Oceania Footballer of the Year
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Award
| Oceania Footballer of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Oceania Football Confederation |
| First award | 1988 (1988) |
| Final award | 2015 (2015) |
| Most awards | New Zealand Wynton Rufer Australia Harry Kewell (3 awards) |
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
[edit ]Winners by country
[edit ]| Tally | Country |
|---|---|
| 12 | Australia Australia |
| 10 | New Zealand New Zealand |
| 3 | New Caledonia New Caledonia |
| 1 | French Polynesia Tahiti |
Other Oceania Awards
[edit ]Wynton Rufer was voted as the Oceania Footballer of the Century.
Mark Bosnich was voted Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century.