Which football player was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year in August 2025, becoming the f…

Question

Which football player was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year in August 2025, becoming the first player to win the award three times?

1. A. Casemiro
2. B. Lionel Messi
3. C. Mohamed Salah (Correct answer)
4. D. Neymar

Correct Answer

Option C — Mohamed Salah

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Mohamed Salah.

Key Points

• Mohamed Salah was named PFA Players' Player of the Year in August 2025, becoming the first player to win the award three times.
• The PFA award is distinctive because it is voted for by fellow professional players, not by journalists or coaches — which is why it carries particular weight within the game.
• The other names are prominent footballers who have not won this specific English award; the PFA award is confined to players in English professional leagues.

Additional Information

• Salah plays as a forward for Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team, and is among the Premier League's leading all-time goalscorers.
• The Professional Footballers' Association is the players' trade union in England and Wales, founded in 1907, and has presented its Players' Player of the Year award since 1974.
• Distinguish it from the FWA Footballer of the Year, voted by the Football Writers' Association, and from the Ballon d'Or, awarded by *France Football* on a global basis.
• Records that stand as "first to do X" are a favoured current-affairs question format, so the number of times an award has been won is worth noting alongside the winner.