CommBank Matilda Steph Catley and Subway Socceroo Jackson Irvine have been voted by their peers as the 2024 Austraffic PFA Footballers of the Year.
Irvine and Catley join Mary Fowler and Alex Paulsen, who were revealed as the Austraffic PFA Young Footballers of the Year last week, as winners of the PFA’s major football-related awards for 2024.
Irvine received the highest number of votes from players overseas, the Socceroos, and in the A-Leagues, following a PFA member-vote, edging out fellow nominees Mat Ryan, Cam Burgess, Massimo Luongo, Adam Taggart, Josh Nisbet, Brian Kaltak and Tolgay Arslan.
It marks the first time Irvine has won the award, while Catley takes home the player-voted award for the second time, having won the accolade in 2020.
Catley won the vote of the PFA’s female members, finishing ahead of a star-studded line-up of nominees, including Matildas teammates Mackenzie Arnold, Ellie Carpenter, Caitlin Foord, Michelle Heyman, Clare Hunt and Fowler. Fowler was nominated in both the Women’s and Young Women’s categories.
The awards consider the performances of any professional playing in the A-Leagues and any Australian players plying their trade overseas between June 2023 and June 2024. They recognise, reward, and celebrate Australia’s most outstanding players through peer recognition.
