SFWA International Player of the Year

The Scottish Football Writers' Association International Player of the Year (often called the SFWA International Player of the Year) award is given to the player in the Scotland national football team who is seen to have made the best contribution to the previous season. The award is given by the Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA).

SFWA International Player of the Year
John McGinn, the 2020 winner
CountryScotland
Presented byScottish Football Writers' Association
First awarded2008
Last awarded2020
Last winnerJohn McGinn (2019–20)
Most awardsRobert Snodgrass (2)[1]

List of winners
Robert Snodgrass won the award in 2014 and 2017

As of 2020, the award has been made 13 times and has been won by 12 different players. The award was first made in 2008, and was won by forward James McFadden.[1] As of 2020, Robert Snodgrass is the only player to have won the award more than once. Three of the winners were playing with Celtic at the time, and they are the only club to have provided more than one player.

SeasonPlayerClubPos.Age[lower-alpha 1]Ref
2007–08 James McFadden Everton/
Birmingham City		 FW 25
2008–09 Gary Caldwell Celtic DF 27
2009–10 Craig Gordon Sunderland GK 27 [2]
2010–11 Allan McGregor Rangers GK 29
2011–12 James Morrison West Bromwich Albion MF 24
2012–13 Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers FW 23
2013–14 Robert Snodgrass Norwich City MF 26 [3]
2014–15 Ikechi Anya Watford MF 27
2015–16 Matt Ritchie Bournemouth MF 26
2016–17 Robert Snodgrass (2) Hull City/
West Ham United		 MF 29 [4]
2017–18 Leigh Griffiths Celtic FW 27 [5]
2018–19 James Forrest Celtic MF 27 [6]
2019–20 John McGinn Aston Villa MF 25 [7]
  1. Age at time of award presentation.

See also

References
  1. "International Player of the Year". SFWA. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. "Jim Stewart saved me from being ditched by Hearts when I was 15, says Scotland No1 Craig Gordon". Daily Record. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "Norwich City midfielder Robert Snodgrass insists side can stay up ahead of Chelsea test at Stamford Bridge". Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. "Snodgrass is international class". SFWA. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. "Leigh is top of the Scots". SFWA. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. "Forrest top of the Scots". SFWA. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. "International bright young thing". SFWA. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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