Further congratulations to Western Sydney Wanderers star Nicolas Milanovic who was voted the winner of the Men's Austraffic PFA Player of the Month award for April/May after a stunning end to the A-League Men regular season. Milanovic received the most amount of votes from his peers, beating out five other candidates to receive the final Player of the Month award of the A-League Men’s campaign.
The Wanderers attacker becomes the first A-League Men’s player to win the award this season, having book-ended his season by winning both the October/November and April/May gongs, capping off a sensational season.
He also joins Melbourne City’s Holly McNamara and Central Coast Mariners’ Isabel Gomez as the three A-Leagues players to have won the award twice this campaign, after the duo secured the honour on two occasions throughout the A-League Women’s season.
Milanovic’s form helped the Wanderers secure a top four finish and head into their Elimination Final against Melbourne Victory with a 12 game unbeaten run in tow, firing goals against top two sides Auckland FC and Melbourne City, which took his tally to a career-best 12 goals in a single season.
Ultimately, Milanovic fell short of winning the A-League Men Golden Boot by a single strike behind Sydney FC’s Adrian Segecic and Adelaide United’s Archie Goodwin.
As a result of winning, Milanovic will receive a specially designed ball from PFA partners at Park SCC. She will be able to choose to donate 10 balls to one of three charities – Football Empowerment, KitAid Australia and Football United.
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2024-25 POTM winners
A-League Men
October/November: Nicolas Milanovic (WSW)
December: Kosta Barbarouses (WEL)
January: Joe Lolley (SYD)
February: Noah Botic (WUN)
March: Eli Adams (NEW)
April/May: Nicolas Milanovic (WSW)
A-League Women
November: Isabel Gomez (CCM)
December: Laini Freier (BRI)
January: Claudia Jenkins (ADL)
February: Holly McNamara (MCY)
March: Isabel Gomez (CCM)
April: Holly McNamara (MCY)