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The Scottish Football Writers' Association International Player of the Year (often called the SFWA International Player of the Year) award is given to the player in the
Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA ...
who is seen to have made the best contribution to the previous season. The award is given by the
Scottish Football Writers' Association The Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA) is an association of Scottish football journalists and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies. It was founded in 1965. Awards __NOTOC__ Every year the SFWA presents awards to outstan ...
(SFWA).


List of winners

As of 2024, the award has been made 17 times and has been won by 13 different players. The award was first made in
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, and was won by forward
James McFadden James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who played as a forward who now works as a football pundit. McFadden started his playing career with Motherwell, where he came to prominence ...
. As of 2022,
Robert Snodgrass Robert Snodgrass (born 7 September 1987) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Snodgrass started his senior career with Livingston F.C., Livingston. He also had a loan spe ...
(2) and
John McGinn John McGinn (born 18 October 1994) is a Scottish association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, whom he Captain (association football), captains, and the Scotland national football team, Scot ...
(4) are the only players to have won the award more than once.


Winners by club


See also

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SFWA Footballer of the Year The Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the SFWA Footballer of the Year, or simply the Scottish Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the se ...
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SFWA Manager of the Year The Scottish Football Writers' Association Manager of the Year (often called the SFWA Manager of the Year, or simply the Scottish Manager of the Year) award is given to the manager in Scottish football who is seen to have been the best manager of t ...
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SFWA Young Player of the Year The Scottish Football Writers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called the SFWA Young Player of the Year, or simply the Scottish Young Player of the Year) award is given to the footballer in the Scottish football league system, who is se ...


References

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