Melbourne City’s Holly McNamara and Western United’s Noah Botic have been crowned by their peers Austraffic PFA Players of the Month.
McNamara and Botic received the most votes from their peer cohort out of the six players nominated for the Player of the Month in each the A-League Men and A-League Women competitions.
The City star – who received two PFA Player of the Month gongs in the 2023-24 season before succumbing to a season-ending knee injury – has returned to fitness this season with a bang, putting together a fantastic run of performances for the league leaders.
McNamara bagged a hat-trick in City’s 5-1 win over Western United, before adding her fourth goal of the month against Newcastle only three days later. McNamara’s season tally sits at a career-best seven goals for the season, with five games remaining.
Ultimately, her recent A-League Women performances led to a Matildas recall for the SheBelieves Cup in the USA.
Meanwhile, Botic has taken his game to another level for John Aloisi’s side this season.
The attacker – who was also in contention for the January award – scored three goals during February and took the lead in the Golden Boot race with his tenth goal of the campaign campaign. He now has one more goal than Sydney FC’s English forward Joe Lolley.
Botic and McNamara will receive a specially designed ball from PFA partners at Park SCC as a result of winning the Player of the Month. Both players will be able to choose to donate 10 balls to one of three charities – Football Empowerment, KitAid Australia and Football United.
2024-25 POTM winners
A-League Men
October/November: Nicolas Milanovic (WSW)
December: Kosta Barbarouses (WEL)
January: Joe Lolley (SYD)
February: Noah Botic (WUN)
A-League Women
November: Isabel Gomez (CCM)
December: Laini Freier (BRI)
January: Claudia Jenkins (ADL)
February: Holly McNamara (MCY)
