Manchester United Player Of The Year Award

Manchester United Player Of The Year

Manchester United Player Of The Year is presented to a player for outstanding achievement on the pitch. The award is also known as Sir Matt Busby Player Of The Year, named after iconic Red Devils manager, Matt Busby. Watch & Bet Football Here =>

David De Gea has won the award a record four times followed by Cristiano Ronaldo who was awarded the award three times. Since the inception of this award, midfielders and forwards shared 12 each between them while a defender became the recipient of the award 3 times.

Manchester United have awards for various things, including; Manchester United Player Of The Year, Player’s Player Of The Year, Jimmy Murphy Young Player Of The Year.

Manchester United Fans’ Player Of The Year – Sir Matt Busby Manchester United Player Of The Year

Season	Name	Nationality	Position	Notes
1987–88	Brian McClair	Scotland	Forward
1988–89	Bryan Robson	England	Midfielder	First English winner
1989–90	Gary Pallister	England	Defender
1990–91	Mark Hughes	Wales	Forward	First Academy graduate to win award
1991–92	Brian McClair	Scotland	Forward	First player to win the award on two occasions
1992–93	Paul Ince	England	Midfielder
1993–94	Eric Cantona	France	Forward	First winner from outside the United Kingdom
1994–95	Andrei Kanchelskis	Russia	Midfielder
1995–96	Eric Cantona	France	Forward
1996–97	David Beckham	England	Midfielder
1997–98	Ryan Giggs	Wales	Midfielder
1998–99	Roy Keane	Ireland	Midfielder
1999–2000	Roy Keane	Ireland	Midfielder	First player to win the award in consecutive years
2000–01	Teddy Sheringham	England	Forward
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Forward
2002–03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Forward
2003–04	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Midfielder
2004–05	Gabriel Heinze	Argentina	Defender	First winner from outside Europe
2005–06	Wayne Rooney	England	Forward
2006–07	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Midfielder
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Midfielder	First player to win the award on three occasions
2008–09	Nemanja Vidić	Serbia	Defender
2009–10	Wayne Rooney	England	Forward
2010–11	Javier Hernández	Mexico	Forward	First winner from North America
2011–12	Antonio Valencia	Ecuador	Midfielder
2012–13	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	Forward
2013–14	David de Gea	Spain	Goalkeeper	First goalkeeper to win the award
2014–15	David de Gea	Spain	Goalkeeper
2015–16	David de Gea	Spain	Goalkeeper	First player to win the award in three consecutive years
2016–17	Ander Herrera	Spain	Midfielder
2017–18	David de Gea	Spain	Goalkeeper	First player to win the award on four occasions
2018–19	Luke Shaw	England	Defender
2019–20	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	Midfielder
2020–21	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	Midfielder
2021–22	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Forward	Record-equalling fourth award

Manchester United Players’ Player Of The Year

You will notice that the players’ names from ever season have not been noted below. We will update the list as soon as all the information has been gathered!

Year	Winner	Country
2005-06	Ryan Giggs	Wales
2006-07	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2007-08	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12	Antonio Valencia	Ecuador
2012-13
2013-14	David De Gea	Spain
2014-15	David De Gea	Spain
2015-16
2016-17	Antonio Valencia	Ecuador
2017-18	David De Gea	Spain
2018–19	Luke Shaw	England
2019–20	Anthony Martial	France
2020–21	Luke Shaw	England
2021–22	David de Gea	Spain

Manchester United Young Player Of The Year

Who is the Manchester United young player of the year? Which Manchester United players have won the Manchester United young player of the year award in the past?

Manchester United have always had a great youth set-up and they frequently win the Youth FA Cup among other trophies. So which young Manchester United players have been voted the best player in the past? Well, we will find out. Watch & Bet Football Here =>

Year	Winner
1989-90	Lee Martin
1990-91	Ryan Giggs
1991-92	Ryan Giggs
1992-93	Paul Scholes
1993-94	Phil Neville
1994-95	Terry Cook
1995-96	Ronnie Wallwork
1996-97	John Curtis
1997-98	Wes Brown
1998-99	Wes Brown
1999-2000	Bojan Djordjic
2000-01	Alan Tate
2001-02	Paul Tierney
2002-03	Ben Collett
2003-04	Jonathan Spector
2004-05	Giuseppe Rossi
2005-06	Darren Gibson
2006-07	Craig Cathcart
2007-08	Danny Welbeck
2008-09	federico Macheda
2009-10	Will Keane
2010-11	Ryan Tunnicliffe
2011-12	Mats Moller Daehli
2012-13	Ben Pearson
2013-14	James Wilson
2014-15	Axel Tuanzebe
2015-16	Marcus Rashford
2016-17	Angel Gomes
2017-18	Tahith Chong
2018–19	Mason Greenwood
2019–20	Anthony Elanga
2020–21	Shola Shoretire
2021–22	Alejandro Garnacho

Manchester United Youth Academy Set-Up

Manchester United unarguably have one of the best academy setups on English soil. Over the years the Red Devils have produced a number of gifted footballers who later went on to serve the senior team with utmost success. Watch & Bet Football Here =>

Bobby Charlton, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Gary Neville are some of the most famous players to have donned the United shirt.

The academy is based at the Carrington training facility which is being used by the senior team for training purposes. The state of the art facility has all the necessary arrangements which are required these days to run an academy.

Manchester United Academy Player Of The Year 2017: Angel Gomes

The youngest player to win the Jimmy Murphy Player of the Year award. He also became the youngest player to appear for United’s first team since Duncan Edwards, when called up for his senior debut against Crystal Palace in May 2017.

Manchester United Academy Player Of The Year 2018: Tahith Chong

Manchester United Young Player Of The Year 2018 Tahith Chong made his senior debut for Manchester United this season, coming on as a substitute in the 2-0 FA Cup victory over Reading. He replaced Juan Mata on the right flank, which is his natural position.

The Dutch youngster has shown a lot of promise with an elite touch of the ball and ability to create from the wide spaces. He has earned several youth caps for his country. Watch & Bet Football Here =>

He also managed to rack up some Champions League experience when Ole Solskjaer decided to bring on the teenager in the 3-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester United Reserve Team Player of the Year

The Red Devils reserve team player of the year award is also called the Denzil Haroun award.

Season	Reserve Team Player Of The Year
1989–90	Mark Robins
1990–91	Jason Lydiate
1991–92	Brian Carey
1992–93	Colin McKee
1993–94	Nicky Butt
1994–95	Kevin Pilkington
1995–96	Michael Appleton
1996–97	Michael Clegg
1997–98	Michael Twiss
1998–99	Mark Wilson
1999–2000	Jonathan Greening
2000–01	Michael Stewart
2001–02	John O’Shea
2002–03	Darren Fletcher
2003–04	David Jones
2004–05	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
2005–06	Giuseppe Rossi
2006–07	Kieran Lee
2007–08	Richard Eckersley
2008–09	James Chester
2009–10	Ritchie De Laet
2010–11	Oliver Gill
2011–12	Michael Keane
2012–13	Adnan Januzaj
2013–14	Saidy Janko
2014–15	Andreas Pereira
2015–16	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson
2016–17	Axel Tuanzebe
2017–18	Demetri Mitchell
2018–19	Mason Greenwood
2019–20	Anthony Elanga
2020–21	Shola Shoretire
2021–22	Alejandro Garnacho