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Mohamed Salah<\/a> made history on Tuesday by becoming the first player to win the Professional Footballers’ Association men\u2019s Player of the Year award three times, after spearheading Liverpool\u2019s Premier League title triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Egyptian forward struck 29 goals and registered 18 assists as Liverpool wrapped up their record-equalling 20th English crown with four games to spare. Salah had previously lifted the award in 2017\/18 and 2021\/22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 33-year-old\u2019s latest recognition follows his Football Writers\u2019 Association and Premier League Player of the Year honours earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salah was also named in the 2024\/25 PFA Premier League Team of the Year, alongside Liverpool team-mates Virgil van Dijk<\/a>, Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> and Alexis Mac Allister<\/a>. Summer signing Milos Kerkez<\/a> was included as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arsenal provided three representatives namely, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice,  while Nottingham Forest duo Matz Sels and Chris Wood<\/a> were rewarded for standout campaigns. Newcastle<\/a>\u2019s Alexander Isak, runner-up to Salah in the Golden Boot race, also earned a spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the women\u2019s side, Arsenal\u2019s Mariona Caldentey<\/a> claimed Player of the Year after helping the Gunners capture the Champions League title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mohamed Salah made history on Tuesday by becoming the first player to win the Professional Footballers’ Association men\u2019s Player of the Year award three times, after spearheading Liverpool\u2019s Premier League title triumph. The Egyptian forward struck 29 goals and registered 18 assists as Liverpool wrapped up their record-equalling 20th English crown with four games to spare. Salah had previously lifted the award in 2017\/18 and 2021\/22. The 33-year-old\u2019s latest recognition follows his Football Writers\u2019 Association and Premier League Player of the Year honours earlier this year. Salah was also named in the 2024\/25 PFA Premier League Team of the Year, alongside Liverpool team-mates Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister. Summer signing Milos Kerkez was included as well. Arsenal provided three representatives namely, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice,  while Nottingham Forest duo Matz Sels and Chris Wood were rewarded for standout campaigns. Newcastle\u2019s Alexander Isak, runner-up to Salah in the Golden Boot race, also earned a spot. On the women\u2019s side, Arsenal\u2019s Mariona Caldentey claimed Player of the Year after helping the Gunners capture the Champions League title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMohamed Salah clinches historic third PFA Player of the Year award - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mohamed Salah made history by becoming the first player to win the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award 3 times.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/mohamed-salah-clinches-historic-third-pfa-player-of-the-year-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mohamed Salah clinches historic third PFA Player of the Year award - 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