Bresciano and Vidosic Voted Players of the Month for December
MELBOURNE: 21 January 2010
Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), with the support of LUCRF Super, is pleased to announce Palermo’s Mark Bresciano and Nuremberg’s Dario Vidosic as the PFA’s Footballer and Young Footballer of the month of December, respectively.
(c) Getty Images. Bresciano scores against AC Milan
The nominations were made by the PFA Awards Committee based on performances so far this season for club and/or country.
Socceroo star Bresciano has been in excellent form for his Serie A club Palermo in 2009/2010, scoring 1 goal in 14 appearances. The midfielder’s strike came on one of Italy’s biggest stages and saw his club beat Serie A giants AC Milan at the San Siro. Bresciano has also made 2 appearances for the Socceroos and is undoubtedly one of Australia’s key players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.
Emerging Socceroo star Vidosic has also produced some outstanding performances for both his club and country. The 22 year old made 10 appearances in the Bundesliga for Nuremberg before being loaned to Bundesliga 2 club MSV Duisburg earlier this week where he will play until the end of the season. On the international stage, Vidosic has made 3 appearances for the Socceroos as an attacking midfielder and made his first start in the green and gold against Kuwait in the important Asian Cup qualifier earlier this month.
Bresciano and Vidosic are the fifth players to win the monthly awards and become likely nominations for the PFA Footballer of the Year Awards to be presented at the Australian Football Awards to be held in Melbourne on 22 May 2010 in conjunction with Football Federation Australia. The monthly nominations to date are:
Month | PFA Footballer of the Month | PFA Young Footballer of the Month |
August | Jason Culina | Rhys Williams |
September | Josh Kennedy | Adama Traore |
October | Mark Schwarzer | Ben Kantarovski |
November | Harry Kewell | Tommy Oar |
December | Mark Bresciano | Dario Vidosic |
The PFA Awards Committee consists of some of the greatest Australian former professional players and current leading football journalists, including Francis Awaritefe, Dave Davutovic, Craig Foster, Andrew Harper, Stan Lazaridis, Michael Lynch, Paul Okon, Andrew Orsatti, Paul Trimboli, Tony Vidmar and David Zdrilic. PFA Chief Executive Brendan Schwab is the non-voting Chair of the Committee.
- (c) Getty Images.
The PFA is delighted to announce, with the support of LUCRF. the nominees for the PFA Footballer of the Year, the PFA Harry Kewell Medal and the inaugural PFA Women's Footballer of the Year.
The winners will be announced at the Australian Football Awards on Thursday 7 October in Sydney.
Click here to view a complete list of nominees.
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