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Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year

For a list of all Bolton Wanderers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players. For the current Bolton Wanderers first-team squad, see Bolton Wanderers F.C. § Current squad.

The Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year is an award presented to the Bolton Wanderers fans' player of the season.

The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, fourteen more players have won the award with one player, Kevin Davies, winning the award three times and another, Tim Ream, winning it twice. Davies was the only player to retain the trophy, winning it in 2008 and 2009 until Ream retained it himself in 2014 and 2015.

Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone. Fans can click on a link on the Bolton Wanderers website.

Winners

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Kevin Davies is the only player to win the award three times
Tim Ream is one of only two players to retain the award

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.

Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref(s)
2001–02 Simon Charlton  England Defender [1]
2002–03 Jay-Jay Okocha  Nigeria Midfielder First winner from outside England [1]
2003–04 Kevin Davies  England Forward [1]
2004–05 Bruno Ngotty  France Defender First winner from mainland Europe [1]
2005–06 Ricardo Gardner  Jamaica Midfielder First winner from CONCACAF [1]
2006–07 Jussi Jääskeläinen  Finland Goalkeeper [1]
2007–08 Kevin Davies  England Forward First player to win the award twice [1]
2008–09 Kevin Davies  England Forward First player to retain the award [1]
2009–10 Lee Chung-yong  South Korea Midfielder First winner from Asia [1]
2010–11 Stuart Holden  United States Midfielder First winner from North America [1]
2011–12 Ádám Bogdán  Hungary Goalkeeper [1]
2012–13 Jay Spearing  England Midfielder First on loan player to win award [1]
2013–14 Tim Ream  United States Defender [1]
2014–15 Tim Ream  United States Defender [1]
2015–16 Rob Holding  England Defender First player to come through the youth team to win award [2]
2016–17 David Wheater  England Defender [3]
2017–18 Ben Alnwick  England Goalkeeper [4]
2018–19 Gary O'Neil  England Midfielder [5]
2019–20 N/A N/A N/A Season ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Ricardo Santos  Portugal Defender [6]
2021–22 Oladapo Afolayan  England Midfielder [7]
2022–23 Conor Bradley  Northern Ireland Defender [8]
2023–24 Josh Sheehan  Wales Midfielder [9]

Wins by player

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Winner Total wins Year(s)
England Kevin Davies 3 2004, 2008, 2009
United States Tim Ream 2 2014, 2015
England Simon Charlton 1 2002
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha 1 2003
France Bruno Ngotty 1 2005
Jamaica Ricardo Gardner 1 2006
Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen 1 2007
South Korea Lee Chung-yong 1 2010
United States Stuart Holden 1 2011
Hungary Ádám Bogdán 1 2012
England Jay Spearing 1 2013
England Rob Holding 1 2016
England David Wheater 1 2017
England Ben Alnwick 1 2018
England Gary O'Neil 1 2019
Portugal Ricardo Santos 1 2021
England Oladapo Afolayan 1 2022
Northern Ireland Conor Bradley 1 2023
Wales Josh Sheehan 1 2024

Wins by playing position

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Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 8
Midfielder 8
Forward 3

Wins by nationality

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Nationality Number of winners
 England 10
 United States 3
 Nigeria 1
 France 1
 Jamaica 1
 Finland 1
 South Korea 1
 Hungary 1
 Portugal 1
 Northern Ireland 1
 Wales 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n BWFC, Official (21 April 2016). "Voting now open for Player of the Year award". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ BWFC, Official (29 April 2016). "Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ "End of Season Awards Dinner - The Winners".
  4. ^ "Ben Alnwick named Bolton Wanderers' 2017/18 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Gary O'Neil named as Wanderers' 2018/19 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers FC. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. ^ Bolton Wanderers: "Ricardo Almeida Santos Named As Bolton Wanderers’ 2020/21 Player Of The Year"
  7. ^ [https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/afolayan-named-player-of-the-year/ BWFC: "Afolayan Named Player of the Year"
  8. ^ "Bradley is season star"
  9. ^ "Double Delight For Sheehan"